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This is a backend for Gitter (http://gitter.im) for errbot (http://errbot.io).

It allows you to use errbot from Gitter.

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Installation

git checkout https://github.com/errbotio/err-backend-gitter.git

and add:

BACKEND = 'Gitter'
BOT_EXTRA_BACKEND_DIR = '/path_to/err-backend-gitter'

to your config.py

Authentication

From there you have can either add an application or use a personal token from a user reserved to the bot.

Adding an application, workflow for auth

  1. pip install bottle requests
  2. execute the script: ./oauth.py and it will guide you

Adding as a real user

  1. authenticate as the bot user (new incognito window helps ;) )
  2. go visit https://developer.gitter.im/apps
  3. use directly the token like this in you config.py
BOT_IDENTITY = {
    'token' : '54537fa855b9a7bbbbbbbbbc568ea7c069d8c34d'
}

Contributing

  1. Fork it!
  2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
  3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
  4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
  5. Submit a pull request :D