[jadmin] Which python library for jabber?

[James Bunton]

On 06/11/2006, at 9:13 AM, Florian Lindner wrote:

> Hello,
> I want to build an application that sends jabber messages to users  
> in python.
>
> Which library is best suited for that. I've found various ones:
>
> - pyxmpp: http://pyxmpp.jajcus.net/
>
> - xmpppy: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmpppy/ (latest news from  
> Oct 2006,
> seems to be maintained)
>
> - jabberpy: http://sourceforge.net/projects/jabberpy/ (latest news  
> from Nov
> 2003, probably unmaintained)
>
> - Twisted Words: http://twistedmatrix.com/projects/words/ (maybe a  
> little bit
> to heavy weight?)
>
> What would you recommend?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Florian

Twisted words is good. Depending on your needs it may indeed be a  
little heavy weight. PyMSNt uses this, so you have some example code  
at http://delx.cjb.net/pymsnt

xmpppy is used in quite a few projects. It would also be a good  
choice, lots of sample code to look at.

Good luck!

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James