NAME

Net::RocketChat

SYNOPSIS

Implements the REST API for Rocket.Chat

USAGE

You can also specify the username, password and server in the environment variables ROCKETCHAT_USERNAME, ROCKETCHAT_PASSWORD and ROCKETCHAT_SERVER.

Most errors die. Use eval generously.

   use Net::RocketChat;
   use YAML::XS;
   use strict;

   # specifying connection info directly
   my $chat = Net::RocketChat->new(username => $username, password => $password, server => 'https://your.server.here');
   # or use the environment
   $ENV{ROCKETCHAT_USERNAME} = $username;
   $ENV{ROCKETCHAT_PASSWORD} = $password;
   $ENV{ROCKETCHAT_SERVER} = $server;

   my $chat = Net::RocketChat->new;
   eval {
      $chat->login;
      $chat->join(room => "general");
      my $messages = $chat->messages(room => "general");
      print Dump($messages);
      $chat->send(room => "general",message => "your message goes here");
      $chat->send(room => "general",message => "```\nmulti-line\npastes\nare\nok```");
      $chat->leave(room => "general");
   };
   if ($@) {
      print "caught an error: $@\n";
   }

There are also example scripts in the distribution.

ATTRIBUTES

debug

If debug is set, lots of stuff will get dumped to STDERR.

username

If this isn't specified, defaults to $ENV{ROCKETCHAT_USERNAME}

password

If this isn't specified, defaults to $ENV{ROCKETCHAT_PASSWORD}

server

The URL for the server, ie. "https://rocketchat.your.domain.here"

If this isn't specified, defaults to $ENV{ROCKETCHAT_SERVER}

response

Contains the last HTTP response from the server.

METHODS

version

Returns a hashref of versions, currently of the API and server.

   "versions": {
      "api": "0.1",
      "rocketchat": "0.5"
   }

login

Logs in.

logout

Logs out.

publicRooms

Fetches a list of rooms, and also stores a mapping of names to ids for future use. Returns the raw decoded JSON response from the server:

   my $rooms = $chat->publicRooms;

   rooms:
   - _id: GENERAL
     default: !!perl/scalar:JSON::PP::Boolean 1
     lm: 2016-04-30T16:45:32.876Z
     msgs: 54
     name: general
     t: c
     ts: 2016-04-30T04:29:53.361Z
     usernames:
     - someuser
     - someotheruser
   - _id: 8L4QMdEFCYqRH3MNP
     lm: 2016-04-30T21:08:27.760Z
     msgs: 2
     name: dev
     t: c
     ts: 2016-04-30T05:30:59.847Z
     u:
       _id: EBbKeYF9Gvppdhhwr
       username: someuser
     usernames:
     - someuser

has_room(:$room)

Returns 1 if a room exists on the server, 0 otherwise.

   if ($chat->has_room("general") {
      $chat->join(room => "general");
      $chat->send(room => "general", message => "Hello, world!");
   }
   else {
      ...
   }

join(:$room,:$room)

Joins a room. Rooms have a human readable name and an id. You can use either, but if the name isn't known it will automatically fetch a list of rooms.

   $chat->join(room => "general");

leave(:$id,:$room)

Leaves a room, specified either by name or id.

   $chat->leave(room => "general");

messages(:$room,:$id)

Gets all the messages from a room, specified either by name or id.

   my $messages = $chat->messages(room => "general");

send(:$room,:$id,:$message)

Sends a message to a room.

   $chat->send(room => "general", message => "Hello, world!");

AUTHOR

Dale Evans, <daleevans@github> http://devans.mycanadapayday.com

SEE ALSO

https://rocket.chat/docs/master/developer-guides/rest-api/