Software / code / prosody-modules
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4568:88089c61121d
mod_muc_bot: Add a README
| author | Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> |
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| date | Mon, 24 May 2021 16:35:47 +0200 |
| parents | 4567:bcf4518d18d4 |
| children | 4569:9cbdb60e21f2 |
| files | mod_muc_bot/README.markdown |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/mod_muc_bot/README.markdown Mon May 24 16:35:47 2021 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +summary: Module for improving the life of bot authors +--- + +This module makes it easier to write MUC bots by removing the +requirement that the bot be online and joined to the room. + +All the bot needs to do is send a message and this module handles the +rest. + +# Configuration + +Example configuration in Prosody: + +```lua +Component "muc.example.com" "muc" + +modules_enabled = { + "muc_bot", +} +known_bots = { "bot@example.com" } +bots_get_messages = false +ignore_bot_errors = true +``` + +# Sending messages + +Simply send a stanza like this from your bot: + +```xml +<message type="groupchat" to="channel@muc.example.com"> + <body>Beep boop, I'm a bot!</body> + <nick xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/nick">Botty</nick> +</message> +``` + +## Use with mod_rest + +Using [mod_rest] to interact with MUC suffers from the same need to join +with an online resource, so this module helps with that as well! + +```bash +curl https://xmpp.example.com/rest/message/groupchat/room@muc.example.com \ + -d body="beep boop" \ + -d nick="Botty" +``` +
