fkrasnovid / gorocket

golang library for rocket.chat

Golang Rocket Chat REST API client

Use this simple client if you need to connect to Rocket Chat in Golang.

How to use

Just import

import (
	"github.com/badkaktus/gorocket"
)

Create client

client := gorocket.NewClient("https://your-rocket-chat.com")

// login as the main admin user
login := gorocket.LoginPayload{
    User:     "admin-login",
    Password: "admin-password",
}

lg, err := client.Login(&login)

if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error: %+v", err)
}
fmt.Printf("I'm %s", lg.Data.Me.Username)

Manage user

str := gorocket.NewUser{
    Email:                 "[e-mail]",
    Name:                  "John Doe",
    Password:              "simplepassword",
    Username:              "johndoe",
    Active:                true,
}

me, err := client.UsersCreate(&str)
if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error: %+v", err)
}
fmt.Printf("User was created %t", me.Success)

Post a message

// create a new channel
str := gorocket.CreateChannelRequest{
    Name:     "newchannel",
}

channel, err := client.CreateChannel(&str)
if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error: %+v", err)
}
fmt.Printf("Channel was created %t", channel.Success)
// post a message
str := gorocket.Message{
    Channel:     "somechannel",
    Text:        "Hey! This is new message from Golang REST Client",
}

msg, err := client.PostMessage(&str)
if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error: %+v", err)
}
fmt.Printf("Message was posted %t", msg.Success)

PS

Feel free to create issue for add new endpoint to this client