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 or token and user_id. This user must have Admin privs:

from rocketchat.api import RocketChatAPI

api = RocketChatAPI(settings={'username': 'someuser', 'password': 'somepassword',
                              'domain': 'https://myrockethchatdomain.com'})
# or
api = RocketChatAPI(settings={'token': 'sometoken', 'user_id': 'someuserid',
                              '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.create_public_room('room_name', 
                        members=[], 
                        read_only=False)

api.delete_public_room('room_id')

api.get_my_info()

api.get_users()

api.get_user_info('user_id')

api.create_user('email', 
                'name', 
                'password', 
                'username', 
                 active=True, 
                 roles=['user'], 
                 join_default_channels=True, 
                 require_password_change=False, 
                 send_welcome_email=False, 
                 verified=False, 
                 customFields=None)
                
api.delete_user('user_id')

api.upload_file(room_id='room_id',
                file='file',
                description='File description',
                message='Example message')

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)