The subscription Confirm Guide

The subscription confirm feature now supports webhook and email with both mongoDB and redis backend. This guide shows how to use this feature:

Webhook

1. Set the config option “require_confirmation” and add the policy to the policy.json file. Then restart Zaqar-wsgi service:

In the config file:
[notification]
require_confirmation = True

In the policy.json file:
"subscription:confirm": "",
  1. Create a subscription.

Here used zaqar/samples/zaqar/subscriber_service_sample.py be the subscriber endpoint for example.So before the step 2, you should start the subscriber service first. The service could be started simply by the command:

python zaqar/samples/zaqar/subscriber_service_sample.py

The service’s default port is 5678. If you want to use a new port, the command will be like:

python zaqar/samples/zaqar/subscriber_service_sample.py new_port_number

The service will not confirm the subscription automatically by default. If you want to do that, the command will be like:

python zaqar/samples/zaqar/subscriber_service_sample.py --auto-confirm

Then create a subscription:

curl -i -X POST http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/subscriptions \
-H "Content-type: application/json" \
-H "Client-ID: de305d54-75b4-431b-adb2-eb6b9e546014" \
-H "X-Auth-Token: 440b677561454ea8a7f872201dd4e2c4" \
-d '{"subscriber":"http://10.229.47.217:5678", "ttl":3600, "options":{}}'

The response:

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
content-length: 47
content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
location: http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/subscriptions
Connection: close
{"subscription_id": "576256b03990b480617b4063"}

At the same time, If the subscriber sample service is not start by “–auto confirm”, you will receive a POST request in the subscriber sample service, the request is like:

WARNING:root:{"UnsubscribeBody": {"confirmed": false}, "URL-Methods": "PUT",
"X-Project-ID": "51be2c72393e457ebf0a22a668e10a64",
"URL-Paths": "/v2/queues/test/subscriptions/576256b03990b480617b4063/confirm",
"URL-Expires": "2016-07-06T04:35:56", "queue_name": "test",
"SubscribeURL": ["/v2/queues/test/subscriptions/576256b03990b480617b4063/confirm"],
"SubscribeBody": {"confirmed": true},
"URL-Signature": "d4038a40589cdb61cd13d5a6997472f5be779db441dd8fe0c597a6e465f30c41",
"Message": "You have chosen to subscribe to the queue: test",
"Message_Type": "SubscriptionConfirmation"}
10.229.47.217 - - [06/Jul/2016 11:35:56] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 -

If you start the sample service with “–auto confirm”, please go to step 6 directly, because the step 5 will be done by the service automatically.

3. Get the subscription. The request:

curl -i -X GET http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/subscriptions/576256b03990b480617b4063 \
-H "Content-type: application/json" \
-H "Client-ID: de305d54-75b4-431b-adb2-eb6b9e546014" \
-H "X-Auth-Token: 440b677561454ea8a7f872201dd4e2c4"

The response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
content-length: 154
content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Connection: close
{"confirmed": false, "age": 73, "id": "576256b03990b480617b4063",
"subscriber": "http://10.229.47.217:5678", "source": "test", "ttl": 3600, "options": {}}

You can find that the “confirmed” property is false by default.

4. Post a message to the subscription’s queue The request:

curl -i -X POST http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/messages \
-H "Content-type: application/json" \
-H "Client-ID: de305d54-75b4-431b-adb2-eb6b9e546014" \
-H "X-Auth-Token: 440b677561454ea8a7f872201dd4e2c4" \
-d '{"messages": [{"ttl": 3600,"body": "test123"}]}'

The response:

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
content-length: 68
content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
location: http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/messages?ids=57624dee3990b4634d71bb4a
Connection: close
{"resources": ["/v2/queues/test/messages/57624dee3990b4634d71bb4a"]}

The subscriber received nothing and you will find a log info in zaqar-wsgi.:

2016-07-06 11:37:57.929 98400 INFO zaqar.notification.notifier
[(None,)2473911afe2642c0b74d7e1200d9bba7 51be2c72393e457ebf0a22a668e10a64 - - -]
The subscriber http://10.229.47.217:5678 is not confirmed.

5. Use the information showed in step3 to confirm the subscription The request:

curl -i -X PUT http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/subscriptions/576256b03990b480617b4063/confirm \
-H "Content-type: application/json" \
-H "Client-ID: de305d54-75b4-431b-adb2-eb6b9e546014" \
-H "URL-Methods: PUT" -H "X-Project-ID: 51be2c72393e457ebf0a22a668e10a64" \
-H "URL-Signature: d28dced4eabbb09878a73d9a7a651df3a3ce5434fcdb6c3727decf6c7078b282" \
-H "URL-Paths: /v2/queues/test/subscriptions/576256b03990b480617b4063/confirm" \
-H "URL-Expires: 2016-06-16T08:35:12" -d '{"confirmed": true}'

The response:

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
location: /v2/queues/test/subscriptions/576256b03990b480617b4063/confirm
Connection: close

6. Repeat step3 to get the subscription The request:

curl -i -X GET http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/subscriptions/576256b03990b480617b4063 \
-H "Content-type: application/json" \
-H "Client-ID: de305d54-75b4-431b-adb2-eb6b9e546014" \
-H "X-Auth-Token: 440b677561454ea8a7f872201dd4e2c4"

The response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
content-length: 155
content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Connection: close
{"confirmed": true, "age": 1370, "id": "576256b03990b480617b4063",
"subscriber": "http://10.229.47.217:5678", "source": "test", "ttl": 3600,
"options": {}}

The subscription is confirmed now.

