HipChatCronJob
Here's to never forgetting to ask Michael how his day is going.
Setup
Generate a HipChat access token
Log into your HipChat account, select "Send Notification" in the scope, give it a label, and hit "create".
Set that environment variable
Next save the HipChat token into an environment variable in your .bash_profile (or wherever you keep these things):
export HIPCHAT_AUTH_TOKEN="h1Pch4TAuTHt0k3n"
Add a cron job
Next cd into this directory and run:
ruby cli/add_cronjob "0 14 * * *" "/path/to/HipChatCronJob/message_scripts/status_query.rb"
Remove a cron job
Run crontab -e and delete whichever crontabs you're sick of.
Change the message
Just change the message in message_scripts/status_query.rb to whatever you'd like to send Michael Zemel.
If you want to send a message to someone else, just add their name to your .bash_profile (it will override Michael):
export HIPCHAT_RECIPIENT="@UserName"
Result
If—by some miracle—everything works, then every day at 2:00 you will automatically send Michael Zemel a message asking how his day is going!
Send Michael a HipChat from the command line.
Run ruby cli/send.rb "your message here" to send Michael a message from the command line. Better yet, add an alias to your .bash_profile:
alias hey_mike="ruby /path/to/HipChatCronJob/cli/send.rb"
Send anyone a HipChat message from the command line.
Run ruby cli/send.rb -n #{user_name} "your message here" to send a message. Don't forget to include the '@'!
Read your conversation with Michael from the command line.
Run ruby cli/read.rb to read your conversation history with Michael. Better yet, add an alias to your .bash_profile:
alias what_did_mike_say="ruby /path/to/HipChatCronJob/cli/read.rb"
Read your conversation with anyone from the command line.
Run ruby cli/read.rb -n {user_name} to read your conversation history with that person. You can specify the number of messages with -m