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If you use the Migration Utility to export data your Hipchat Server or Data Center instance, you can also use the migration export format for archive purposes, and, if necessary, you can use a decrypted artifact to re-create your Hipchat history on another platform. 

This article explains how to use the Hipchat Data Center migration tool. This tool exports data from Hipchat Server version 2.2.3 or later, and Hipchat Data Center 3.1.4 or later.

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Use the Migrate Utility to export your data

If you want to export all of your Hipchat history, including chat messages, files and attachments, and other information, use the instructions on the How to migrate from Hipchat Server to Hipchat Data Center page to generate the export artifact. You can skip the importing step.

What is exported

Exported (tick) Not exported (error)
  • Users
  • Rooms
  • room message history
  • room file attachments
  • private message file attachments
  • custom emoticons
  • autojoins - the rooms and people open in the client's left sidebar
  • 'General' and 'Notifications' client preferences
  • 'Appearance' client preferences
    • chatView - include or exclude user avatars in chat
    • density - how close together content is rendered
    • nameDisplay - display users by name or @mention name
    • theme - normal or dark color scheme
  • user passwords
  • API tokens
  • installed integrations/addons/apps

Check your Hipchat version

This tool exports data from Hipchat Server version 2.2.3 or later, and Hipchat Data Center 3.1.4 or later only. You may need to upgrade your Hipchat instance to proceed.

Check your Hipchat utilization

Before you start the migration process, you should make sure you know how many files, and how many messages you have in your Hipchat instance. The migration tool requires that the Hipchat instance it runs on have enough memory to process thousands of messages and gigabytes of files.

In general:

  • For every 1000 messages, the migration tool consumes an additional 2.6 MB of memory.
  • For every 1GB of files, the migration tool consumes an additional 500 KB of memory.

Once you know your file store size and how many messages you have, you can calculate any additional memory requirements. You might need to provision your Hipchat instance with more memory to complete the migration tool run. Once the tool has run, you can reduce the instance's memory back to the original amount, if needed.

(Note that this tool runs an all-or-nothing export. If you continue to use your Hipchat instance after running the export phase of the migration, you will naturally have some chat history that is not included in the export.) 

How do I find out how large my file store is? (Click for instructions)

To get an accurate file store size, connect to the Hipchat deployment and run a disk utilization command.

  1. Connect to the Hipchat deployment (with the admin account), using your terminal or shell.

  2. Check the disk utilization on the file store path by running the following command:

    du -h -d 1 /file_store/local/

The command runs, and outputs the size of the /file_store/local/ directory.

How do I find out how many messages I have? (Click for instructions)

Hipchat tracks how many messages have been sent on your deployment on the Status page in the Server admin section. However, retention settings and message deletion can make this number inaccurate.

To get an accurate message count, connect to the Hipchat Server deployment and run a script.

  1. Connect to the Hipchat deployment (using the admin account), using your terminal or shell.

  2. Copy the script below to the server.
    You can either create the file locally as message_counter.sh and then use scp to copy the file to the Hipchat instance or node, or you can create a new file directly on the Hipchat node and then paste the script contents into the file.

    message_counter.sh 
    #!/bin/bash
# This script counts the message entries directly from the database
# 06-21-17
# Must run inside Hipchat command line interface

counts=$(curl 'localhost:9200/_cat/indices?v' | awk 'FNR > 1 {print $6}')

total=0

for number in $counts
do
   total=$(($total+$number))
done

echo "Total messages: $total"

  3. Once you have the script on the node, make it executable using the following command:
    chmod +x message_counter.sh

  4. Finally, execute (run) the script using the following command:
    ./message_counter.sh

The script runs and returns the number of messages in your deployment.