7. Repeat step4 to post a new message. The request:

curl -i -X POST http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/messages \
-H "Content-type: application/json" \
-H "Client-ID: de305d54-75b4-431b-adb2-eb6b9e546014" \
-H "X-Auth-Token: 440b677561454ea8a7f872201dd4e2c4" \
-d '{"messages": [{"ttl": 3600,"body": "test123"}]}'

The response:

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
content-length: 68
content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
location: http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/messages?ids=5762526d3990b474c80d5483
Connection: close
{"resources": ["/v2/queues/test/messages/5762526d3990b474c80d5483"]}

Then in subscriber sample service, you will receive a request:

WARNING:root:{"body": {"event": "BackupStarted"}, "queue_name": "test",
"Message_Type": "Notification", "ttl": 3600}
10.229.47.217 - - [06/Jul/2016 13:19:07] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 -

8. Unsubscription. The request:

curl -i -X PUT http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/subscriptions/576256b03990b480617b4063/confirm \
-H "Content-type: application/json" \
-H "Client-ID: de305d54-75b4-431b-adb2-eb6b9e546014" \
-H "URL-Methods: PUT" -H "X-Project-ID: 51be2c72393e457ebf0a22a668e10a64" \
-H "URL-Signature: d28dced4eabbb09878a73d9a7a651df3a3ce5434fcdb6c3727decf6c7078b282" \
-H "URL-Paths: /v2/queues/test/subscriptions/576256b03990b480617b4063/confirm" \
-H "URL-Expires: 2016-06-16T08:35:12" -d '{"confirmed": false}'

The response:

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
location: /v2/queues/test/subscriptions/576256b03990b480617b4063/confirm
Connection: close

Then try to post a message. The subscriber will not receive the notification any more.

Email

1. For the email confirmation way, also need to set the config option “external_confirmation_url”, “subscription_confirmation_email_template” and “unsubscribe_confirmation_email_template”. The confirmation page url that will be used in email subscription confirmation before notification, this page is not hosted in Zaqar server, user should build their own web service to provide this web page. The subscription_confirmation_email_template let user to customize the subscription confirmation email content, including topic, body and sender. The unsubscribe_confirmation_email_template let user to customize the unsubscribe confirmation email content, including topic, body and sender too:

In the config file:
[notification]
require_confirmation = True
external_confirmation_url = http://web_service_url/
subscription_confirmation_email_template = topic:Zaqar Notification - Subscription Confirmation,\
                                          body:'You have chosen to subscribe to the queue: {0}. This queue belongs to project: {1}. To confirm this subscription, click or visit this link below: {2}',\
                                          sender:Zaqar Notifications <no-reply@openstack.org>
unsubscribe_confirmation_email_template = topic: Zaqar Notification - Unsubscribe Confirmation,\
                                          body:'You have unsubscribed successfully to the queue: {0}. This queue belongs to project: {1}. To resubscribe this subscription, click or visit this link below: {2}',\
                                          sender:Zaqar Notifications <no-reply@openstack.org>

In the policy.json file:
"subscription:confirm": "",

2. Create a subscription. For email confirmation, you should create a subscription like this:

curl -i -X POST http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/subscriptions \
-H "Content-type: application/json" \
-H "Client-ID: de305d54-75b4-431b-adb2-eb6b9e546014" \
-H "X-Auth-Token: 440b677561454ea8a7f872201dd4e2c4" \
-d '{"subscriber":"your email address", "ttl":3600, "options":{}}'

The response:

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
content-length: 47
content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
location: http://10.229.47.217:8888/v2/queues/test/subscriptions
Connection: close
{"subscription_id": "576256b03990b480617b4063"}

After the subscription created, Zaqar will send a email to the email address of subscriber. The email specifies how to confirm the subscription.

  1. Click the confirmation page link in the email body

4. The confirmation page will send the subscription confirmation request to Zaqar server automatically. User also can choose to unsubscribe by clicking the unsubscription link in this page, that will cause Zaqar to cancel this subscription and send another email to notify this unsubscription action. Zaqar providers two examples of those web pages that will help user to build their own pages:

zaqar/sample/html/subscriptionConfirmation.html
zaqar/sample/html/unsubscriptionConfirmation.html

User can place those pages in web server like Apache to access them by browser, so the external_confirmation_url will be like this:

http://127.0.0.1:8080/subscriptionConfirmation.html

For CORS, here used zaqar/samples/html/confirmation_web_service_sample.py be a simple web service for example, it will relay the confirmation request to Zaqar Server. So before Step 3, you should start the web service first. The service could be started simply by the command:

python zaqar/samples/html/confirmation_web_service_sample.py

The service’s default port is 5678. If you want to use a new port, the command will be like:

python zaqar/samples/html/confirmation_web_service_sample.py new_port_number