This howto describes how to set up the Gitter provider included in discourse-chat-integration
.
Install
If you haven’t already, install the discourse-chat-integration plugin
Setup Gitter
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Open the Gitter room you’d like to send notifications to
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Go to room settings → integrations and select custom (in the next Gitter release it will be possible to select discourse instead):
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You will be shown an instructions page, copy the Webhook URL (beginning with
https://webhooks.gitter.im/e/
) located at the bottom and then hit Done.
Setup Discourse
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In your site settings, enable the
chat integration gitter enabled
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Go to the Plugins tab, then Chat Integrations
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Go to the Gitter tab, and click Add Channel
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Enter the name of your Gitter room (e.g. gitterHQ/services)
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Paste the Webhook URL that you copied earlier, then click Save Channel
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Use the Test button on the channel you just created to check that everything’s working. You should see something like this in the activity feed of your Gitter room:
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Setup some Rules for your channel, according to the discourse-chat-integration instructions.
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Celebrate