Install the migration utility

  1. Download the migration utility to your local computer: https://s3.amazonaws.com/hipchat-server-stable/utils/migrate/hc-migrate
    v3.1.5, last updated July 3rd 2018. SHA512 sum: 

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  2. Copy the migration utility to the Hipchat instance that you're going to export from. If you're exporting from Hipchat Data Center, copy the utility to any one of the Hipchat nodes in the cluster.

    scp -i /path/to/sshkey.pem hc-migrate admin@<hipchat.example.com>:/home/admin/hc-migrate
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    If you're exporting from a Hipchat Data Center deployment, you may need to copy the migration utility to your cluster's jumpbox (or management portal) then copy it to the node.

Export from Hipchat Server or HipChat Data Center

Reminder!

This tool exports data from Hipchat Server version 2.2.3 or Hipchat Data Center version 3.1.4 or later. You may need to upgrade to a compatible version of Hipchat to proceed.


  1. Connect to the Hipchat node's command-line interface using a terminal or SSH.

    ssh -i /path/to/sshkey.pem admin@<hipchat.example.com>

  2. Escalate your user permissions to root.

    sudo dont-blame-hipchat

  3. Switch to the directory containing the migration utility.

    cd /home/admin/

  4. Update the permissions for the migration utility so it can be run.

    chmod +x /home/admin/hc-migrate

  5. Verify the checksum and the version.

    sha512sum hc-migrate
/home/admin/hc-migrate -version
  Hipchat Migration Utility version 3.1.5 (2018-07-03)

  6. Retrieve the password to the source Hipchat database. You'll use this (without the quotation marks) in the next step. For HipChat Server, use the following command:

    cat /hipchat/config/site.json | jq -r .databases.hipchat.pass

    For HipChat Data Center, use the following command:

    cat /hipchat/config/site.json | jq -r .databases.hipchat_postgres.pass

  7. Copy, edit, and run the following example command to start the export for HipChat Server:
    (info) By default, the export artifact is saved in the directory from which you run the command. You can use the the --export flag to specify another location. 

    /home/admin/hc-migrate --export "HCS_EXPORT_NAME.tar.gz.aes" --aes_password "ARCHIVE_PASSWORD" \
--db_password "DB_PASSWORD" --verbose |& tee exportHipchat.log

    For HipChat Data Center, use the following command:

    /home/admin/hc-migrate --hcdc --export "HCDC_EXPORT_NAME.tar.gz.aes" --aes_password "ARCHIVE_PASSWORD" --postgres_url "dbname=PSQL_DB_NAME host=PSQL_HOST_URL user=PSQL_DB_USER password=PSQL_DB_PASS port=5432 sslmode=disable" --redis_url "REDIS_URL" --redis_password "REDIS_PASS" --verbose |& tee /home/admin/migrate.log

    A sample command would look something like this for HipChat Server:

    /home/admin/hc-migrate --export "/home/admin/20171115_migrate.tar.gz.aes" --aes_password "hipchat" --db_password "reallysecurepassword" --verbose |& tee /home/admin/exportHipchat.log

    A sample command would look something like this for HipChat Data Center:

    /home/admin/hc-migrate --hcdc --export "hcdc_export.tar.gz.aes" --aes_password "password" --postgres_url "dbname=hipchat_postgres host=kdmbphm7asp2ad.cveoy2l56qjq.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com user=hipchat password=ChangeMe123! port=5432 sslmode=disable" --redis_url --"12345.6789.ng.0001.use1.cache.amazonaws.com:6379" --redis_password "my_redis_password" --verbose |& tee /home/admin/migrate.log

  8. When the export is complete the logs will stop in the terminal and the command will exit. The end of the log output for a successful export looks like this:

    DEBUG 2017/11/15 01:59:04 Writing rooms/711/history.json
DEBUG 2017/11/15 01:59:04 Writing rooms/712/history.json
DEBUG 2017/11/15 01:59:04 Writing rooms/713/history.json
DEBUG 2017/11/15 01:59:04 Writing rooms/714/history.json
DEBUG 2017/11/15 01:59:04 Writing rooms/715/history.json
DEBUG 2017/11/15 01:59:04  ======== *** Export completed successfully! *** ========

You can now copy the .tar file to another machine to work with the exported archive.

