Hubot Partyline

Adds peer-to-peer (P2P) partyline support to Hubot.

This enables multiple Hubots to connect to form a partyline, independent of which Hubot adapter or other service each Hubot uses. In this way, Hubot Partyline can become a bridge between otherwise incompatible platforms (IRC, Slack, etc).

NB! This is currently in very early development stages and is currently nothing more than a prototype. Proceed with caution.

Features

Terminology

• Peer - another Hubot node on the network
• Seed - a direct peer connection
• User - a user anywhere in the network
• Mute - stop displaying messages from a user locally
• Shun - stop broadcasting messages to a peer
• Ignore - do not interact with this user/peer

Available

• Decentralized P2P network
• Connect seeds via Hubot command

Planned

• Persist peer data in Hubot brain
• Disconnect seeds via Hubot command
• Authorization support
• Mute users (even across networks)
• Shun peers
• Ignore users
• Peer rating system

Installation

npm install hubot-partyline

Then add "hubot-partyline" to your Hubot's external-scripts.json

Configuration

HUBOT_PARTYLINE_PORT - Default: 8879

Commands

hubot partyline add seed <host>:<port> - add a peer and connect to it.