XMPP and Queues in App Engine via Jaiku? Not quite yet

Mar 14, 2009 · 2 minute read

So JauikuEngine, the open source, App Engine based, version of Jaiku is now available for everyone to look at. I found the repo a couple of days ago but it was restricted to project members. The main reason I want to hunt through the code is to have a look at what I’m guessing will be API’s available in a soon to be released version of App Engine - with specific interest in anything to do with XMPP, queues and offline processing.

Well it looks like I’m out of luck for the moment at least. In the settings file I found the following two snippets though:

pre. #

1. XMPP / IM #
2. Enabling IM will require a bit more than just making this True, please
3. read the docs at http://code.google.com/p/jaikuengine/wiki/im_support IM_ENABLED = False
4. This is the id (JID) of the IM bot that you will use to communicate with
5. users of the IM interface IM_BOT = ‘[email protected]’
6. Turn on test mode for IM IM_TEST_ONLY = False
7. JIDs to allow when testing live XMPP so you don’t spam all your users IM_TEST_JIDS = []

And another for queues:

pre. #

1. Task Queue #
2. Enabling the queue will allow you to process posts with larger numbers
3. of followers but will require you to set up a cron job that will continuously
4. ping a special url to make sure the queue gets processed QUEUE_ENABLED = True
5. The secret to use for your cron job that processes your queue QUEUE_VENDOR_SECRET = ‘SECRET’

The only problem appears to be that the page referenced, code.google.com/p/jaikuengine/wiki/im_support, currently says:

TODO (termie): describe how to get IM working with Jaiku Engine

So termie, or anyone else on the inside, I’d love to know how to get this up and running?

I’ll be having a better look through the code when I get a chance. This was just the first thing I jumped on before heading out the door. I love Open Source.