cisco_spark – Send a message to a Cisco Spark Room or Individual.

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Send a message to a Cisco Spark Room or Individual with options to control the formatting.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
message
- / required
The message you would like to send.
message_type
-
    Choices:
  • text ←
  • markdown
Specifies how you would like the message formatted.
personal_token
- / required
Your personal access token required to validate the Spark API.

aliases: token
recipient_id
- / required
The unique identifier associated with the supplied recipient_type.
recipient_type
- / required
    Choices:
  • roomId
  • toPersonEmail
  • toPersonId
The request parameter you would like to send the message to.
Messages can be sent to either a room or individual (by ID or E-Mail).

Notes

Note

Examples

# Note: The following examples assume a variable file has been imported
# that contains the appropriate information.

- name: Cisco Spark - Markdown Message to a Room
  cisco_spark:
    recipient_type: roomId
    recipient_id: "{{ room_id }}"
    message_type: markdown
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    message: "**Cisco Spark Ansible Module - Room Message in Markdown**"

- name: Cisco Spark - Text Message to a Room
  cisco_spark:
    recipient_type: roomId
    recipient_id: "{{ room_id }}"
    message_type: text
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    message: "Cisco Spark Ansible Module - Room Message in Text"

- name: Cisco Spark - Text Message by an Individuals ID
  cisco_spark:
    recipient_type: toPersonId
    recipient_id: "{{ person_id}}"
    message_type: text
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    message: "Cisco Spark Ansible Module - Text Message to Individual by ID"

- name: Cisco Spark - Text Message by an Individuals E-Mail Address
  cisco_spark:
    recipient_type: toPersonEmail
    recipient_id: "{{ person_email }}"
    message_type: text
    personal_token: "{{ token }}"
    message: "Cisco Spark Ansible Module - Text Message to Individual by E-Mail"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
message
string
 always
The Response Message returned by the Spark API.
Full Responsde Code explanations can be found at U(https://developer.ciscospark.com/endpoint-messages-post.html.

Sample:
OK (585 bytes)
status_code
integer
 always
The Response Code returned by the Spark API.
Full Responsde Code explanations can be found at https://developer.ciscospark.com/endpoint-messages-post.html.

Sample:
200


Status

  • This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
  • This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

  • Drew Rusell (@drew-russell)

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