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community.general.rocketchat – Send notifications to Rocket Chat
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. 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.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.rocketchat.
Synopsis
- The 
rocketchatmodule sends notifications to Rocket Chat via the Incoming WebHook integration 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| attachments
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Define a list of attachments.
         | 
     |
| channel
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The domain for your environment without protocol. (i.e.  example.com or chat.example.com)
        | 
     |
| icon_emoji
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        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
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "https://www.ansible.com/favicon.ico"
         | 
      
        
        URL for the message sender's icon.
         | 
     
| link_names
        
        integer
         | 
      
       
 
        1
         | 
      
        
        Automatically create links for channels and usernames in msg.
         | 
     
| msg
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Message to be sent.
         | 
     |
| protocol
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Specify the protocol used to send notification messages before the webhook url. (i.e. http or https)
         | 
     
| token
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Rocket Chat Incoming Webhook integration token. This provides authentication to Rocket Chat's Incoming webhook for posting messages.
         | 
     |
| username
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "Ansible"
         | 
      
        
        This is the sender of the message.
         | 
     
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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
  community.general.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
  community.general.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
  community.general.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
  community.general.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, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| changed
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        A flag indicating if any change was made or not.
          | 
     
Authors
- Ramon de la Fuente (@ramondelafuente)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/rocketchat_module.html