rocketchat - Send notifications to Rocket Chat

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • The rocketchat module sends notifications to Rocket Chat via the Incoming WebHook integration

Options

parameter required default choices comments
attachments
 no None
Define a list of attachments.
channel
 no None
Channel to send the message to. If absent, the message goes to the channel selected for the token specified during the creation of webhook.
color
 no normal
  • normal
  • good
  • warning
  • danger
Allow text to use default colors - use the default of 'normal' to not send a custom color bar at the start of the message
domain
 yes
The domain for your environment without protocol. (i.e. example.com or chat.example.com)
icon_emoji
 no None
Emoji for the message sender. The representation for the available emojis can be got from Rocket Chat. (for example :thumbsup:) (if icon_emoji is set, icon_url will not be used)
icon_url
 no https://www.ansible.com/favicon.ico
URL for the message sender's icon.
link_names
 no 1
  • 1
  • 0
Automatically create links for channels and usernames in msg.
msg
 no None
Message to be sent.
protocol
 no https
  • http
  • https
Specify the protocol used to send notification messages before the webhook url. (i.e. http or https)
token
 yes
Rocket Chat Incoming Webhook integration token. This provides authentication to Rocket Chat's Incoming webhook for posting messages.
username
 no Ansible
This is the sender of the message.
validate_certs
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

- name: Send notification message via Rocket Chat
  rocketchat:
    token: thetoken/generatedby/rocketchat
    domain: chat.example.com
    msg: '{{ inventory_hostname }} completed'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Send notification message via Rocket Chat all options
  rocketchat:
    domain: chat.example.com
    token: thetoken/generatedby/rocketchat
    msg: '{{ inventory_hostname }} completed'
    channel: #ansible
    username: 'Ansible on {{ inventory_hostname }}'
    icon_url: http://www.example.com/some-image-file.png
    link_names: 0
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: insert a color bar in front of the message for visibility purposes and use the default webhook icon and name configured in rocketchat
  rocketchat:
    token: thetoken/generatedby/rocketchat
    domain: chat.example.com
    msg: '{{ inventory_hostname }} is alive!'
    color: good
    username: ''
    icon_url: ''
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Use the attachments API
  rocketchat:
    token: thetoken/generatedby/rocketchat
    domain: chat.example.com
    attachments:
      - text: Display my system load on host A and B
        color: #ff00dd
        title: System load
        fields:
          - title: System A
            value: 'load average: 0,74, 0,66, 0,63'
            short: True
          - title: System B
            value: 'load average: 5,16, 4,64, 2,43'
            short: True
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
changed
A flag indicating if any change was made or not.
 success boolean False

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/rocketchat_module.html