RocketChat API

Python API wrapper for the Rocket chat API

Documentation

Install

pip install rocket-python

Usage

Initialize the client with a username and password. This user must have Admin privs::

from rocketchat.api import RocketChatAPI

api = RocketChatAPI(settings={'username': 'someuser', 'password': 'somepassword',
                              'domain': 'https://myrockethchatdomain.com'})

Available Calls

api.send_message('message', 'room_id')
api.get_private_rooms()
api.get_private_room_history('room_id', oldest=date)
api.get_public_rooms()
api.get_room_info('room_id')
api.get_private_room_info('room_id')
api.get_room_history('room_id')
api.get_my_info()

check /rocketchat/calls/api.py for more.

Running Tests

py.test tests rocketchat

Sending a message

You'll first need to get the _id of the room you want to send a message to. Currently, Rocket can only send messages to public rooms.

api.send_message('Your message', room_id)