Decrypt the Export Artifact

The migrate utility creates a .tar file (tarball) which is encrypted at generation time using a password you set. Before you do anything with the file, you'll need to decrypt it.

You can decrypt the Hipchat archive by running the following command, substituting the password you provided to the migrate command for my_password.

openssl aes-256-cbc -d -k my_password -in my_export.tar.gz.aes -out my_export.tar.gz

Open the Export Artifact

Next, you can run the tar command to extract the contents of the tarball.

tar xzf my_export.tar.gz

You will need to re-encrypt the Artifact if importing again to HipChat using the hc-migrate tool.


Export contents and file system

This information is provided to help you understand how each type of data is exported, and how it is structured in the export format. You can use this information to help write a parser, which you might use to copy the exported data to another system or for archive and retention purposes.

This documentation only applies to  archives created by the Migration Utility. The export command line and admin UI produce different format that is documented elsewhere.

hc-migrate tool export structure 
├── autojoins.json                                                                                                                                                                                                            
├── emoticons.json                                                                                                                                                                                                            
├── files                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
│   └── img                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
│       └── emoticons                                                                                                                                                                                                         
│           └── 1                                                                                                                                                                                                             
│               ├── hcdc-1522683674@2x.jpg                                                                                                                                                                                  
│               ├── hcdc-1522683674@3x.jpg                                                                                                                                                                                  
│               ├── hcdc-1522683674@4x.jpg                                                                                                                                                                                  
│               └── hcdc-1522683674.jpg                                                                                                                                                                                     
├── metadata.json                                                                                                                                                                                                             
├── preferences.json                                                                                                                                                                                                          
├── rooms                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
│   └── 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
│       ├── files                                                                                                                                                                                                             
│       │   └── BcudLU14VxUEeUK                                                                                                                                                                                               
│       │       ├── img.JPG                                                                                                                                                                                              
│       │       └── img_thumb.jpg                                                                                                                                                                                        
│       └── history.json                                                                                                                                                                                                      
├── rooms.json                                                                                                                                                                                                                
├── users                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
│   ├── 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
│   │   ├── avatars                                                                                                                                                                                                           
│   │   │   ├── PrypXtu4rN8sEFL_125.jpg                                                                                                                                                                                       
│   │   │   ├── PrypXtu4rN8sEFL_36.jpg                                                                                                                                                                                        
│   │   │   └── PrypXtu4rN8sEFL.jpg                                                                                                                                                                                           
│   │   └── history.json                                                                                                                                                                                                      
│   ├── 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
│   │   └── history.json                                                                                                                                                                                                      
│   └── files                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
│       └── 0Lp9rkaHfzLpPow                                                                                                                                                                                                   
│           ├── img.JPG                                                                                                                                                                                                  
│           └── img_thumb.jpg                                                                                                                                                                                            
└── users.json

Auto-Joins

autojoins.json contains a list of autojoin preferences for users.

  • id - string - format is: "pref:autoJoin:userId"
  • data - list of json objects
    • jid - string - JID of the room/conversation that the user should auto join

    • name - string - display name of the room/conversation


{                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  "AutoJoins": [
    {
      "id": "pref:autoJoin:1",
      "data": "[{\"jid\":\"1_default@conf.btf.hipchat.com\",\"name\":\"Default\"},{\"jid\":\"1_1@chat.btf.hipchat.com\",\"name\":\"HCDC User\"}]"
    },
   ...
}

Emoticons

emoticons.json contains references to all custom emoticons uploaded by users.

  • ID - integer - emoticon identifier
  • user_id - integer - reference to user that uploaded emoticon
  • group_id - integer - group identifier this emoticon belongs to (should always be 1)
  • path - string - corresponds to the location of the file in the export archive relative to files/img/emoticons
  • shortcut - string - this is what you type to use the emoticon in chat (for example typing (hcdc) displays the hcdc emoticon)
  • width - integer - width of standard emoticon
  • height - integer - height of standard emoticon
  • audio_path - string - always empty - deprecated, used by legacy clients only

Note: The export archive contains different sizes for the emoticon for different devices, and includes the context in which it is used (in text vs. a single emoticon).

