ChatOps for Discord

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Release notes

GitLab ChatOps can now be used with Discord Slash Commands

Problem to solve

I know many hobby developers which use Discord and don't use Slack. If ChatOps gets also implemented for the Discord Platform, these developer (including myself) could use the ChatOps feature.

Proposal

Implement support for the Discord Slash Commands in ChatOps

Intended users

• Rachel (Release Manager)

• Allison (Application Ops)
• Ingrid (Infrastructure Operator)

Feature Usage Metrics

Unknown

Additional Links

• https://discord.com/developers/docs/interactions/application-commands#slash-commands
• https://discord.com/developers/docs/interactions/receiving-and-responding

Implementation

I would be interested in implementing this feature if you decide that you want to support Discord.

However, I would need some guidance in how to do so.

Required Functionality

• Integration Settings
  • Application ID
  • Bot Token
  • GitLab given Endpoint for Discord Interactions Endpoint (https://discord.com/developers/docs/interactions/receiving-and-responding#receiving-an-interaction)
• Commands need to get registered on the Application (https://discord.com/developers/docs/interactions/application-commands#registering-a-command)
• Incoming Webhooks for Interactions must be accepted
  • Signature validation (https://discord.com/developers/docs/interactions/receiving-and-responding#security-and-authorization)
  • Must handle interactions and pings
• ChatOps
  • Mapping Discord User -> GitLab User
  • Commands need to work (like run should create a ChatOps Pipeline)
  • Job output needs to be sent back to Discord (if completed in under 15 minutes)

Identified Files/Folders

• lib/gitlab/chat for responding with the job log