This is a Nextcloud Talk bot package for communicating with chat rooms.

You can skip this if you already have a bot, just jump to the Installation part.

Using Docker: if you run Nextcloud in Docker container, connect to the container with the following:

docker exec -it -u 33 6296172064fb /bin/bash

Parameter -u 33 is needed to get proper permissions based on owner ID of config.php.

⚠️ Depending on your installation use just occ or /var/www/html/occ in CLI:

/var/www/html/occ talk:bot:install "{bot_name}" "{64-128 char long secret}" "{webhook url}" "{bot_name}"

1. Check you bot is in the list:

/var/www/html/occ talk:bot:list

2. Get your user ID:

/var/www/html/occ user:list

3. Create a room:

/var/www/html/occ talk:room:create --user {user_id} --owner {user_id} "{chat_room_name}"

This will return the room token, save it.

4. Add bot to the room:

/var/www/html/occ talk:bot:setup 1 {room_token}

Now you and your bot are in a room. You can add anyone else living person if you want in the app or in CLI. You can find more detailed information in the Nextcloud Talk occ commands documentation.

Run the following to install from npm repository:

npm install node-red-contrib-nc-talk-bot

If you install it locally after a git clone or downloaded as ZIP:

npm install /path/to_your_package_folder

After the installation you should find a new node under category "nextcloud" in your Node-RED.

To send message by the bot to a room you need:

• Your Nextcloud URL
• Your room token
• Your bot secret

Add the node, and fill in "Nextcloud URL" and "Secret" with the bot secret.

To send a message you need to pass the message itself and the room token in the payload for the node as follows:

{
  "message": "Hello from Node-RED!",
  "token": "this_is_your_room_token"
}

And that's it! Have fun and happy automation!