thanks. It is working
On Sunday, 10 July 2016 12:25:52 UTC+8, Jacob Quinn wrote: > > Just sent it to you. > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 10:11 PM, Lyndon White <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> We were discussing this in the gitter chat >> <https://gitter.im/JuliaLang/julia/>. >> That it would be cool if everytime someone asked a Julia question on >> Stack Overflow, it would appear in the Activity sidebar. >> >> >> *They way, when questions are asked on stackoverflow, people hanging >> around on gitter would see it, and could answer it.Thus making the >> community more welcoming by people who are stuck getting help sooner,and so >> improving the adoption of the language.* >> >> >> So I threw together some code to make that happen: >> https://github.com/oxinabox/GitterBots.jl >> You can see it in action on my own gitter channel: >> https://gitter.im/oxinabox/JuliaStackOverflowWatcher >> >> <http://i.stack.imgur.com/WG7OL.png> >> >> >> Its just a script running in a loop on my computer, >> each minute it checks the stackover flow JuliaLang RSS feed, >> and then posts them to a Gitter Custom Integration activity notifier. >> >> I would like to set it up to run in the main channel. >> The Activity bar in the main channel is currently empty -- unused. >> >> I'm happy to host it, more or less forever, on the same server I use to >> host the bot that links the IRC to gitter >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/julia-users/ImKYzqHXA90> >> But unlike that bot, I can not do this without permission form a channel >> admin. >> Which by default for gitter are people with commit access to the Julia >> repository. >> >> I need a channel admin to give me a webhook URL. >> >> This can be gotten by clicking: >> Room Settings -> Integrations -> *Custom* >> Then copying the URL (It should look like >> *https://webhooks.gitter.im/e/adb87a00ca31a22272dc >> <https://webhooks.gitter.im/e/adb87a00ca31a22272dc>*) and clicking done. >> and sending it to me in an private message on gitter >> or an email (though that is unencripted plain text, so could I guess be >> snooped. Certainly not be sending to this mailing list as that would leave >> it open for anyone to hook to) >> >> Alternatively, the repo for the bot that checks stack overflow could be >> cloned by a channel admin, and then they could run it themselves. >> And so I wouldn't need to be given the webhook URL. >> >> >> What do people think? >> People who were on gitter at the time I brought it up, and showed the >> demonstration were in favor, I think. >> >> Regards >> Lyndon White >> >> >> >> >
