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man -cT markdown ../matrix-send.1 > matrix-send.1.md
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man -cT markdown ../matrix-send.conf.5 > matrix-send.conf.5.md
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# Manual pages
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This directory contains the manual pages for matrix-send.
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They are automatically generated from the man page, so if you already have matrix-send installed you can view these documents offline by typing `man matrix-send`.
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To generate these Markdown documents, enter this directory and type `make generate`.
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MATRIX-SEND(1) - General Commands Manual
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# NAME
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**matrix-send** - send a message to a Matrix room
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# SYNOPSIS
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**matrix-send**
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\[**-c**]
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\[**-h**]
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\[**-v**]
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*message room*
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# DESCRIPTION
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**matrix-send**
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is a script to send a message to a Matrix room.
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It works by sending a JSON request to your Matrix server. The message
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type will always be m.text, but other options may be considered in the
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future.
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To begin, start by making a configuration file. This always has the location of
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*~/.config/matrix-send.conf*.
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At the very least, your configuration file has to contain 3 directives:
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*Server*,
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*Username*,
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and
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*Password*.
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Let's say your Matrix server is envs.net. Your username is john, and your password
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is supersecretpassword. Your configuration could look like this:
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Server matrix.envs.net
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Username john
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Password supersecretpassword
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In that example, we used matrix.envs.net instead of envs.net. This is because
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matrix.envs.net is the address in which the Client-Server API is listening on.
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You can find your server's Client-Server API URL in Element by entering in
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your server into the Homeserver dialogue in the sign-in screen, then hovering
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over it once entered. Your server's Client-Server API URL should appear once
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you hover over it. If it doesn't appear, you've already got it.
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You may have noticed that with this configuration, your password
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is visible in plain sight.
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At its most basic, matrix-send.conf is a shell script. This means you could
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replace the
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*Password*
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line with something similar to this
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Password $(gpg -d /path/to/passwd.gpg)
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*/path/to/passwd.gpg*
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is a GPG-encrypted plain text file containing only your password.
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This line would mean that you would be asked for the passphrase required to
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decrypt your password file before authenticating. This way, your password
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is not in plain text.
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More information on configuration options can be found in
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matrix-send.conf(5).
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To use
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**matrix-send**,
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you will need to get the Room ID of the room you'd like to send to.
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This will be something like
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*!zyxwvutsrq:example.org*.
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Type the Room ID as the argument after the message you wish to send.
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You may have to escape the exclamation mark with a backslash. For example:
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matrix-send "Hello world!" zyxwvutsrq:example.org
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That should send a message saying
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*Hello world!*
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to the room with the Room ID !zyxwvutsrq:example.org.
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**matrix-send**
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caches access tokens in
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*$HOME/.cache/matrix-send/access-token*.
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If you would like to disable caching of access tokens, add NoCache to your
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*matrix-send.conf*.
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# FILES
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*~/.config/matrix-send.conf*
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> configuration file for
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> **matrix-send**
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*~/.cache/matrix-send/access-token*
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> access token cache file
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# SEE ALSO
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matrix-send.conf(5)
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MATRIX-SEND.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual
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# NAME
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**matrix-send.conf** - configuration file for matrix-send(1)
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# DESCRIPTION
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matrix-send(1)
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sends messages to Matrix rooms. In order to send a message however, it needs
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credentials for the account sending the message. These credentials are provided
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in the
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**matrix-send.conf**
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configuration file, as well as other options if you need them.
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The following directives are available:
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* Server
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The Client-Server API URL for your Matrix server.
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* Username
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*username*
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Your Matrix username.
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* Password
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*password*
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The password to your Matrix account.
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* AccessToken
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*token*
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*token*.
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Don't cache access tokens.
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> **matrix-send.conf**
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> default access token cache file
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