Ejabberd privacy_set doesn't save anything in mysql - ejabberd

Question

I want my users to be able to block each other. So I did some research and figured out that it can be done with privacy_set.
So I added mod_privacy and mod_blocking in config file.
The problem is when I run the following command nothing is getting inserted in mysql.
I copied xml from here.
ejabberdctl privacy_set userA localhost "<iq from='userA#localhost/l' type='set' id='block1'> <block xmlns='urn:xmpp:blocking'> <item jid='userB#montague.net'/> </block> </iq>"
I also tied this one, still no luck:
Copied from here
ejabberdctl privacy_set userA localhost "<iq from='userA#localhost/l' type='set' id='iq1'> <query xmlns='jabber:iq:privacy'> <list name='iq-jid-example'> <item type='jid' value='userB#localhost' action='deny' order='29'> <iq/> </item> </list> </query> </iq>"
This is the content of my ejabberd yml file:
loglevel: 5
log_rotate_size: 10485760
log_rotate_date: ""
log_rotate_count: 1
log_rate_limit: 100
watchdog_admins:
- "admin#localhost"
acl:
admin:
user:
- "admin": "localhost"
access:
configure:
admin: allow
webadmin_view:
viewers: allow
hosts:
- "localhost"
listen:
-
port: 5222
module: ejabberd_c2s
max_stanza_size: 65536
shaper: c2s_shaper
access: c2s
-
port: 5281
module: ejabberd_http
request_handlers:
## "/oauth": ejabberd_oauth
"/api": mod_http_api
web_admin: true
http_bind: true
http_poll: true
captcha: false
commands_admin_access:
- allow:
- user: "admin#localhost"
commands:
- add_commands: [send_stanza, destroy_room, connected_users_info, get_room_options, user, admin, open, status, stats, connecteo_users, get_vcard, change_password, check_account, register, create_room, create_room_with_opts, send_direct_invitation]
oauth_access: all
modules:
mod_vcard: {}
mod_ping: {}
mod_admin_extra: {}
mod_mam: {}
mod_roster: {}
mod_shared_roster: {}
mod_stats: {}
mod_offline: {}
mod_privacy:
db_type: sql
mod_blocking: {}
api_permissions:
"console commands":
from:
- ejabberd_ctl
who: all
what: "*"
"admin access":
who:
- admin
- oauth:
- scope: "ejabberd:admin"
- admin
what:
- "*"
- "!stop"
- "!start"
shaper_rules:
max_user_sessions: 10
max_user_offline_messages:
- 5000: admin
- 100
c2s_shaper:
- none: admin
- normal
s2s_shaper: fast
access_rules:
local:
- allow: local
c2s:
- deny: blocked
- allow
announce:
- allow: admin
configure:
- allow: all
register:
- allow
trusted_network:
- allow: loopback
auth_password_format: scram
auth_method: sql
default_db: sql
sql_type: mysql
sql_server: "localhost"
sql_database: "ejabberd"
sql_username: "ejabberd"
sql_password: "123456"
## If you want to specify the port:
sql_port: 3306
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I found the answer with the help from a console based XMPP client called Profanity
This is how it can be done:
ejabberdctl send_stanza_c2s userA localhost l '<iq id="1212" type="set"><block xmlns="urn:xmpp:blocking"><item jid="userB#localhost"/></block></iq>'