NAME

Net::Mattermost::Bot - A base class for Mattermost bots.

SYNOPSIS

Extend Net::Mattermost::Bot in a Moo or Moose package.

    my $bot = Local::MyBot->new({
        username  => 'username here',
        password  => 'password here',
        team_name => 'team name here',
        base_url  => 'Mattermost server\'s base URL here',
    });

    $bot->connect();

    package Local::MyBot;

    use Moo;

    extends 'Net::Mattermost::Bot';

    # A message was posted to the channel
    sub event_emit_posted {
        my $self = shift;
        my $args = shift;

        # $args contains data from Mattermost

        return $self->_post_to_channel({
            channel_id => 1234,
            message    => 'This will be output to channel with ID "1234"',
        });
    }

    1;

API calls can also be made directly to Mattermost using their v4 API (using Furl):

    sub event_emit_posted {
        my $self = shift;

        # Get a list of your team's custom emoticons
        my $res = $self->furl->get($self->api_url.'/emoji', $self->headers);

        # ...
    }

DESCRIPTION

Provides a websocket connection and basic API controls for creating a simple Mattermost bot.

METHODS

This package provides several methods which may be overridden in your own bot.

Each method takes two arguments ($self and $event), except event_emit_connected which only passes $self.

event_emit_connected()

The bot connected to the server.

event_emit_typing()

Someone started typing.

event_emit_channel_viewed()

Someone viewed the channel.

event_emit_posted()

Someone posted to the channel.

SEE ALSO

https://mojolicious.org/perldoc/Mojo/IOLoop

The websocket loop is provided by Mojo::IOLoop.

AUTHOR

Mike Jones email:mike@netsplit.org.uk

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2018 Mike Jones

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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