jabber - Send a message to jabber user or chat room

Synopsis

  • Send a message to jabber

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python xmpp (xmpppy)

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
encoding
message encoding
host
host to connect, overrides user info
msg
required
 Default:
None
The message body.
password
required
password for user to connect
port Default:
5222
port to connect to, overrides default
to
required
user ID or name of the room, when using room use a slash to indicate your nick.
user
required
User as which to connect

Examples

# send a message to a user
- jabber:
    user: [email protected]
    password: secret
    to: [email protected]
    msg: Ansible task finished

# send a message to a room
- jabber:
    user: [email protected]
    password: secret
    to: [email protected]/ansiblebot
    msg: Ansible task finished

# send a message, specifying the host and port
- jabber:
    user: [email protected]
    host: talk.example.net
    port: 5223
    password: secret
    to: [email protected]
    msg: Ansible task finished

Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Author

  • Brian Coca (@bcoca)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/jabber_module.html