This bot will be a simple matrix client (not application service) that will post x.news events into a given matrix room. For now, the events will be fake news, but in theory this could be extended to draw on external news sources from RSS feeds or elsewhere.
{
"title": "The Title of The News Story",
"body": "The body of the news story, including *markdown* if desired",
"local": true
}title: The title of the news story.body: The body of the news story.local: Whether the news story is local. If it is not local, then it is considered global.
This is part of a hack for THE Port 2017 hackathon where team Pier X5 is developing a communication system for use in refugee camps where Internet may not be available but where collaboration is essential.
This bot will send events into a room for the live demo!