ioBroker.nctalk

Tests:

nctalk adapter for ioBroker

Use nextcloud Talk service to communicate with ioBroker, push notification and sending commands to control your smarthome

How to use

Configuration

• Name - for later use maybe. No need to change it.
  
• Token - unique id of a talk chatroom (don't change, in the future this column will be made read only)
  
• Type - talk supports different types of chatrooms "One to one", "Group", "Public", "Changelog". Not used, just additional information for the admin. (don't change)
  
• iobrokergroup - assigns a talk chatroom to one or multiple iobroker group. Group-Names are sperated by comma ","
  
• text2command - not implemented yet
  
• Listen Active - If activated the chatroom will be polled for new messages available.

Object description

• nctalk.i.iobrokergroupname.LastReceivedMessage - Shows last received message of this iobrokergroup as string. No queuing mechanism is currently implemented. Means in case two messages arrive almost at the same time only the earlier message might be lost.
• nctalk.i.iobrokergroupname.SendMessage - Sends string to the every talk chatroom in the same iobrokergroup
  
• nctalk.i.iobrokergroupname.ShareFile.NextcloudPath - path to ane existing file in nextcloud for example "/Photos/Birdie.jpg"
  
• nctalk.i.iobrokergroupname.ShareFile.URL - Object/JSON with two elements filename = filename to be created and the url to the ressource on the web where to download the file. Example {"filename": "snapshot.jpg", "url": "https://:@192.168.XXX.XXX/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi"}
  
• nctalk.i.iobrokergroupname.ShareFile.UploadShareObj - Object/JSON with two elements filename = filename to be created and Buffer with binary data of the file. Example {"filename": "dafang02.png", "data": {"type": "Buffer","data": [ 255, 216, 255, 224, ....]}}

Limitations

No queuing mechanism with handshake (producer/consumer) using the acknowledge function is implemented yet. This can lead to losing messages in case of simultaneously requests.

Examples

Share existing file using ShareFile.NextcloudPath
- string to file path inside the user's root

"/Photos/Birdie.jpg"

Share file from web using ShareFile.URL

Allows self signed certificates and simple authentication using username:password@

{"filename": "snapshot.jpg", "url": "https://<username>:<password>@192.168.XXX.XXX/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi"}

Blockly example from Karsten using ShareFile.URL - https://forum.iobroker.net/topic/49298/neuer-adapter-nextcloud-talk-messenger/53?_=1641974071507

Share file from local disk using UploadShareObj

var fs = require("fs");

fs.readFile("/opt/iobroker/iobroker-data/tmp/dafang01/dafang01.png", null , (err, data) => {
    if (err) {
        console.error(err)
        return
    }

    const fileNextcloud = {
        filename: "tests123.png",
        data: data
    }
    //console.log(fileNextcloud)
    setState("nctalk.0.kjf53yuu.ShareFile.UploadShareObj", fileNextcloud);
})

Share file from web using UploadShareObj

var https = require("https");

var options = {
    host: 'raw.githubusercontent.com',
    port: 443,
    path: '/jjqoie/iobroker.nctalk/main/img/nctalk-objects.png',
    method: 'GET',
};

https.get(options, function(res) {
    res.setEncoding('binary');
    let chunks = [];

    res.on('data', (chunk) => {
        chunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk, 'binary'));
    });

    res.on('end', () => {
        let binary = Buffer.concat(chunks);
        // binary is now a Buffer that can be used as Uint8Array or as
        // any other TypedArray for data processing in NodeJS or 
        // passed on via the Buffer to something else.

        });
        const fileNextcloud = {
            filename: "snapshot.png",
            data: binary
        }
        setState("nctalk.0.grp2.ShareFile.UploadShareObj", fileNextcloud);
    });
});

Developer manual

This section is intended for the developer. It can be deleted later

Getting started

You are almost done, only a few steps left:

1. Create a new repository on GitHub with the name ioBroker.nctalk

2. Initialize the current folder as a new git repository:

   git init -b main
   git add .
   git commit -m "Initial commit"

3. Link your local repository with the one on GitHub:

   git remote add origin https://github.com/jjqoie/ioBroker.nctalk

4. Push all files to the GitHub repo:

   git push origin main

5. Head over to main.js and start programming!

Best Practices

We've collected some best practices regarding ioBroker development and coding in general. If you're new to ioBroker or Node.js, you should check them out. If you're already experienced, you should also take a look at them - you might learn something new :)

Scripts in package.json

Several npm scripts are predefined for your convenience. You can run them using npm run <scriptname>

Script name	Description
test:js	Executes the tests you defined in *.test.js files.
test:package	Ensures your package.json and io-package.json are valid.
test:unit	Tests the adapter startup with unit tests (fast, but might require module mocks to work).
test:integration	Tests the adapter startup with an actual instance of ioBroker.
test	Performs a minimal test run on package files and your tests.
check	Performs a type-check on your code (without compiling anything).
lint	Runs ESLint to check your code for formatting errors and potential bugs.
release	Creates a new release, see @alcalzone/release-script for more details.

Writing tests

When done right, testing code is invaluable, because it gives you the confidence to change your code while knowing exactly if and when something breaks. A good read on the topic of test-driven development is https://hackernoon.com/introduction-to-test-driven-development-tdd-61a13bc92d92. Although writing tests before the code might seem strange at first, but it has very clear upsides.

The template provides you with basic tests for the adapter startup and package files. It is recommended that you add your own tests into the mix.

Publishing the adapter

Using GitHub Actions, you can enable automatic releases on npm whenever you push a new git tag that matches the form v<major>.<minor>.<patch>. We strongly recommend that you do. The necessary steps are described in .github/workflows/test-and-release.yml.

Since you installed the release script, you can create a new release simply by calling:

npm run release (minor/major/patch -- --dry)

Additional command line options for the release script are explained in the release-script documentation.

To get your adapter released in ioBroker, please refer to the documentation of ioBroker.repositories.

Test the adapter manually with dev-server

Since you set up dev-server, you can use it to run, test and debug your adapter.

You may start dev-server by calling from your dev directory:

dev-server watch

The ioBroker.admin interface will then be available at http://localhost:8081/

Please refer to the dev-server documentation for more details.

Changelog

0.4.0 (2023-02-23)

• (Jochen Gerster) Fix missing uk translations warning of automated adapter checker

0.3.1 (2023-02-23)

• (Jochen Gerster) fix issues found by adapter checker
• (Jochen Gerster) Ensure object id does not contain an invalid character
• (Jochen Gerster) Update to nctalkclient 1.5.0

0.3.0 (2022-01-07)

• (Jochen Gerster) Added FileSharing

0.2.0 (2021-11-23)

• (Jochen Gerster) Added debug logging option

0.1.0 (2021-11-13)

• (Jochen Gerster) initial release

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2023 Jochen Gerster [e-mail]

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