Subj : Discord webook integration
To : Hunter-Z
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Oct 24 2021 04:07 pm
Re: Discord webook integration
By: Hunter-Z to All on Sat Oct 23 2021 07:27 pm
> Hello. I used to run a Synchronet BBS in the mid-late 1990s, and set up a
> modern version in a WinXP VirtualBox VM in 2015 for fun. I recently blew the
> dust off of this because some friends on Discord were interested in
> experiencing the BBS thing in a private setting.
>
> Since we're using Discord and Synchronet is now heavy into JavaScript, I
> thought I'd try hooking the two together. I've had limited success using an
> HTTPRequest from Synchronet's http.js to send POST requests to a Discord
> webhook URL, but I've run into some issues and limitations that I could use
> some advice on.
>
> I should mention up-front that I'm a novice at JavaScript, so I'm probably
> going about this all wrong. My native language is C++!
> +--------------------------+
> |Logon/logoff notifications|
> +--------------------------+
> The first thing I tried to do was have Synchronet tell people on Discord
> when someone logs on or off. Logon works great, even reporting the user and
> node number. Logoff, on the other hand, is problematic: It seems that
> regardless of whether I use the fixed event or an on-logoff event-driven
> external program entry, Synchronet terminates my JavaScript code before it
> can send the POST request! As an ugly hack, I was able to get it working by
> having a fixed logoff event call a .BAT file, which in turn calls jsexec -x,
> but there has to be a better way?
For non-interactive logout event, you want to set SCFG->External Programs->Fixed Events->Logout Event to execute your script (e.g. "?logout"). I tested this with a simple logout.js to logs some lines, runs a loop, sleeps 1 second, the complete script ran without getting terminated. One thing that might help you is to include "js.auto_terminate = false" in the beginning of your script.
> I'm also wondering if this is the best way to do any of this in general.
> What about just creating custom logon/logoff *modules* that wrap the default
> ones or something?
Not really sure what you're asking here. There is no "default" logout event.
> +-------------------------+
> |BBS up/down notifications|
> +-------------------------+
> I'd love to have something notify Discord when the BBS goes up or down, but
> there isn't an obvious way to do this either. I was able to get a "BBS up"
> notification to work by creating a timed even that is set to run on *no*
> days of the week, and to run on (re)init, but this again feels like a hack.
That's how I'd do it. But ideally, a BBS is a stable server (like a web server) and shouldn't need to be telling its users when it's online or offline. It should *always* (or almost alway) be online.
> I also don't see any way at all to trigger a "BBS down" event. I'm wondering
> if maybe I should just handle this externally to Synchronet, like maybe via
> a Windows Task Manager job or something?
Sure. Or just make a script that both sends your status update and terminates sbbs.
> +------------------------------+
> |External Program notifications|
> +------------------------------+
> Edit: Forgot to mention this. It would be great if I could somehow trigger a
> script when someone enters a door program, without having to edit every
> door's configuration to integrate it via a batch file or whatever.
>
>
> Any advice/thoughts appreciated.
Look at exec/prextrn.js and postxtrn.js.
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