cisco_spark - Send a message to a Cisco Spark Room or Individual.

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Send a message to a Cisco Spark Room or Individual with options to control the formatting.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
message
required
The message you would like to send.
message_type
    Choices:
  • text ←
  • markdown
Specifies how you would like the message formatted.
personal_token
required
Your personal access token required to validate the Spark API.

aliases: token
recipient_id
required
The unique identifier associated with the supplied recipient_type.
recipient_type
required
    Choices:
  • roomId
  • toPersonEmail
  • toPersonId
The request parameter you would like to send the message to.
Messages can be sent to either a room or individual (by ID or E-Mail).

Notes

Note

Examples

# Note: The following examples assume a variable file has been imported
# that contains the appropriate information.

- name: Cisco Spark - Markdown Message to a Room
  cisco_spark:
    recipient_type: roomId
    recipient_id: "{{ room_id }}"
    message_type: markdown
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    message: "**Cisco Spark Ansible Module - Room Message in Markdown**"

- name: Cisco Spark - Text Message to a Room
  cisco_spark:
    recipient_type: roomId
    recipient_id: "{{ room_id }}"
    message_type: text
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    message: "Cisco Spark Ansible Module - Room Message in Text"

- name: Cisco Spark - Text Message by an Individuals ID
  cisco_spark:
    recipient_type: toPersonId
    recipient_id: "{{ person_id}}"
    message_type: text
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    message: "Cisco Spark Ansible Module - Text Message to Individual by ID"

- name: Cisco Spark - Text Message by an Individuals E-Mail Address
  cisco_spark:
    recipient_type: toPersonEmail
    recipient_id: "{{ person_email }}"
    message_type: text
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    message: "Cisco Spark Ansible Module - Text Message to Individual by E-Mail"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
message
string
 always
The Response Message returned by the Spark API.
Full Responsde Code explanations can be found at U(https://developer.ciscospark.com/endpoint-messages-post.html.

Sample:
OK (585 bytes)
status_code
int
 always
The Response Code returned by the Spark API.
Full Responsde Code explanations can be found at https://developer.ciscospark.com/endpoint-messages-post.html.

Sample:
200


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.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Drew Rusell (@drew-russell)

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