Connecting to Google Talk over XMPP on Node.js

Question

I've tried using a variety of XMPP libraries for Node.js, and am having trouble connecting to Google Talk's XMPP servers. I'm wanting to connect and read the status of friends, but I can't even get out door!

1. I have a personal domain hosted through Google Apps for Domains, e.g., mydomain.com.

2. I've got the following code written - it makes use of the node-xmpp library (https://github.com/astro/node-xmpp):

   jid = '[email protected]';
   password = 'my_google_password';
   
   // Establish a connection
   var conn = new xmpp.Component({
       jid         : jid,
       password    : password,
       host        : 'talk.google.com',
       port        : 5222
   });
   conn.on('online', function(){
       sys.put("ONLINE");        
   });
   conn.on('error', function(e) {
        sys.puts(e);
   });
   

A connection is established, but authentication fails, and I receive this message back from Google Talk:

<stream:error xmlns:stream="http://etherx.jabber.org/streams" xmlns="jabber:client">
    <not-authorized xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-streams"/>
</stream:error>

...am I missing something? I've tried other libraries (https://github.com/mwild1/xmppjs), and even a Python library, and still haven't been able to authenticate. I'm 100% sure my Google username and password are correct - any tips/ideas?

Answer 1

Figured it out.

I was working with some inaccurate examples.

In my example above, you'll want to change:

var conn = new xmpp.Component({...})

...to...

var conn = new xmpp.Client({...})