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.. TODO kegan
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Room config (specifically: message history,
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public rooms). /register seems super simplistic compared to /login, maybe it
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would be better if /register used the same technique as /login? /register should
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be "user" not "user_id".
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How to use the client-server API
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================================
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This guide focuses on how the client-server APIs *provided by the reference
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home server* can be used. Since this is specific to a home server
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implementation, there may be variations in relation to registering/logging in
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which are not covered in extensive detail in this guide.
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If you haven't already, get a home server up and running on
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``http://localhost:8008``.
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Accounts
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========
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Before you can send and receive messages, you must **register** for an account.
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If you already have an account, you must **login** into it.
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`Try out the fiddle`__
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.. __: http://jsfiddle.net/4q2jyxng/
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Registration
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------------
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The aim of registration is to get a user ID and access token which you will need
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when accessing other APIs::
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curl -XPOST -d '{"user_id":"example", "password":"wordpass"}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/register"
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{
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"access_token": "QGV4YW1wbGU6bG9jYWxob3N0.AqdSzFmFYrLrTmteXc",
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"home_server": "localhost",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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}
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NB: If a ``user_id`` is not specified, one will be randomly generated for you.
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If you do not specify a ``password``, you will be unable to login to the account
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if you forget the ``access_token``.
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Implementation note: The matrix specification does not enforce how users
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register with a server. It just specifies the URL path and absolute minimum
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keys. The reference home server uses a username/password to authenticate user,
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but other home servers may use different methods.
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Login
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-----
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The aim when logging in is to get an access token for your existing user ID::
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curl -XGET "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/login"
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{
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"flows": [
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{
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"type": "m.login.password"
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}
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]
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}
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curl -XPOST -d '{"type":"m.login.password", "user":"example", "password":"wordpass"}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/login"
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{
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"access_token": "QGV4YW1wbGU6bG9jYWxob3N0.vRDLTgxefmKWQEtgGd",
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"home_server": "localhost",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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}
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Implementation note: Different home servers may implement different methods for
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logging in to an existing account. In order to check that you know how to login
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to this home server, you must perform a ``GET`` first and make sure you
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recognise the login type. If you do not know how to login, you can
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``GET /login/fallback`` which will return a basic webpage which you can use to
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login. The reference home server implementation support username/password login,
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but other home servers may support different login methods (e.g. OAuth2).
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Communicating
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=============
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In order to communicate with another user, you must **create a room** with that
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user and **send a message** to that room.
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`Try out the fiddle`__
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.. __: http://jsfiddle.net/zL3zto9g/
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Creating a room
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---------------
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If you want to send a message to someone, you have to be in a room with them. To
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create a room::
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curl -XPOST -d '{"room_alias_name":"tutorial"}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/createRoom?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
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{
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"room_alias": "#tutorial:localhost",
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"room_id": "!CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh:localhost"
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}
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The "room alias" is a human-readable string which can be shared with other users
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so they can join a room, rather than the room ID which is a randomly generated
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string. You can have multiple room aliases per room.
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.. TODO(kegan)
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How to add/remove aliases from an existing room.
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Sending messages
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----------------
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You can now send messages to this room::
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curl -XPOST -d '{"msgtype":"m.text", "body":"hello"}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/rooms/%21CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh%3Alocalhost/send/m.room.message?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
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{
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"event_id": "YUwRidLecu"
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}
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The event ID returned is a unique ID which identifies this message.
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NB: There are no limitations to the types of messages which can be exchanged.
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The only requirement is that ``"msgtype"`` is specified. The Matrix
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specification outlines the following standard types: ``m.text``, ``m.image``,
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``m.audio``, ``m.video``, ``m.location``, ``m.emote``. See the specification for
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more information on these types.
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Users and rooms
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===============
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Each room can be configured to allow or disallow certain rules. In particular,
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these rules may specify if you require an **invitation** from someone already in
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the room in order to **join the room**. In addition, you may also be able to
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join a room **via a room alias** if one was set up.
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`Try out the fiddle`__
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.. __: http://jsfiddle.net/7fhotf1b/
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Inviting a user to a room
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-------------------------
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You can directly invite a user to a room like so::
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curl -XPOST -d '{"user_id":"@myfriend:localhost"}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/rooms/%21CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh%3Alocalhost/invite?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
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This informs ``@myfriend:localhost`` of the room ID
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``!CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh:localhost`` and allows them to join the room.
