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README.md

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, make it join the rooms you want it to talk into, and launch 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_KEY [-v]

Configuration for Matrix Webhook.


optional arguments:
  -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_KEY, --api-key API_KEY
                        shared secret to use this service. Required. Environment variable: `API_KEY`
  -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 '{"text":"new contrib from toto: [44](http://radio.localhost/map/#44)", "key": "secret"}' \
  'http://matrixwebhook.localhost/!DPrUlnwOhBEfYwsDLh:matrix.org'

(or localhost:4785 without docker)

Test room

#matrix-webhook:tetaneutral.net](https://matrix.to/#/!DPrUlnwOhBEfYwsDLh:matrix.org?via=laas.fr&via=tetaneutral.net&via=aen.im)

Unit tests

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