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From: AliasAlreadyTaken <User144@dergeier.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 23:04:07 +0100
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 # yl_matterbridge
 
+## Purpose
+
+This mod sends ingame chat messages from Minetest to matterbridge and receives matterbridge messages via their swagger API.
+
+See Matterbridge here: https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge
+
+## Download
+
+Get it from https://gitea.your-land.de/AliasAlreadyTaken/yl_matterbridge
+
+## Installation
+
+Add it to your mod folder and activate it in your world.mt
+
+## Usage
+
+### Admin
+
+Create a config for the API 
+
+* https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/How-to-create-your-config
+* https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Api
+
+Example (Token disabled):
+
+```
+[api.mt]
+BindAddress="127.0.0.1:4242"
+Buffer=1000
+RemoteNickFormat="{NICK}"
+#Token="abc"
+```
+Gateway section:
+
+```
+[[gateway]]
+name="default"
+enable=true
+[[gateway.inout]]
+account="api.mt"
+channel="api"
+```
+
+### Modmakers
+
+API: Overwrite these function in your chat mod, if you want to govern sending and receveiving yourself
+Don't forget to add an optional dependency to yl_matterbridge
+
+Overwrite this function to receive something from the bridge
+```
+function yl_matterbridge.publish_to_chat(user_name, message_text)
+    core.chat_send_all("<" .. user_name .. "@irc> " .. message_text)
+end
+```
+
+Call this function to send soemthing to the bridge
+```
+function yl_matterbridge.send_to_bridge(user_name, message_text)
+    send(user_name, message_text)
+end
+```
+
+Set this function to yl_matterbridge.chat_message = function() end if you call yl_matterbridge.send_to_bridge yourself
+
+```
+function yl_matterbridge.chat_message(user_name, message_text)
+    send_to_bridge(user_name, message_text)
+end
+```
+
+### Allied projects
+
+If you know of a project that uses this bridge, we will add it to the list.
+
+* smart_chat : https://github.com/acmgit/smart_chat/
+
+## Uninstall
+
+Remove it from your mod folder or deactivate it in your world.mt
+
+Mods that depend on it will cease to work, if the mod is removed without proper replacement.
+
+## License
+
+MIT
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