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Joining a room via an invite
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----------------------------
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If you receive an invite, you can join the room::
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curl -XPOST -d '{}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/rooms/%21CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh%3Alocalhost/join?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
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NB: Only the person invited (``@myfriend:localhost``) can change the membership
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state to ``"join"``. Repeatedly joining a room does nothing.
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Joining a room via an alias
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---------------------------
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Alternatively, if you know the room alias for this room and the room config
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allows it, you can directly join a room via the alias::
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curl -XPOST -d '{}' "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/join/%23tutorial%3Alocalhost?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
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{
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"room_id": "!CvcvRuDYDzTOzfKKgh:localhost"
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}
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You will need to use the room ID when sending messages, not the room alias.
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NB: If the room is configured to be an invite-only room, you will still require
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an invite in order to join the room even though you know the room alias. As a
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result, it is more common to see a room alias in relation to a public room,
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which do not require invitations.
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Getting events
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==============
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An event is some interesting piece of data that a client may be interested in.
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It can be a message in a room, a room invite, etc. There are many different ways
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of getting events, depending on what the client already knows.
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`Try out the fiddle`__
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.. __: http://jsfiddle.net/vw11mg37/
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Getting all state
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-----------------
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If the client doesn't know any information on the rooms the user is
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invited/joined on, they can get all the user's state for all rooms::
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curl -XGET "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/initialSync?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
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{
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"end": "s39_18_0",
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"presence": [
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{
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"content": {
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"last_active_ago": 1061436,
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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"type": "m.presence"
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}
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],
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"rooms": [
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{
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"membership": "join",
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"messages": {
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"chunk": [
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{
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"content": {
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"@example:localhost": 10,
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"default": 0
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},
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"event_id": "wAumPSTsWF",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.power_levels",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"join_rule": "public"
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},
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"event_id": "jrLVqKHKiI",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.join_rules",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"level": 10
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},
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"event_id": "WpmTgsNWUZ",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.add_state_level",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"level": 0
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},
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"event_id": "qUMBJyKsTQ",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.send_event_level",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"ban_level": 5,
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"kick_level": 5
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},
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"event_id": "YAaDmKvoUW",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.ops_levels",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"avatar_url": null,
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"displayname": null,
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"membership": "join"
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},
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"event_id": "RJbPMtCutf",
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"membership": "join",
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "@example:localhost",
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"ts": 1409665586730,
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"type": "m.room.member",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"body": "hello",
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"hsob_ts": 1409665660439,
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"msgtype": "m.text"
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},
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"event_id": "YUwRidLecu",
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"ts": 1409665660439,
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"type": "m.room.message",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"membership": "invite"
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},
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"event_id": "YjNuBKnPsb",
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"membership": "invite",
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "@myfriend:localhost",
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"ts": 1409666426819,
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"type": "m.room.member",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"avatar_url": null,
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"displayname": null,
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"membership": "join",
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"prev": "join"
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},
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"event_id": "KWwdDjNZnm",
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"membership": "join",
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "@example:localhost",
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"ts": 1409666551582,
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"type": "m.room.member",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"avatar_url": null,
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"displayname": null,
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"membership": "join"
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},
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"event_id": "JFLVteSvQc",
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"membership": "join",
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "@example:localhost",
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"ts": 1409666587265,
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"type": "m.room.member",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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}
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],
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"end": "s39_18_0",
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"start": "t1-11_18_0"
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},
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state": [
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{
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"content": {
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"creator": "@example:localhost"
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},
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"event_id": "dMUoqVTZca",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.create",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"@example:localhost": 10,
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"default": 0
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},
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"event_id": "wAumPSTsWF",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.power_levels",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"join_rule": "public"
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},
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"event_id": "jrLVqKHKiI",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.join_rules",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"level": 10
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},
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"event_id": "WpmTgsNWUZ",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.add_state_level",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"level": 0
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},
