community.general.hipchat – Send a message to Hipchat.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.0.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.hipchat.

Synopsis

  • Send a message to a Hipchat room, with options to control the formatting.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api
string
Default:
"https://api.hipchat.com/v1"
API url if using a self-hosted hipchat server. For Hipchat API version 2 use the default URI with /v2 instead of /v1.
color
string
    Choices:
  • yellow ←
  • red
  • green
  • purple
  • gray
  • random
Background color for the message.
msg
string / required
The message body.
msg_format
string
    Choices:
  • text ←
  • html
Message format.
msg_from
string
Default:
"Ansible"
Name the message will appear to be sent from. Max length is 15 characters - above this it will be truncated.

aliases: from
notify
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If true, a notification will be triggered for users in the room.
room
string / required
ID or name of the room.
token
string / required
API token.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

- name: Send a message to a Hipchat room
  community.general.hipchat:
    room: notif
    msg: Ansible task finished

- name: Send a message to a Hipchat room using Hipchat API version 2
  community.general.hipchat:
    api: https://api.hipchat.com/v2/
    token: OAUTH2_TOKEN
    room: notify
    msg: Ansible task finished

Authors

  • Shirou Wakayama (@shirou)
  • Paul Bourdel (@pb8226)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/community/general/hipchat_module.html