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Add support for virtualUsers (Matrix)

Fix #1076 (closed)

Dev notes

"virtualUser": {
	"type": "matrix",
	"externalId": "madlittlemods:matrix.org",
	"displayName": "madlittlemods (Eric Eastwood)",
	"avatarUrl": "https://matrix-client.matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/thumbnail/matrix.org/bDayqThxTIcGNcskzIADknRv?width=30&height=30&method=crop"
},

Matrix avatars

https://matrix.org/docs/api/client-server/#!/User32data/getAvatarUrl

https://matrix-client.matrix.org/_matrix/client/r0/profile/%40madlittlemods%3Amatrix.org/avatar_url
{
        // Where `matrix.org` and `bDayqThxTIcGNcskzIADknRv` are used in the next media request
	"avatar_url": "mxc://matrix.org/bDayqThxTIcGNcskzIADknRv"
}

https://matrix-client.matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/thumbnail/matrix.org/bDayqThxTIcGNcskzIADknRv?width=30&height=30&method=crop

Todo

• Add flair/badges
• Threaded conversation
• Add tests
• Create matrix-bridge-prod, matrix-bridge-beta OAuth clients

Future iterations (will create follow-up issues for these):

• Room bans -> #2615 (closed)
• Spam detection -> #2616
• Chat message reports -> #2624 (closed)
• Typeahead -> #2617
• Mentions -> #2618
• Search -> #2619
• User popover -> #2620 (closed)
• Unread notification emails -> #2621 (closed)
• Avatar sizes -> #2614

Testing strategy

1. Create the OAuth client

   db.oauthclients.insert({
   	clientKey: 'matrix-bridge-dev',
   	clientSecret: Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15) + Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15),
   	name: 'Matrix bridge OAuth app',
   	tag: 'matrix-bridge-dev'
   })

2. Create a OAuth access token to use in our bridge

   db.oauthaccesstokens.insert({
   	token: Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15) + Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15),
   	clientId: db.oauthclients.findOne({clientKey: 'matrix-bridge-dev' })._id,
   	userId: db.users.findOne({ username: 'gitter-badger' })._id
   })

3. You can find the token you just inserted with db.oauthaccesstokens.find({ clientId: db.oauthclients.findOne({clientKey: 'matrix-bridge-dev' })._id }, { token: 1 })
4. Test sending a message POST http://localhost:5000/api/v1/rooms/5f7e2bc53279998d575e3546/chatMessages(Authorization: Bearer xxx, Content-Type: application/json) with body:

   {
   	"virtualUser": {
   		"type": "matrix",
   		"externalId": "madlittlemods:matrix.org",
   		"displayName": "madlittlemods (Eric Eastwood)",
   		"avatarUrl": "https://matrix-client.matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/thumbnail/matrix.org/bDayqThxTIcGNcskzIADknRv?width=30&height=30&method=crop"
   	},
   	"text": "some message"
   }

5. To test with threaded conversations: Find a message to thread on and add parentId: <that parent message ID> to the request above

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• virtual users