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"event_id": "qUMBJyKsTQ",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.send_event_level",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"ban_level": 5,
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"kick_level": 5
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},
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"event_id": "YAaDmKvoUW",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.ops_levels",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"membership": "invite"
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},
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"event_id": "YjNuBKnPsb",
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"membership": "invite",
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "@myfriend:localhost",
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"ts": 1409666426819,
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"type": "m.room.member",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"avatar_url": null,
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"displayname": null,
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"membership": "join"
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},
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"event_id": "JFLVteSvQc",
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"membership": "join",
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "@example:localhost",
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"ts": 1409666587265,
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"type": "m.room.member",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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}
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]
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}
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]
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}
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This returns all the room information the user is invited/joined on, as well as
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all of the presences relevant for these rooms. This can be a LOT of data. You
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may just want the most recent event for each room. This can be achieved by
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applying query parameters to ``limit`` this request::
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curl -XGET "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/initialSync?limit=1&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
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{
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"end": "s39_18_0",
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"presence": [
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{
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"content": {
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"last_active_ago": 1279484,
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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"type": "m.presence"
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}
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],
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"rooms": [
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{
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"membership": "join",
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"messages": {
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"chunk": [
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{
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"content": {
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"avatar_url": null,
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"displayname": null,
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"membership": "join"
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},
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"event_id": "JFLVteSvQc",
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"membership": "join",
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "@example:localhost",
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"ts": 1409666587265,
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"type": "m.room.member",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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}
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],
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"end": "s39_18_0",
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"start": "t10-30_18_0"
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},
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state": [
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{
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"content": {
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"creator": "@example:localhost"
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},
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"event_id": "dMUoqVTZca",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.create",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"@example:localhost": 10,
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"default": 0
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},
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"event_id": "wAumPSTsWF",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.power_levels",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"join_rule": "public"
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},
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"event_id": "jrLVqKHKiI",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.join_rules",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"level": 10
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},
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"event_id": "WpmTgsNWUZ",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.add_state_level",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"level": 0
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},
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"event_id": "qUMBJyKsTQ",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.send_event_level",
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"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"ban_level": 5,
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"kick_level": 5
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},
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"event_id": "YAaDmKvoUW",
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"required_power_level": 10,
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"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
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"state_key": "",
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"ts": 1409665585188,
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"type": "m.room.ops_levels",
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|
"user_id": "@example:localhost"
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},
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{
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"content": {
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"membership": "invite"
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|
},
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|
"event_id": "YjNuBKnPsb",
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|
"membership": "invite",
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|
"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
|
|
"state_key": "@myfriend:localhost",
|
|
"ts": 1409666426819,
|
|
"type": "m.room.member",
|
|
"user_id": "@example:localhost"
|
|
},
|
|
{
|
|
"content": {
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|
"avatar_url": null,
|
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"displayname": null,
|
|
"membership": "join"
|
|
},
|
|
"event_id": "JFLVteSvQc",
|
|
"membership": "join",
|
|
"room_id": "!MkDbyRqnvTYnoxjLYx:localhost",
|
|
"state_key": "@example:localhost",
|
|
"ts": 1409666587265,
|
|
"type": "m.room.member",
|
|
"user_id": "@example:localhost"
|
|
}
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
]
|
|
}
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|
Getting live state
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------------------
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Once you know which rooms the client has previously interacted with, you need to
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listen for incoming events. This can be done like so::
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|
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curl -XGET "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/events?access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
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|
|
|
{
|
|
"chunk": [],
|
|
"end": "s39_18_0",
|
|
"start": "s39_18_0"
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
This will block waiting for an incoming event, timing out after several seconds.
|
|
Even if there are no new events (as in the example above), there will be some
|
|
pagination stream response keys. The client should make subsequent requests
|
|
using the value of the ``"end"`` key (in this case ``s39_18_0``) as the ``from``
|
|
query parameter e.g. ``http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/api/v1/events?access
|
|
_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN&from=s39_18_0``. This value should be stored so when the
|
|
client reopens your app after a period of inactivity, you can resume from where
|
|
you got up to in the event stream. If it has been a long period of inactivity,
|
|
there may be LOTS of events waiting for the user. In this case, you may wish to
|
|
get all state instead and then resume getting live state from a newer end token.
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|
|
|
NB: The timeout can be changed by adding a ``timeout`` query parameter, which is
|
|
in milliseconds. A timeout of 0 will not block.
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|
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Example application
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|
-------------------
|
|
The following example demonstrates registration and login, live event streaming,
|
|
creating and joining rooms, sending messages, getting member lists and getting
|
|
historical messages for a room. This covers most functionality of a messaging
|
|
application.
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|
|
|
`Try out the fiddle`__
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.. __: http://jsfiddle.net/uztL3yme/
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