simplematrixbotlib 1.5.1

An easy to use bot library for the Matrix ecosystem written in Python.

Simple-Matrix-Bot-Lib

(Version 1.5.x)

simplematrixbotlib is a Python 3 library for quickly building Matrix bots. It uses matrix-nio as its Matrix client library.

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Installation

To use it, simplematrixbotlib can be either installed from pip or downloaded from github.

Installation from pip:

python -m pip install simplematrixbotlib

Download from github:

git clone --branch master https://github.com/KrazyKirby99999/simple-matrix-bot-lib.git

Example Usage

import simplematrixbotlib as botlib
import os

creds = botlib.Creds("https://home.server", "user", "pass")
bot = botlib.Bot(creds)

prefix = '!'

async def echo(room, message):
    """
    Example function that "echoes" arguements.
    Usage:
    example_user- !echo say something
    echo_bot- say something
    """
    match = botlib.MessageMatch(room, message, bot)
    if match.not_from_this_bot() and match.prefix(prefix) and match.command("echo"):
        await bot.api.send_text_message(room.room_id, match.args)

bot.add_message_listener(echo)

bot.run()

More examples can be found here.

Features

Complete:

• Login to homeserver - bot automatically login upon the execution of bot.run()

  import simplematrixbotlib as botlib
  
  creds = botlib.Creds("home.server", "user", "pass")
  bot = botlib.Bot(creds)
  bot.run() #Logs in during the execution of this line
  

• Join room on invite - bot automatically join rooms that the bot is invited to upon execution of bot.run(), or upon invite if the bot is running

• Send message - bot can send messages in response to other messages, and can also run other code in response to messages as well as filter the messages that the bot responds to

  import simplematrixbotlib as botlib
  
  creds = botlib.Creds("https://home.server", "user", "pass")
  bot = botlib.Bot(creds)
  
  async def say_something_to_a_message_not_from_bot(room, message): #Must be an "async" function with (room, message) arguments
      if not message.sender == bot.async_client.user_id: #Optional, prevents the bot from reacting to its own messages
          await bot.api.send_text_message(room.room_id, "something") #Send a message containing "something" to room
  bot.add_message_listener(say_something_to_a_message_not_from_bot) #Listen for messages, can have as many message listeners as needed, each added using bot.add_message_listener
  
  bot.run()
  

• Execute action based on criteria - "match filters" can be used to specify which messages for the bot to respond to

  import simplematrixbotlib as botlib
  import os
  
  creds = botlib.Creds("https://home.server", "user", "pass")
  bot = botlib.Bot(creds)
  
  prefix = '!' #Create prefix for commands
  
  async def echo(room, message):
      """
      Example function that "echoes" arguements.
      Usage:
      example_user- !echo say something
      echo_bot- say something
      """
      match = botlib.MessageMatch(room, message, bot) #Create an object of the botlib.MessageMatch class
      if match.not_from_this_bot() and match.prefix(prefix) and match.command("echo"): #Add match filters
          await bot.api.send_text_message(room.room_id, match.args)#Execute action
  bot.add_message_listener(echo)
  
  bot.run()
  

• Preserve sessions - Sessions are now preserved between logins. The access token and device id are now saved in sessions.txt, unless specified otherwise.

  import simplematrixbotlib as botlib
  import os
  
  creds = botlib.Creds("https://home.server", "user", "pass", None) #Disable preserved sessions
  bot = botlib.Bot(creds)
  
  prefix = '!'
  
  async def echo(room, message):
      """
      Example function that "echoes" arguements.
      Usage:
      example_user- !echo say something
      echo_bot- say something
      """
      match = botlib.MessageMatch(room, message, bot)
      if match.not_from_this_bot() and match.prefix(prefix) and match.command("echo"):
          await bot.api.send_text_message(room.room_id, match.args)
  bot.add_message_listener(echo)
  
  bot.run()
  

• Add choice of actions to execute at bot login - Execute action after logging in

  import simplematrixbotlib as botlib
  import os
  
  creds = botlib.Creds("https://home.server", "random_bot", "pass")
  bot = botlib.Bot(creds)
  
  prefix = '!'
  
  async def hello(room_id): #Must be an "async" function with a (room_id) argument
      """
      Example function that says "hello" when the bot is started.
      Usage:
      (start random_bot)
      random_bot - hello
      """
      message = "hello"
      await bot.api.send_text_message(room_id, message) #Example of sending a message
  
  bot.add_startup_action(hello) #Add "hello" action to action to execute at login
  
  bot.run()
  

In Progress:

• Add more examples

• Improve Documentation

Planned:

• Add more match filters

• Support for Encrypted Rooms

• More

Dependencies

Python:

• matrix-nio >= 0.18.2

External:

• Python >= 3.7