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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+    SleekXMPP: The Sleek XMPP Library
+    Copyright (C) 2010  Nathanael C. Fritz
+    This file is part of SleekXMPP.
+
+    See the file LICENSE for copying permission.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import logging
+import getpass
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+import sleekxmpp
+
+import ssl
+from sleekxmpp.xmlstream import cert
+
+
+# Python versions before 3.0 do not use UTF-8 encoding
+# by default. To ensure that Unicode is handled properly
+# throughout SleekXMPP, we will set the default encoding
+# ourselves to UTF-8.
+if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
+    reload(sys)
+    sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
+else:
+    raw_input = input
+
+
+class GTalkBot(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
+
+    """
+    A demonstration of using SleekXMPP with accounts from a Google Apps
+    account with a custom domain, because it requires custom certificate
+    validation.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, jid, password):
+        sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP.__init__(self, jid, password)
+
+        # The session_start event will be triggered when
+        # the bot establishes its connection with the server
+        # and the XML streams are ready for use. We want to
+        # listen for this event so that we we can initialize
+        # our roster.
+        self.add_event_handler("session_start", self.start)
+
+        # The message event is triggered whenever a message
+        # stanza is received. Be aware that that includes
+        # MUC messages and error messages.
+        self.add_event_handler("message", self.message)
+
+        # Using a Google Apps custom domain, the certificate
+        # does not contain the custom domain, just the GTalk
+        # server name. So we will need to process invalid
+        # certifcates ourselves and check that it really
+        # is from Google.
+        self.add_event_handler("ssl_invalid_cert", self.invalid_cert)
+
+    def invalid_cert(self, pem_cert):
+        der_cert = ssl.PEM_cert_to_DER_cert(pem_cert)
+        try:
+            cert.verify('talk.google.com', der_cert)
+            logging.debug("CERT: Found GTalk certificate")
+        except cert.CertificateError as err:
+            log.error(err.message)
+            self.disconnect(send_close=False)
+
+    def start(self, event):
+        """
+        Process the session_start event.
+
+        Typical actions for the session_start event are
+        requesting the roster and broadcasting an initial
+        presence stanza.
+
+        Arguments:
+            event -- An empty dictionary. The session_start
+                     event does not provide any additional
+                     data.
+        """
+        self.send_presence()
+        self.get_roster()
+
+    def message(self, msg):
+        """
+        Process incoming message stanzas. Be aware that this also
+        includes MUC messages and error messages. It is usually
+        a good idea to check the messages's type before processing
+        or sending replies.
+
+        Arguments:
+            msg -- The received message stanza. See the documentation
+                   for stanza objects and the Message stanza to see
+                   how it may be used.
+        """
+        if msg['type'] in ('chat', 'normal'):
+            msg.reply("Thanks for sending\n%(body)s" % msg).send()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Setup the command line arguments.
+    optp = OptionParser()
+
+    # Output verbosity options.
+    optp.add_option('-q', '--quiet', help='set logging to ERROR',
+                    action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
+                    const=logging.ERROR, default=logging.INFO)
+    optp.add_option('-d', '--debug', help='set logging to DEBUG',
+                    action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
+                    const=logging.DEBUG, default=logging.INFO)
+    optp.add_option('-v', '--verbose', help='set logging to COMM',
+                    action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
+                    const=5, default=logging.INFO)
+
+    # JID and password options.
+    optp.add_option("-j", "--jid", dest="jid",
+                    help="JID to use")
+    optp.add_option("-p", "--password", dest="password",
+                    help="password to use")
+
+    opts, args = optp.parse_args()
+
+    # Setup logging.
+    logging.basicConfig(level=opts.loglevel,
+                        format='%(levelname)-8s %(message)s')
+
+    if opts.jid is None:
+        opts.jid = raw_input("Username: ")
+    if opts.password is None:
+        opts.password = getpass.getpass("Password: ")
+
+    # Setup the GTalkBot and register plugins. Note that while plugins may
+    # have interdependencies, the order in which you register them does
+    # not matter.
+    xmpp = GTalkBot(opts.jid, opts.password)
+    xmpp.register_plugin('xep_0030') # Service Discovery
+    xmpp.register_plugin('xep_0004') # Data Forms
+    xmpp.register_plugin('xep_0060') # PubSub
+    xmpp.register_plugin('xep_0199') # XMPP Ping
+
+    # If you are working with an OpenFire server, you may need
+    # to adjust the SSL version used:
+    # xmpp.ssl_version = ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3
+
+    # If you want to verify the SSL certificates offered by a server:
+    # xmpp.ca_certs = "path/to/ca/cert"
+
+    # Connect to the XMPP server and start processing XMPP stanzas.
+    if xmpp.connect():
+        # If you do not have the dnspython library installed, you will need
+        # to manually specify the name of the server if it does not match
+        # the one in the JID. For example, to use Google Talk you would
+        # need to use:
+        #
+        # if xmpp.connect(('talk.google.com', 5222)):
+        #     ...
+        xmpp.process(block=True)
+        print("Done")
+    else:
+        print("Unable to connect.")