{
  "Emoticons": [
    {
      "ID": 217,
      "user_id": 1,
      "group_id": 1,
      "path": "1/hcdc-1522683674.jpg",
      "shortcut": "hcdc",
      "width": 28,
      "height": 28,
      "audio_path": ""
    }
  ]
}

Rooms

rooms.json contains details about the rooms from your Hipchat instance.

  • id - integer - room identifier
  • created - string (ISO 8601) - date room was created
  • guest_access_url - string - if null, guest access was disabled for this room, otherwise this contains an URL
  • is_archived - boolean - true if the room was archived

  • members - array of integers - list of integers correspond to user IDs

  • canonical_name - string - used for the room JID

  • name - string - display name for the room
  • owner - id - user id of room creator
  • participants - array of integers - (legacy) integers correspond to user IDs
  • privacy - string - public or private
  • room_admins - array of integers - user IDs of room admins
  • topic - string - room topic
  • is_deleted - boolean - true if the room was deleted


[
  {
    "Room": {
      "id": 1,
      "created": "2018-04-02T15:31:34+00:00",
      "guest_access_url": null,
      "is_archived": false,
      "members": [],
      "canonical_name": "default",
      "name": "Default",
      "owner": 1,
      "participants": [],
      "privacy": "public",
      "room_admins": [
        1
      ],
      "topic": "",
      "is_deleted": false
    }
  }
]


Users

users.json contains details about the users from your Hipchat DataCenter instance.

  • id - integer - user identifier
  • name - string - user's display name
  • mention_name - string - user's @mention_name to be referenced in chats
  • email - string - user's email
  • title - string - the user's job title as displayed in the HipChat GUI
  • avatar - string - the path always files/photos/<userId>/<avatarFile> and resolves to users/<userId>/avatars/<avatarFile>.The export file contains several versions of the avatar at different sizes, with a suffix noting the width.
  • created - string (ISO 8601) - date user was created
  • is_deleted - boolean - whether the user has been deleted or not
  • timezone - string - timezone of where user is based
  • account_type - string - admin, user, or guest details whether the user is a system admin, regular user, or a guest user
  • roles - enum - list of all roles the user possesses. Will always contain "user". (Additional options are "owner", "admin", "moderator".)
  • rooms - array - deprecated legacy format, always empty
  • metadata - json quoted string - additional information about the user


[                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  {
    "User": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "HCDC User",
      "mention_name": "HCDCUser",
      "email": "user@example.com",
      "title": "",
      "avatar": "files/photos/1/PrypXtu4rN8sEFL.jpg",
      "created": "2018-04-02T15:31:34+00:00",
      "is_deleted": false,
      "timezone": "UTC",
      "account_type": "admin",
      "roles": [
        "user",
        "admin",
        "owner"
      ],
      "rooms": [],
      "metadata": "{\"confirmation_unix_time\": 1522683094}"
    }
  },
...
]


User History

The users folder contains subdirectories for each user id that contain a history.json folder. The history folder contains a history of messages to other users in the form of an array of PrivateUserMessages.

