https://github.com/nathan-osman/go-sechat

Go package for interacting with the Stack Exchange chat network
https://github.com/nathan-osman/go-sechat

golang stack-exchange stack-exchange-chat

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Go package for interacting with the Stack Exchange chat network

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nathan-osman/go-sechat
• Owner: nathan-osman
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-12-04T00:02:23.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-05-07T07:03:19.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-20T16:48:28.164Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: golang, stack-exchange, stack-exchange-chat
• Language: Go
• Size: 55.7 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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## go-sechat

[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/nathan-osman/go-sechat?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/nathan-osman/go-sechat)

[![MIT License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-9370d8.svg?style=flat)](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

The [Stack Exchange chat network](http://chat.stackexchange.com) does not provide an official API. This package aims to bridge that gap for Go applications by providing a simple interface with native Go primitives (channels, etc.).

### Features

As go-sechat grows, more and more chat functionality is exposed through the package. Here's a list of just some of the things go-sechat can do:

- Run completely headless with no UI or embedded browser

- Login using Stack Exchange credentials

- Maintain a persistent connection to the chat server; reauthenticating, pausing, and reconnecting when a failure occurs

- Join, create, leave, and invite users to rooms

- Perform basic chat activities, such as posting and starring messages

- Receive a stream of all events from rooms that have been joined

- Intelligently retry failed messages when throttling occurs

- Upload images to `i.stack.imgur.com`

### Usage

To use the package in an application, simply import it:

    import "github.com/nathan-osman/go-sechat"

Examples are provided in the [package documentation](https://godoc.org/github.com/nathan-osman/go-sechat).