How do I connect my custom auth script to ejabberd?

Question

I have searched everywhere that I can think of for this. I know how to create my custom auth script (I am using Python) but I just can't figure out how to connect it to the ejabberd server. Does it have to be in a special location? Special name? Do I point to it from ejabberd.yml in some way?

What triggers ejabberd to call my script instead of its own internal auth code?

Answer 1

In ejabberd.yml tell that you want to use external as authentication method, and also provide the full path to your script, see https://docs.ejabberd.im/admin/configuration/#external-script