  • id - string - uuid of the message
  • attachment - object or null
    • name - string - name of attachment
    • path - string - path of the attachment relative to users/files in the export archive
    • size - integer - size in bytes
    • url - string - deprecated legacy format, always empty
    • created - string (ISO 8601) - UTC
    • senderid - integer - reference to user identifier who uploaded the file
    • thumbnail - string - path of the preview image relative to users/files in the export archive
  • attachment_path - string or null - path of the attachment relative to users/files in the export archive
  • mentions - array - deprecated legacy format, always empty
  • message - string - message body
  • receiver - object
    • id - integer - reference to the user identifier of the user who the message was sent to
    • mention_name - string - blank: legacy format, as the export refer to users by ID number 
    • name - string - blank: legacy format, as the export refer to users by ID number
    • version - string -  deprecated legacy format, always empty
  • sender - object
    • id - integer - reference to the user identifier of the user who sent the message
    • mention_name - string - blank: legacy format, as the export refer to users by ID number
    • name - string - blank: legacy format, as the export refer to users by ID number
    • version - string - deprecated legacy format, always empty
  • timestamp - string (ISO 8601) w/ appended microseconds - time the message was sent
  • type - string - always "private"
  • deleted - optional object - set if message was deleted, note: message will be empty string.
    • user_id - integer - the user identifier who deleted the message
    • date - string (ISO 8601) - UTC - when message was deleted, never contains microseconds
    • reason - always null
[                                                      
  {                                                    
    "PrivateUserMessage": {                            
      "id": "518a7891-9e13-4a85-9bdb-839e5408e56b",    
      "attachment": null,                              
      "attachment_path": null,                         
      "mentions": [],                                  
      "message": "have you heard of https://google.com ?",                                                     
      "receiver": {                                    
        "id": 1,                                       
        "mention_name": "",                            
        "name": "",                                    
        "version": ""                                  
      },                                               
      "sender": {                                      
        "id": 2,                                       
        "mention_name": "",                            
        "name": "",                                    
        "version": ""                                  
      },                                               
      "timestamp": "2018-04-02T14:54:04Z 777248",      
      "type": "private"                                
    }                                                  
  },                                                   
  {                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
    "PrivateUserMessage": {                                                                                                                                                                                                   
      "id": "cc48cd3d-7d3a-43af-b4e2-02355dad56cd",                                                                                                                                                                           
      "attachment": {                                                                                                                                                                                                         
        "name": "0Lp9rkaHfzLpPow/img.JPG",                                                                                                                                                                               
        "path": "0Lp9rkaHfzLpPow/img.JPG",                                                                                                                                                                               
        "size": 3368233,                                                                                                                                                                                                      
        "url": "",                                                                                                                                                                                                            
        "created": "2018-04-02T15:43:42Z",                                                                                                                                                                                    
        "senderid": 2,                                                                                                                                                                                                        
        "thumbnail": "0Lp9rkaHfzLpPow/img_thumb.jpg"                                                                                                                                                                     
      },                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
      "attachment_path": "0Lp9rkaHfzLpPow/img.JPG",                                                                                                                                                                      
      "mentions": [],                                                                                                                                                                                                         
      "message": "nice picture!: https://hipchat.example.com/files/1/2/0Lp9rkaHfzLpPow/GOPR4259.JPG",                                                                                                     
      "receiver": {                                                                                                                                                                                                           
        "id": 1,                                                                                                                                                                                                              
        "mention_name": "",                                                                                                                                                                                                   
        "name": "",                                                                                                                                                                                                           
        "version": ""                                                                                                                                                                                                         
      },                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
      "sender": {                                                                                                                                                                                                             
        "id": 2,                                                                                                                                                                                                              
        "mention_name": "",                                                                                                                                                                                                   
        "name": "",                                                                                                                                                                                                           
        "version": ""                                                                                                                                                                                                         
      },                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
      "timestamp": "2018-04-02T15:43:42Z 970263",                                                                                                                                                                             
      "type": "private"                                                                                                                                                                                                       
    }                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  },
  ...
]


Room History

Room history can be found in the rooms, under the subdirectory named by the id of the room in the history.json file. The contents are an array of messages. Messages can be UserMessage, ArchiveRoomMessage, GuestAccessMessage, TopicRoomMessage, or NotificationMessage with varying type fields. Types can be muc_message (UserAccessMessage or NotificationMessage), muc_archive, muc_guest_access, or muc_topic. Each type is outlined below.

