Setup and management bots#

Base endpoint is: /ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v1: (requires the bots-v1 capability - available since Nextcloud 27.1)

Get list of bots installed on the server#

Lists the bots that are installed on the server.

• Required capability: bots-v1
• Method: GET

• Endpoint: bot/admin

• Response:

  • Status code:
    • 200 OK
    • 403 Forbidden When the current user is not an administrator
  • Data: List of bots, each bot has at least:

field	type	Description
id	int	Unique numeric identifier of the bot on this server
name	string	Display name of the bot shown as author when it posts a message or reaction
description	string	A longer description of the bot helping moderators to decide if they want to enable this bot
url	string	URL endpoint that is triggered by this bot
url_hash	string	Hash of the URL prefixed with bot- serves as actor_id
state	int	One of the Bot states
error_count	int	Number of consecutive errors
last_error_date	int	UNIX timestamp of the last error
last_error_message	string	The last exception message or error response information when trying to reach the bot.

Get list of bots for a conversation#

Lists the bots that are enabled and can be enabled for the conversation

• Required capability: bots-v1
• Method: GET

• Endpoint: bot/{token}

• Response:

  • Status code:
    • 200 OK
    • 403 Forbidden When the current user is not a moderator/owner
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation could not be found for the participant
  • Data: List of bots, each bot has at least:

field	type	Description
id	int	Unique numeric identifier of the bot on this server
name	string	Display name of the bot shown as author when it posts a message or reaction
description	string	A longer description of the bot helping moderators to decide if they want to enable this bot
state	int	One of the Bot states

Enable a bot for a conversation as a moderator#

• Required capability: bots-v1
• Method: POST

• Endpoint: bot/{token}/{botId}

• Response:

  • Status code:
    • 200 OK When the bot is already enabled in the conversation
    • 201 Created When the bot is now enabled in the conversation
    • 400 Bad Request When the bot ID is unknown on the server
    • 400 Bad Request When the bot is disabled or set to "no-setup" on the server
    • 403 Forbidden When the current user is not a moderator/owner
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation could not be found for the participant

Disable a bot for a conversation as a moderator#

• Required capability: bots-v1
• Method: DELETE

• Endpoint: bot/{token}/{botId}

• Response:

  • Status code:
    • 200 OK When the bot is already enabled in the conversation
    • 201 Created When the bot is now enabled in the conversation
    • 400 Bad Request When the bot ID is unknown on the server
    • 400 Bad Request When the bot is disabled or set to "no-setup" on the server
    • 403 Forbidden When the current user is not a moderator/owner
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation could not be found for the participant