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flowdock - Send a message to a flowdock

Synopsis

Send a message to a flowdock team inbox or chat using the push API (see https://www.flowdock.com/api/team-inbox and https://www.flowdock.com/api/chat)

Options

parameter required default choices comments
external_user_name
no
    (chat only - required) Name of the "user" sending the message
    from_address
    no
      (inbox only - required) Email address of the message sender
      from_name
      no
        (inbox only) Name of the message sender
        link
        no
          (inbox only) Link associated with the message. This will be used to link the message subject in Team Inbox.
          msg
          yes
            Content of the message
            project
            no
              (inbox only) Human readable identifier for more detailed message categorization
              reply_to
              no
                (inbox only) Email address for replies
                source
                no
                  (inbox only - required) Human readable identifier of the application that uses the Flowdock API
                  subject
                  no
                    (inbox only - required) Subject line of the message
                    tags
                    no
                      tags of the message, separated by commas
                      token
                      yes
                        API token.
                        type
                        yes
                        • inbox
                        • chat
                        Whether to post to 'inbox' or 'chat'
                        validate_certs
                        (added in 1.5.1)
                        no yes
                        • yes
                        • no
                        If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

                        Examples

                        - flowdock: type=inbox
                                    token=AAAAAA
                                    from_address=user@example.com
                                    source='my cool app'
                                    msg='test from ansible'
                                    subject='test subject'
                        
                        - flowdock: type=chat
                                    token=AAAAAA
                                    external_user_name=testuser
                                    msg='test from ansible'
                                    tags=tag1,tag2,tag3
                        

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