All messages contain the following fields:

  • id - string - uuid of message - if 0, the message is from an integration (add-on)
  • type - string - muc_message
  • sender - object 
    • id - integer - reference to the user identifier of the user who sent the message
    • mention_name - deprecated legacy format, always empty
    • name - string - user's display name (chosen by the user), if from a user, otherwise shows the integration or add-on name
    • version - string - deprecated legacy format, always empty
  • message - string - message body displayed in room
  • timestamp - string (ISO 8601) w/ appended microseconds - time the message was sent
  • deleted - optional object - set if message was deleted, note: message will be empty string.
    • user_id - integer - the user identifier who deleted the message
    • date - string (ISO 8601) - UTC - when message was deleted, never contains microseconds
    • reason - always null

UserMessage - Room History

A UserMessage refers to the standard messages sent from users to a room.

  • attachment - object or null
    • name - string - name of attachment
    • path - string - path of the attachment relative to users/files in the export archive
    • size - integer - size of the attachment in bytes
    • url - string - deprecated legacy format, always empty
    • created - string (ISO 8601) - UTC
    • senderid - integer - reference to user identifier who uploaded the file
    • thumbnail - string - path of the preview image relative to users/files in the export archive
  • metadata - array of objects - metadata can vary but generally includes additional information used to display a message, especially with third-party plugins (imgur, twitter, etc.)
[
  {
    "UserMessage": {
      "id": "2088ec9e-dd0d-4214-8f74-45e2fb85109c",
      "type": "muc_message",
      "sender": {
        "id": 1,
        "mention_name": "",
        "name": "HCDC User",
        "version": ""
      },
      "message": "anyone here?",
      "timestamp": "2018-04-02T15:40:44Z 942827"
    }
  },
  {
    "UserMessage": {
      "id": "6f0c7db4-ad21-4eeb-8f1a-cbcdda84b066",
      "type": "muc_message",
      "sender": {
        "id": 1,
        "mention_name": "",
        "name": "HCDC User",
        "version": ""
      },
      "message": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/HipChat_Logo.svg/1200px-HipChat_Logo.svg.png",
      "timestamp": "2018-04-02T15:41:32Z 133009",
      "metadata": [
        {
          "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/HipChat_Logo.svg/1200px-HipChat_Logo.svg.png",
          "image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/HipChat_Logo.svg/1200px-HipChat_Logo.svg.png",
          "type": "image",
          "name": ""
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "UserMessage": {
      "id": "500a3362-c904-4fcb-a5a6-230c618bbd76",
      "type": "muc_message",
      "sender": {
        "id": 2,
        "mention_name": "",
        "name": "Other User",
        "version": ""
      },
      "message": "File uploaded: https://hipchat.example.com/files/1/1/BcudLU14VxUEeUK/GOPR4259.JPG",
      "timestamp": "2018-04-02T15:41:41Z 865877",
      "attachment": {
        "name": "BcudLU14VxUEeUK/GOPR4259.JPG",
        "path": "BcudLU14VxUEeUK/GOPR4259.JPG",
        "size": 3368233,
        "url": "",                                                                                                                                                                                                            
        "created": "2018-04-02T15:41:41Z",                                                                                                                                                                                    
        "senderid": 2,                                                                                                                                                                                                        
        "thumbnail": "BcudLU14VxUEeUK/GOPR4259_thumb.jpg"                                                                                                                                                                     
      }                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
    }                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  },
  {
    "UserMessage": {
      "id": "500a3362-c904-4fcb-a5a6-230c618bbd76",
      "type": "muc_message",
      "sender": {
        "id": 2,
        "mention_name": "",
        "name": "Other User",
        "version": ""
      },
      "message": "File uploaded: https://hipchat.example.com/files/1/1/BcudLU14VxUEeUK/GOPR4259.JPG",
      "timestamp": "2018-04-02T15:41:41Z 865877",
      "attachment": {
        "name": "BcudLU14VxUEeUK/GOPR4259.JPG",
        "path": "BcudLU14VxUEeUK/GOPR4259.JPG",
        "size": 3368233,
        "url": "",                                                                                                                                                                                                            
        "created": "2018-04-02T15:41:41Z",                                                                                                                                                                                    
        "senderid": 2,                                                                                                                                                                                                        
        "thumbnail": "BcudLU14VxUEeUK/GOPR4259_thumb.jpg"                                                                                                                                                                     
      }                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
    }                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  }, ...
]

ArchiveRoomMessage - Room History

A ArchiveRoomMessage is a message that notifies whether the room has been archived or not. Rooms can be archived and unarchived. The last sent muc_archive message will dictate the status of the room.

