zimbra-bot

Discord bot for Zimbra server.

Install

• install Node.js
• install packages: cd zimbra-bot && npm install

Run

• create Discord bot and get a token
• create the .env file, and put the string BOT_TOKEN={your token here} into it
• run npm start

Supported commands

!zimbra help

Prints all supported commands.

Calendar commands

Allows to watch for events of a Zimbra Calendar, and to show event notifications.

!zimbra cal help

Prints the help message on 'calendar' commands.

!zimbra cal list

Prints all watched calendars.

!zimbra cal watch {name} {url} {auth_token}

Add the calendar to the watch list:

• url - calendar URL
• auth_token - Zimbra auth token (ZM_AUTH_TOKEN)

!zimbra cal unwatch {name}

Remove the calendar from the watch list:

• url - calendar URL

!zimbra cal events

Prints upcoming events.

Tuning

index.js

• const prefix = '!zimbra' - commands prefix

commands/cal.js

• const checkDbTimeout = 10000 - timeout to check DB changes (10 sec), re-reads DB only if env.CAL_CHANGED var is set
• const checkURLsTimeout = 120000 - timeout to check a calendar URL (120 sec)

Event notifications

The simple event notification consists of:

• title
• description
• image URL

Another option is to use Discord RichEmbed object:

You can use any embed visualizer to create a notification.