Matrix Webhook

Post a message to a matrix room with a simple HTTP POST

Install

python3 -m pip install matrix-webhook
# OR
docker pull nim65s/matrix-webhook

Start

Create a matrix user for the bot, and launch this app it with the following arguments or environment variables:

python -m matrix_webhook -h
# OR
docker run --rm -it nim65s/matrix-webhook -h

usage: python -m matrix_webhook [-h] [-H HOST] [-P PORT] [-u MATRIX_URL]
                                [-i MATRIX_ID] [-p MATRIX_PW] [-k API_KEYS]
                                [-c CONFIG] [-v]

Configuration for Matrix Webhook.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -H HOST, --host HOST  host to listen to. Default: `''`. Environment
                        variable: `HOST`
  -P PORT, --port PORT  port to listed to. Default: 4785. Environment
                        variable: `PORT`
  -u MATRIX_URL, --matrix-url MATRIX_URL
                        matrix homeserver url. Default: `https://matrix.org`.
                        Environment variable: `MATRIX_URL`
  -i MATRIX_ID, --matrix-id MATRIX_ID
                        matrix user-id. Required. Environment variable:
                        `MATRIX_ID`
  -p MATRIX_PW, --matrix-pw MATRIX_PW
                        matrix password. Required. Environment variable:
                        `MATRIX_PW`
  -k API_KEYS, --api-keys API_KEYS
                        comma separated list of shared secrets to use this
                        service. Required. Environment variable: `API_KEYS`
  -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
                        configuration file. Default: `config.yaml`
  -v, --verbose         increment verbosity level

Dev

poetry install
# or python3 -m pip install --user markdown matrix-nio
python3 -m matrix_webhook

Prod

A docker-compose.yml is provided:

Use Traefik on the web docker network, eg. with proxyta.net
Put the configuration into a .env file
Configure your DNS for ${CHATONS_SERVICE:-matrixwebhook}.${CHATONS_DOMAIN:-localhost}

docker-compose up -d

Test / Usage

curl -d '{"body":"new contrib from toto: [44](http://radio.localhost/map/#44)", "key": "secret"}' \
  'http://matrixwebhook.localhost/!DPrUlnwOhBEfYwsDLh:matrix.org'

(or localhost:4785 without docker)

For Github

Add a JSON webhook with ?formatter=github, and put the API_KEY as secret

For Grafana

Add a webhook with a URL ending with ?formatter=grafana&key=API_KEY

For Pingdom

Add a webhook with a URL ending with ?formatter=pingdom&key=API_KEY

Test room

#matrix-webhook:tetaneutral.net

Unit tests

docker-compose -f test.yml up --exit-code-from tests --force-recreate --build

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