  • is_archived - boolean - whether or not the room is archived
[
  {
    "ArchiveRoomMessage": {
      "id": "2088ec9e-dd0d-4214-8f74-45e2fb85109c",
      "type": "muc_archive",
      "sender": {
        "id": 1,
        "mention_name": "",
        "name": "HCDC User",
        "version": ""
      },
      "message": "",
      "timestamp": "2018-04-02T15:40:44Z 942827",
	  "is_archived": true
    }
  },
  ...
]


GuestAccessMessage - Room History

A GuestAccessMessage is a message that controls guest access to this room. This can be enabled and disabled. The last sent muc_guest_access message will dictate the status of the room.

  • enable_guest_access - boolean - whether or not the room allows guest access
  • url - string - the invite url for guests. This includes an 8 character key that's included in the metadata for any guest users.
[
  {
    "GuestAccessMessage": {
      "id": "2088ec9e-dd0d-4214-8f74-45e2fb85109c",
      "type": "muc_guest_access",
      "sender": {
        "id": 1,
        "mention_name": "",
        "name": "HCDC User",
        "version": ""
      },
      "message": "",
      "timestamp": "2018-04-02T15:40:44Z 942827",
	  "enable_guest_access": true,
	  "url": "https://hipchat.example.com/gQ82tnQz5"
    }
  },
  ...
]


TopicRoomMessage

A TopicRoomMessage is a message that shows the current topic of the room. This can be updated anytime. The last sent muc_topic shows the current topic of the room.

  • topic - string - the topic of the room
[
  {
    "TopicRoomMessage": {
      "id": "2088ec9e-dd0d-4214-8f74-45e2fb85109c",
      "type": "muc_topic",
      "sender": {
        "id": 1,
        "mention_name": "",
        "name": "HCDC User",
        "version": ""
      },
      "message": "",
      "timestamp": "2018-04-02T15:40:44Z 942827",
	  "topic": "this is the purpose of the room"
    }
  },
  ...
]


NotificationMessage

A NotificationMessage is a message that dictates a notification displayed in the room as a "card" which defines a specially displayed message.

  • format - string - the type of card to be displayed
  • color - string - the color of the card, one of yellow, green, red, purple, gray
  • card - string - contains an escaped object containing all details of the card to be displayed


[
  {
    "NotificationMessage": {
      "id": "26f32141-8e44-443b-92fa-2d7a97dbb4ac",
      "type": "notification",
      "sender": {
        "id": 1,
        "mention_name": "",
        "name": "HCDC User",
        "version": ""
      },
      "message": "Card \u003cb\u003eSample link card\u003c/b\u003e",
      "timestamp": "2017-11-07T13:53:53Z 634688",
      "format": "html",
      "color": "yellow",
      "card": "{\"style\": \"link\", \"description\": \"This is some information about the link shared.\\nin 2 lines of text\", \"title\": \"Sample link card\", \"url\": \"http://www.website.com/some-article\", \"thumbnail\": {\"url\": \"http://bit.ly/1TmKuKQ\", \"width\": 1193, \"url@2x\": \"http://bit.ly/1TmKuKQ\", \"height\": 564}, \"date\": 1453867674631, \"validation\": {\"safehtmls\": [\"activity.html\"], \"safeurls\": [\"url\", \"images.image\", \"images.image-small\", \"images.image-big\", \"icon.url\", \"icon.url@2x\", \"icon\", \"thumbnail.url@2x\", \"thumbnail.url\"]}, \"id\": \"c253adc6-11fa-4941-ae26-7180d67e814a\", \"icon\": {\"url\": \"http://bit.ly/1Qrfs1M\"}}"
    }
  },
  ...
]
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