You can provide additional information in a Status element

mfoss — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:50:56 +0000

ejabberd implements XMPP. Specifically, XMPP-IM describes four values for the Show element: away, chat, dnd, xa.

Did you notice that it is possible to provide additional arbitrary text in a Status element?

Some examples:
<pre><presence>
<show>dnd</show>
<status>Math study</status>
</presence>

<presence>
<show>xa</show>
<status>having luuuunch!</status>
</presence>

<presence>
<show>xa</show>
<status>Sleeping ...</status>
</presence></pre>

You can check the protocol (in this revised text), sections 4.7.3 and 4.7.4: Show Element.

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