community.general.matrix module – Send notifications to matrix

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.matrix.

Synopsis

  • This module sends html formatted notifications to matrix rooms.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • matrix-client (Python library)

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

hs_url

string / required

URL of the homeserver, where the CS-API is reachable

msg_html

string / required

HTML form of the message to send to matrix

msg_plain

string / required

Plain text form of the message to send to matrix, usually markdown

password

string

The password to log in with

room_id

string / required

ID of the room to send the notification to

token

string

Authentication token for the API call. If provided, user_id and password are not required

user_id

string

The user id of the user

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Send matrix notification with token
  community.general.matrix:
    msg_plain: "**hello world**"
    msg_html: "<b>hello world</b>"
    room_id: "!12345678:server.tld"
    hs_url: "https://matrix.org"
    token: "{{ matrix_auth_token }}"

- name: Send matrix notification with user_id and password
  community.general.matrix:
    msg_plain: "**hello world**"
    msg_html: "<b>hello world</b>"
    room_id: "!12345678:server.tld"
    hs_url: "https://matrix.org"
    user_id: "ansible_notification_bot"
    password: "{{ matrix_auth_password }}"

Authors

  • Jan Christian Grünhage (@jcgruenhage)