Javascript library to access the Zulip API
const config = {
username: process.env.ZULIP_USERNAME,
apiKey: process.env.ZULIP_API_KEY,
realm: process.env.ZULIP_REALM
};
const zulip = require('zulip-js')(config);
zulip.streams.subscriptions().then(res => {
console.log(res);
});You will need to first retrieve the API key by calling zulip(config) and then use the zulip object that it passes to .then()
const zulip = require('zulip-js');
const config = {
username: process.env.ZULIP_USERNAME,
password: process.env.ZULIP_PASSWORD,
realm: process.env.ZULIP_REALM
};
//Fetch API Key
zulip(config).then(zulip => {
// The zulip object now contains the API Key
zulip.streams.subscriptions().then(res => {
console.log(res);
});
});Create a file called zuliprc (in the same directory as your code) which looks like:
[api]
[email protected]
key=wlueAg7cQXqKpUgIaPP3dmF4vibZXal7
site=http://localhost:9991
Please remember to add this file to your .gitignore!
Calling zulip({ zuliprc: 'zuliprc' } ) will read this file and then pass a configured zulip object to .then().
const zulip = require('zulip-js');
const path = require('path');
const zuliprc = path.resolve(__dirname, 'zuliprc');
zulip({ zuliprc }).then(zulip =>
// The zulip object now contains the config from the zuliprc file
zulip.streams.subscriptions().then(res => {
console.log(res);
});
});zulip.accounts.retrieve() returns a promise that you can use to retrieve your API key.
// After initializing the zulip object
zulip.accounts.retrieve().then(res => {
console.log(res);
});
/* Prints
{ msg: '',
api_key: 'your api key',
result: 'success',
email: 'your email address'
}
*/zulip.streams.retrieve() returns a promise that can be used to retrieve all streams.
// After initializing the zulip object
zulip.streams.retrieve().then(res => {
console.log(res);
});
/* Prints
{
msg: '',
result: 'success',
streams: [
...
]
}
*/zulip.streams.subscriptions.retrieve() returns a promise that can be used to retrieve the user's subscriptions.
// After initializing the zulip object
zulip.streams.subscriptions.retrieve().then(res => {
console.log(res);
});
/* Prints
{ msg: '',
result: 'success',
subscriptions: [
...
]
}
*/zulip.messages.send() returns a promise that can be used to send a message.
// After initializing the zulip object
const params = {
to: 'test-bot',
type: 'stream',
subject: 'Testing zulip-js',
content: 'Something is wrong....'
};
// Send a message
zulip.messages.send(params).then(res => {
// Response includes Message ID
console.log(res);
});zulip.messages.retrieve() returns a promise that can be used to retrieve messages from a stream. You need to specify the id of the message to be used as an anchor. Use 1000000000 to retrieve the most recent message, or zulip.users.me.pointer.retrieve() to get the id of the last message the user read.
const params = {
stream: 'test-bot',
type: 'stream',
anchor: res.id,
num_before: 1,
num_after: 1,
};
// Fetch messages anchored around id (1 before, 1 after)
zulip.messages.retrieve(params).then(console.log);
// Fetch the most recent message
params.anchor = 1000000000;
zulip.messages.retrieve(params).then(console.log);
// Fetch the pointer for the user
zulip.users.me.pointer.retrieve().then((res) => {
// Fetch messages anchored around the last message the user read (1 before, 1 after)
params.anchor = res.pointer;
zulip.messages.retrieve(params).then(console.log);
});Specify type to be private in the params object passed to zulip.messages.send()
const params = {
to: process.env.ZULIP_TEST_USERNAME,
type: 'private',
subject: 'Testing zulip-js',
content: 'Something is wrong....'
};
zulip.messages.send(params).then(res => {
console.log(res);
});Using a message's id as the anchor, add a narrow to the params passed to zulip.messages.retrieve(). The narrow is an array of objects, in this case just {operator: 'is', operand: 'private'}. Note that the anchor can be set to 1000000000 to get the most recent message, or to the user's pointer using zulip.users.me.pointer.retrieve().
const id = 'some message id';
const params = {
anchor: id,
narrow: [{
operator: 'is',
operand: 'private'
}],
num_before: 1,
num_after: 1,
};
// Fetch messages anchored around id (1 before, 1 after)
zulip.messages.retrieve(params).then(console.log);
// Fetch most recent message
const mostRecentParams = {
anchor: 1000000000,
narrow: [{
operator: 'is',
operand: 'private'
}],
num_before: 1,
num_after: 1,
};
zulip.messages.retrieve(mostRecentParams).then(console.log);
// Fetch pointer for the user
zulip.users.me.pointer.retrieve().then((res) => {
// Fetch messages anchored around last read message (1 before, 1 after)
mostRecentParams.anchor = res.pointer;
zulip.messages.retrieve(mostRecentParams).then(console.log);
});zulip.queues.register() registers a new queue. You can pass it a params object with the types of events you are interested in and whether you want to receive raw text or html (using markdown):
{
event_types: ['message', 'subscriptions', 'realm_user', 'pointer']
apply_markdown: True
}For example:
// After initializing the zulip object
// Register queue to receive messages for user
const params = {
event_types: ['message']
};
zulip.queues.register(params).then(res => {
console.log(res);
// Prints
// { msg: '',
// max_message_id: 100375522,
// last_event_id: -1,
// result: 'success',
// queue_id: 'some queue id' }
});zulip.events.retrieve() retrieves events from a queue. You can pass it a params object with the id of the queue you are interested in, the last event id that you have received and wish to acknowlege. You can also specify whether the server should not block on this request until there is a new event (the default is to block).
