Matrix Client SDK for Python

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This is a Matrix client-server SDK for Python 2.7 and 3.4+

Community discussion on usage of this SDK and development of this SDK can be
found at #matrix-python-sdk:matrix.org_.

.. _#matrix-python-sdk:matrix.org: https://matrix.to/#/%23matrix-python-sdk:matrix.org

Installation

Stable release

Install with pip from pypi. This will install all necessary dependencies as well.

.. code:: shell

pip install matrix_client

Development version

Install using setup.py in root project directory. This will also install all
needed dependencies.

.. code:: shell

git clone https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-python-sdk.git
cd matrix-python-sdk
python setup.py install

Usage

The SDK provides 2 layers of interaction. The low-level layer just wraps the
raw HTTP API calls. The high-level layer wraps the low-level layer and provides
an object model to perform actions on.

Client:

.. code:: python

from matrix_client.client import MatrixClient

client = MatrixClient("http://localhost:8008")

# New user
token = client.register_with_password(username="foobar", password="monkey")

# Existing user
token = client.login_with_password(username="foobar", password="monkey")

room = client.create_room("my_room_alias")
room.send_text("Hello!")

API:

.. code:: python

from matrix_client.api import MatrixHttpApi

matrix = MatrixHttpApi("https://matrix.org", token="some_token")
response = matrix.send_message("!roomid:matrix.org", "Hello!")

Structure

The SDK is split into two modules: api and client.

API

This contains the raw HTTP API calls and has minimal business logic. You can
set the access token (token) to use for requests as well as set a custom
transaction ID (txn_id) which will be incremented for each request.

Client

This encapsulates the API module and provides object models such as Room.

Samples

A collection of samples are included, written in Python 3.

You can either install the SDK, or run the sample like this:

.. code:: shell

PYTHONPATH=. python samples/samplename.py

Building the Documentation

The documentation can be built by installing sphinx and sphinx_rtd_theme.

Simple run make inside docs which will list the avaliable output formats.