matrix-appservice

This is a Matrix Application Service framework written in Node.js with Express.

This can be used to quickly setup performant application services for almost anything you can think of.

Usage (developers)

The main use for this framework is for creating new services which interact with third-party APIs. Services look something like this:

module.exports.serviceName = "an-example-service-name";
var q = require("q");

var aliasHandler = function(roomAlias) {
    console.log("loggingService: Receive new room '%s'", roomAlias);
    // TODO: Handle room alias query
    return q.reject({});
};

var handleEvent = function(event) {
    console.log("RECV %s", JSON.stringify(event));
};

module.exports.configure = function(opts) {
    // TODO: Any configuration handling (e.g. logging format)  
};

module.exports.register = function(controller, serviceConfig) {
    controller.addRegexPattern("aliases", "#log_.*", false);
    controller.setAliasQueryResolver(aliasHandler);

    // listen for m.room.message events to log
    controller.on("type:m.room.message", handleEvent);
};

This example is a complete service, and could now be uploaded to npm as matrix-appservice-logging.

Usage (End-users)

End users need to pick and choose which services to use for their AS and configure them. This can be done like this:

var appservice = require("matrix-appservice");
var logging = require("matrix-appservice-logging");

appservice.registerServices([
{
    service: logging,
    hs: "http://localhost:8008",
    token: "1234567890",
    as: "http://localhost:3500",
    port: 3500
}
]);
appservice.runForever();

This will run the logging service, listening on port 3500. Multiple services can be registered.

Framework

Service config

This is an Object which has the following keys/values:

• service => Object: The value is the desired service to register, e.g. require("matrix-appservice-irc")
• hs => String: The base home server URL to hit to register with.
• token => String: The application service token.
• as => String: The base application service URL that the home server should hit for incoming events.
• port => Number: The port to listen on.

matrix-appservice

This is the object returned when performing require("matrix-appservice"). It has the following methods:

• registerServices(servicesConfigs): Configure a web server for each service and invoke the register method for each service.
  • serviceConfigs (Array): An array of service configs.
  • runForever(): For each registered service, listen on the specified port.

  asapi-controller

  This is the main controller for this framework. This performs basic operations including:

  • Verifying the home server token.
  • Checking for duplicate transactions.
  • Emitting incoming events for services to receive.
  • Handling registration regex.

  It has the following methods:

  • setUserQueryResolver(fn): Sets a function to invoke when the home server calls the User Query API.
    • fn (Function): The function to invoke, which has a single String arg userId. This should return a Promise which is resolved if the user exists, or rejected if the user does not exist.
  • setAliasQueryResolver(fn): Sets a function to invoke when the home server calls the Alias Query API.
    • fn (Function): The function to invoke, which has a single String arg roomAlias. This should return a Promise which is resolved if the alias exists, or rejected if the alias does not exist.
  • addRegexPattern(type, regex, exclusive): Add a regex pattern to be registered.
    • type (String): The type of regex pattern. Must be 'users' or 'aliases'.
    • regex (String): The regex pattern.
    • exclusive (Boolean): True to reserve the matched namespace.
  • register(hsUrl, asUrl, asToken): [PRIVATE] Register with the home server. Services should not need to invoke this manually, as it is called for you in matrix-appservice.runForever().
  • setHomeserverToken(hsToken): Set the home server token to use when checking incoming requests. This will prevent registration if it is called before the register method.
    • hsToken (String): The home server token.
  • on(nodeEventType, fn): Listens for the specified event type, and invoke the specified function.

  Emitted Events

  asapi-controller will emit Node.js events when incoming events are sent to the AS by the HS. The list of possible event types are:

  • event (emits Object): A generic catch-all which is emitted for every incoming event.
  • type:[event.type] (emits Object) : An event emitted for the specified type e.g. type:m.room.message
  • registered (emits Object): Emitted when the AS successfully registers with the HS. Contains an object with a key hsToken for the home server token. To prevent re-registration on startup, call controller.setHomeserverToken(hsToken) in your service's register(controller, config) function.

  Service API

  Services can be built as separate node packages. As a result, they need to conform to the same interface in order for matrix-appservice to use them. The package's module.exports must have the following:

  • serviceName (String): The name of the service. Typically the package name e.g. matrix-appservice-foo.
  • configure(opts): The service specific configuration.
    • opts (Object): Any specific configuration information your service requires. This is completely separate to the Service Config.
  • register(controller, config): Set up this service for the provided controller.
    • controller (AsapiController): The controller instance to register with.
    • config (Object): The Service Config to use for requests (e.g. to the Client-Server API). This contains the base homeserver URL as well as the application service token you should be using to authorise your service.