Gitter/api

Gitter API and Libraries

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

I can not share the token in group

curl -X POST -i -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" "https://api.gitter.im/v1/rooms/586c6a98d73408ce4f410f71/chatMessages" -d '{"text":"hello"}'

so I use xxxxxxxxxxxx as token

Eric Eastwood

@MadLittleMods

@wsdjeg hmm, I'm not seeing that problem at all if I just replace the access token and room ID.

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

I think the token is ok for me, because I can use the token to list all message and use it with stream api

But I can not use it to send message.

Eric Eastwood

@MadLittleMods

@wsdjeg I'm not sure. Are you able to reproduce with a different room and user?

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

But I only have one gitter account

Eric Eastwood

@MadLittleMods

@wsdjeg You're sending messages here. It uses the same API. What if you used this room ID 5790a3a2c2f0db084a24004d?

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

ok, I fixed it.

I use should use -d "{\"text\":\"hello\"}" instead

I think it is issue with cmd.exe

Eric Eastwood

@MadLittleMods

I see. The snippets you posted before work fine on macOS for reference

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

so how to deal with " in text context

-d "{\"text\":\"he\"llo\"}"?

-d "{\"text\":\"he\\\"llo\"}"

Eric Eastwood

@MadLittleMods

Glad you got it figured out. Thanks for following up!

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

@MadLittleMods hi, I have a question about using curl, when I use curl with stream api, it does not print result to stdout.

and with the same command, it works well in terminal

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Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

Hi, what is the encoding of the server?

I can not send chinese charactors.

for exmaple: ��

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Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

@MadLittleMods It seems issue of server encoding.

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

hi, how to send multiple line message, use hello\nworld does not work

@MadLittleMods the list all messages api does not return thread message?

Eric Eastwood

@MadLittleMods

@wsdjeg It's probably easiest to inspect what Gitter is doing in the browser to see what it's doing.

\n should work. Just make sure it's being escaped correctly
For threads, use /v1/rooms/:roomId/chatMessages/:chatId/thread?limit=50

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

yeah, I know, but I think it is better to get all messages when enter a room first time.

I have create the vimchat plugin, when enter a room first time, I hope I can get all history messages

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

btw, when list all messages, the message body maybe should include how many replies it has.

Ok, got it. it is threadMessageCount

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

@MadLittleMods I have a question about the api, I do not know why, sometione the response is comming from stderr when run curl command.

but the job exit code is 0.

Eric Eastwood

@MadLittleMods

@wsdjeg Sounds like an intricacy of curl instead of the API?

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

ok, I have fixed it.

currently the reply counts is displayed.

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

maybe, it seems an issue with curl.

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

@MadLittleMods I have test it, but I do not know why

I fount the response is print to curl stderr, and the response is correct. I think there is no error in response.

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

hi, is there an api to send screenshort image to gitter?

Eric Eastwood

@MadLittleMods

@wsdjeg You can use the markdown syntax to send any image ![](image.png) but it needs to be hosted somewhere first. It is possible to upload an image but it's not a documented part of the API and isn't straightforward if you reverse-engineer the Gitter webapp

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

OK thanks

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

@MadLittleMods I have read the code of webapp of gitter, but I can not found which file is for sending file to gitter.

Eric Eastwood

@MadLittleMods

@wsdjeg See gitterHQ/webapp#2571

Wang Shidong

@wsdjeg

@MadLittleMods thanks. I will have a try.

Sai

@t2dk49580

Is there an API for uploading files?

Eric Eastwood

@MadLittleMods

@t2dk49580 The messages just above were talking about that 😁. There isn't a documented one and the way the Gitter webapp does it is not straight forward. There are some hints in gitterHQ/webapp#2571

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