Mattermost

Mattermost is an open-source, self-hosted messaging platform designed for secure team collaboration and communication.

Categories: Communication

Type: mattermost/v1

Connections

Version: 1

Bearer Token

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
domain	Domain	STRING		true
token	Token	STRING		true

Connection Setup

Go to System Console.
Scroll to INTEGRATIONS and click on Integration Management.
Scroll to Enable Personal Access Tokens and click true.
In System Console find USER MANAGEMENT and click on Users.
Identify the account you want to create a personal access token with. By default, only System Admins have permissions to create a personal access token. To create an access token with a non-admin account, you must first give it the appropriate permissions. Find the user account, then select Manage Roles from the dropdown.
Select Allow this account to generate personal access tokens and post:all and then click Save.
Go back to your profile and go to Account Settings.
Go to Security and under Personal Access Token click Edit.
Select Create Token.
Enter a description for the token and then select Save.
Copy the access token and use it in ByteChef.

Actions

Send message

Name: sendMessage

Send message to a channel.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
channel_id	Channel Id	STRING	The channel ID to send message to.	true
message	Message	STRING	The message contents.	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Send message",
  "name" : "sendMessage",
  "parameters" : {
    "channel_id" : "",
    "message" : ""
  },
  "type" : "mattermost/v1/sendMessage"
}

Output

Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	STRING	ID of the message.
create_at	INTEGER	The time in milliseconds a post was created.
update_at	INTEGER	The time in milliseconds a post was last updated.
edit_at	INTEGER	The time in milliseconds a post was last edited.
delete_at	INTEGER	The time in milliseconds a post was deleted.
is_pinned	BOOLEAN Options true, false	True if post is pinned to the channel it is in.
user_id	STRING	ID of the user.
channel_id	STRING	ID of the channel.
root_id	STRING	Post ID if post is created as a comment on another post.
parent_id	STRING
original_id	STRING
message	STRING	The actual content of the message.
type	STRING
props	OBJECT Properties {}
hashtags	STRING	Any hashtags included in the message content.
pending_post_id	STRING
reply_count	INTEGER	Number of replies to this message.
last_reply_at	INTEGER	The time in milliseconds of the most recent reply.
participants	OBJECT Properties {}
is_following	BOOLEAN Options true, false
metadata	OBJECT Properties {[{STRING(type), STRING(url), {}(data)}](embeds), [{STRING(id), STRING(creator_id), STRING(name), INTEGER(create_at), INTEGER(update_at), INTEGER(delete_at)}](emojis), [{STRING(id), STRING(user_id), STRING(post_id), INTEGER(create_at), INTEGER(update_at), INTEGER(delete_at), STRING(name), STRING(extension), INTEGER(size), STRING(mime_type), INTEGER(width), INTEGER(height), BOOLEAN(has_preview_image)}](files), [{INTEGER(height), INTEGER(width)}](images), [{STRING(user_id), STRING(post_id), STRING(emoji_name), INTEGER(create_at)}](reactions)}	Additional information used to display the post.

Output Example

{
  "id" : "",
  "create_at" : 1,
  "update_at" : 1,
  "edit_at" : 1,
  "delete_at" : 1,
  "is_pinned" : false,
  "user_id" : "",
  "channel_id" : "",
  "root_id" : "",
  "parent_id" : "",
  "original_id" : "",
  "message" : "",
  "type" : "",
  "props" : { },
  "hashtags" : "",
  "pending_post_id" : "",
  "reply_count" : 1,
  "last_reply_at" : 1,
  "participants" : { },
  "is_following" : false,
  "metadata" : {
    "embeds" : [ {
      "type" : "",
      "url" : "",
      "data" : { }
    } ],
    "emojis" : [ {
      "id" : "",
      "creator_id" : "",
      "name" : "",
      "create_at" : 1,
      "update_at" : 1,
      "delete_at" : 1
    } ],
    "files" : [ {
      "id" : "",
      "user_id" : "",
      "post_id" : "",
      "create_at" : 1,
      "update_at" : 1,
      "delete_at" : 1,
      "name" : "",
      "extension" : "",
      "size" : 1,
      "mime_type" : "",
      "width" : 1,
      "height" : 1,
      "has_preview_image" : false
    } ],
    "images" : [ {
      "height" : 1,
      "width" : 1
    } ],
    "reactions" : [ {
      "user_id" : "",
      "post_id" : "",
      "emoji_name" : "",
      "create_at" : 1
    } ]
  }
}

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