Adapter: HipChat

HipChat is a group chat and instant messaging app for teams.

NOTE: Please see the HipChat adapter repository to see the latest setup instructions, report any issues, or submit any pull requests.

Getting Started

The HipChat adapter requires node-stringprep which in turn, requires icu-config to be available in the path. If you're trying to play locally, then you need to install icu4c, which, conveniently, homebrew can take care of for you

% brew install icu4c

But brew will not link any of the utilities, you'll have to do that by hand (in particular icu-config which is needed for node-stringprep to build correctly (it'll just appear like a broken package otherwise which will be really disturbing)). You can link it with brew using brew link icu4c.

You will also need to edit the package.json for your hubot and add the hubot-hipchat adapter dependency.

"dependencies": {
  "hubot-hipchat": ">= 1.0.2",
  "hubot": ">= 2.0.0",
  ...
}

Then save the file, and commit the changes to your hubot's git repository.

If deploying to Heroku you will need to edit the Procfile and change the -a campfire option to -a hipchat. Or if you're deploying locally you will need to use -a hipchat when running your hubot.

Configuring the Adapter

The HipChat adapter requires only the following environment variables.

• HUBOT_HIPCHAT_TOKEN
• HUBOT_HIPCHAT_JID
• HUBOT_HIPCHAT_NAME
• HUBOT_HIPCHAT_PASSWORD
• HUBOT_HIPCHAT_ROOMS

HipChat Token

This is the "SHA-soup" that your HipChat admin can generate for your hubot's HipChat account.

HipChat JID

This is your hubot's Jabber ID, it can be found in your XMPP/Jabber account settings and will look something like 2313_34124@chat.hipchat.com.

HipChat Name

This is the full name exactly as you see it on the HipChat account for your hubot. For example "Gnomotron Bot".

HipChat Password

This is the password for your hubot's HipChat account.

HipChat Rooms

This is a comma separated list of room JIDs that you want your bot to join. You can leave this blank or set it to "@All" to have your bot join every room. Room JIDs look like "123_development@conf.hipchat.com" and can be found in the XMPP/Jabber account settings - just add "@conf.hipchat.com" to the end of the room's "XMPP/Jabber Name".

Configuring the variables on Heroku

% heroku config:add HUBOT_HIPCHAT_TOKEN="..."

% heroku config:add HUBOT_HIPCHAT_JID="..."

% heroku config:add HUBOT_HIPCHAT_NAME="..."

% heroku config:add HUBOT_HIPCHAT_PASSWORD="..."

% heroku config:add HUBOT_HIPCHAT_ROOMS="...,..."

Configuring the variables on UNIX

% export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_TOKEN="..."

% export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_JID="..."

% export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_NAME="..."

% export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_PASSWORD="..."

% export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_ROOMS="...,..."

Configuring the variables on Windows

Coming soon!