gitea-matrix-bot/README.md

# gitea-matrix-bot

A bot to listen for gitea webhooks and post to a matrix channel

# Usage

## Configuration
Copy config.ini.example to config.ini or creat a file called config.ini with the
following options:

```ini
[http]
# The path the listener will expect the post data
http_uri = "/post"

# The port the listener will listen on
http_port = "9000"

[matrix]
# The matrix server to connect to
matrix_host = "http://matrix.org"

# The matrix room to post to
matrix_room = "#my-awesome-room:matrix.org"

# User credentions of the bot for posting to the room
matrix_pass = "supersecretpass"
matrix_user = "my-awesome-bot"
```

Then start the bot. It will listen on the configured URI for incoming gitea
hooks.

## Create gitea hook

Create a new webhook in gitea. You an add a webhook to a single repository or
add a default webhook that will apply to all you repos (recommended)

- Choose the Webhook type `Gitea` for you Webhook
- Configure which events you want to send. You can also select `All Events`
- Set the Target URL to your host + the value you configured in the `config.ini` file. (e.g. `http://myserver:9000/post`)
- Make sure that port is reachable/forwarded if you are behind a router and
	check your firewall
- Set `POST Content Type` to `applicatino/json`
- Add a secret (passphrase, password)

It will probably look like this:
![gitea scrot](./gitea-scrot.png "Gitea Screenshot")