hackmud-chat-api

An easy-to-use hackmud Chat API module.

Installation

Latest NPM release (recommended): npm @skiilaa/install hackmud-chat-api Latest GitHub version: npm install moriczgergo/hackmud-chat-api

Usage

var Hackmud = require('hackmud-chat-api');
 
var chat = new Hackmud("token or chat_pass");
console.log("Logged in! Token: " + chat.token);
console.log("Users: " + chat.user.join(", "));
 
chat.subscribe(messages => {
    messages.forEach(message => {
        console.log("From: " + message.from_user);
        console.log("To: " + message.to_user);
 
        if (message.channel) { // If sent in a channel
            console.log("Sent in " + message.channel);
            chat.send(message.to_user, message.channel, message.msg); // Reply with the same message in the same channel with the user that received the message.
        } else { // If sent in private
            chat.tell(message.to_user, message.from_user, message.msg) // Reply with the same message in private with the user that received that message.
            console.log("Sent in private");
        }
 
        console.log(message.msg);
    });
});

Docs

Message

id

Unique message ID provided by the API.

t

Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

from_user

The user who sent the message.

to_user

The user who received the message.

msg

The message's text. (with color codes)

channel

Optional, only present if the message was sent in a channel, if the message wasn't a tell.

Client

new Client(auth)

Parameters:

• auth: A token or a chat_pass.

Initializes the client.

Example:

var chat = new Client("ghwef");

subscribe(handler, users)

Params:

• handler: A callback that receives messages.
  • 1st param: Array of messages.
• users: Array of users to listen with. Optional.

Returns: Index of listener. You'll need this if you want to unsubscribe.

Example:

var handlerIndex = chat.subscribe(messages => {
    console.log("Messages received:");
    messages.forEach(message => {
        console.log(message.msg);
    });
});

unsubscribe(index)

Params:

• index: Index of handler to unsubscribe.

Example:

chat.unsubscribe(handlerIndex);

send(username, channel, msg)

Params:

• username: Username to send message with.
• channel: Channel to send message to.
• msg: Message to send.

Returns: null or error, if there was one.

Example:

var err = chat.send("my_bot", "0000", "my_bot.totally_not_a_scam is the best script ever.");
if (err) console.error("An error occurred: " + err);

tell(username, tell, msg)

Params:

• username: Username to send message with.
• tell˙: Username to send message to.
• msg: Message to send.

Returns: null or error, if there was one.

Example:

var err = chat.tell("my_bot", "me", "Started running.");
if (err) console.error("An error occurred: " + err);

users

Array of users.

channels

An object. The keys are usernames, and the values are arrays of channel names that the user has joined.

Example:

{
    me: ["0000", "town", "CHOICE_EPSILON_2"],
    my_bot: ["0000"]
}

token

The token, either the one passed to the constructor, or the one generated from chat_pass.