a command line tool to create an account, causing a verification email to be sent. closes #603

lib/wsapi_client.js

@@ -140,13 +140,14 @@ exports.post = function(cfg, path, context, postArgs, cb) {
       return;
     }
     var headers = {
-      'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
+      'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
     };
     injectCookies(context, headers);
 
     if (typeof postArgs === 'object') {
       postArgs['csrf'] = csrf;
       body = querystring.stringify(postArgs);
+      headers['Content-Length'] = body.length;
     }
 
     var req = meth.request({

scripts/create_account.js

+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
+ * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+ *
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
+ * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
+ * License.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is Mozilla BrowserID.
+ *
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Mozilla.
+ * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2011
+ * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ *   Lloyd Hilaiel <lloyd@hilaiel.com>
+ *
+ * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
+ * either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or
+ * the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
+ * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
+ * of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
+ * under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
+ * use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your
+ * decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
+ * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
+ * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
+ * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
+ *
+ * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
+
+const
+wcli = require("../lib/wsapi_client.js");
+
+var argv = require('optimist')
+.usage('Stage a new account for creation, causing an email to be sent.\nUsage: $0')
+.alias('h', 'help')
+.describe('h', 'display this usage message')
+.alias('s', 'server')
+.describe('s', 'server url to stage on')
+.default('s', 'https://browserid.org')
+.alias('d', 'domain')
+.describe('d', 'domain that email is staged on behalf of, will be in email body')
+.default('d', "create_account_command_line_tool.com")
+.alias('e', 'email')
+.describe('e', 'email address to stage')
+.demand('e');
+
+var args = argv.argv;
+
+// request context (cookie jar, etc)
+var ctx = {};
+
+if (args.h) {
+  argv.showHelp();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+wcli.post({
+  browserid: args.s
+}, '/wsapi/stage_user', ctx, {
+  email: args.e,
+  site: args.d
+}, function(response) {
+  try {
+    var body = JSON.parse(response.body);
+    if (body.success !== true)
+      throw "request failed: " + response.body;
+  } catch(e) {
+    process.stderr.write("error: " + e.toString() + "\n");
+    process.stderr.write("response: " + response.body  + "\n");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+});