{
queue_id: 'the queue id',
last_event_id: -1,
dont_block: false
};
For example:
// After initializing the zulip object
// Retrieve events from a queue
// Blocking until there is an event (or the request times out)
const params = {
queue_id: 'your queue id',
last_event_id: -1,
dont_block: false
};
zulip.events.retrieve(params).then(res => {
console.log(res);
// Prints
// { msg: '',
// result: 'success',
// handler_id: 2005928,
// events:
// [ { flags: [Object], message: [Object], type: 'message', id: 0 },
// { type: 'heartbeat', id: 1 },
// { flags: [], message: [Object], type: 'message', id: 2 },
// { flags: [], message: [Object], type: 'message', id: 3 },
// { flags: [], message: [Object], type: 'message', id: 4 } ] }
});zulip.users.retrieve() retrieves all users for this realm.
zulip.users.retrieve({}).then(res => {
console.log(res);
// Prints
// { msg: '',
// result: 'success',
// members:
// [ { is_bot: false,
// is_active: true,
// avatar_url: 'https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/sfgsgsfsfh84785346gsfgsgf?d=identicon',
// is_admin: false,
// full_name: 'John Doe',
// email: '[email protected]' },
// ...
});zulip.users.me.pointer.retrieve() retrieves a pointer for a user. The pointer is the id of the last message the user read. This can then be used as an anchor message id for subsequent API calls.
// Prints
// { msg: '', pointer: 3432741029383298, result: 'success' }
zulip.users.me.pointer.retrieve().then(console.log);zulip.emojis.retrieve() retrieves the list of realm specific emojis.
zulip.emojis.retrieve().then(res => {
console.log(res);
// Prints
// { msg: '',
// result: 'success',
// emoji: {
// doge: {
// source_url: 'http://web.mit.edu/jesstess/www/doge.png',
// display_url: 'https://uploads.zulipusercontent.net/edc1569f7cb021b4877bc800019bef0960ed5b03/687474703a2f2f7765622e6d69742e6564752f6a657373746573732f7777772f646f67652e706e67'
// },
// ...
});zulip.typing.send() can be used to send a typing notification. The parameters required are to (either a username or a list of usernames) and op (either start or stop).
{
to: '[email protected]',
op: 'start',
};For example:
// After initializing the zulip object
// Send a typing started notification to [email protected]
const params = {
to: '[email protected]'
op: 'start'
};
zulip.typing.send(params).then(res => {
console.log(res);
// Prints
// { msg: '',
// result: 'success',
// handler_id: 2005928,
// events:
// [ { flags: [Object], message: [Object], type: 'message', id: 0 },
// { type: 'heartbeat', id: 1 },
// { flags: [], message: [Object], type: 'message', id: 2 },
// { flags: [], message: [Object], type: 'message', id: 3 },
// { flags: [], message: [Object], type: 'message', id: 4 } ] }
});Use zulip.queues.register() to register a queue to listen to typing notification events. This can be done by including typing in the list of event_types in the parameters passed.
const queueParams = {
event_types: ['typing']
}Now zulip.events.retrieve() can be used to retrieve typing notification events using the queue_id recieved when registering the queue.
const eventParams = {
queue_id: 'the queue id',
last_event_id: -1,
dont_block: false
};A typing notification event looks like:
{
type: 'typing',
op: 'start',
sender: 'email address',
recipient: [{id: 1, email: 'email address for user id 1'}]
}For example,
// After initializing the zulip object
// Register a queue to listen to typing notification events
zulip.queues.register({event_types: ['typing']}).then((res) => {
// Retrieve events from a queue
// Blocking until there is an event (or the request times out)
const params = {
queue_id: res.queue_id,
last_event_id: -1,
dont_block: false
};
zulip.events.retrieve(params).then(res => {
console.log(res);
// Prints
// { msg: '',
// result: 'success',
// handler_id: 2005928,
// events: [{
// type: 'typing',
// op: 'start',
// sender: '[email protected]',
// recipients: [{
// id: 1,
// email: '[email protected]'
// }]
// },
// {
// type: 'typing',
// op: 'stop',
// sender: '[email protected]',
// recipients: [{
// id: 1,
// email: '[email protected]'
// }]
// }]
// }
});
});ZULIP_USERNAMEZULIP_PASSWORDZULIP_API_KEYZULIP_REALMZULIP_TEST_STREAM
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