hangin-with-php

Send Hangout messages with PHP and Beanstalkd

protobuf-php dependency

git clone https://github.com/allegro/php-protobuf
cd php-protobuf
phpize
./configure
make
sudo make install
php -d extension=protobuf.so

setup

Run the bin/cli_auth_once.php script once to authorize to Google and obtain a refresh token.

php ./bin/cli_auth_once.php --email youremail --password password --refresh-token $(pwd)/refresh-token.txt

The OAuth2 refresh token will be stored in the file provided. This refresh token means you will not have to type your email and password for any subsequent commands. The refresh token's access to your account can be revoked from Google's device access page. This script presents itself as an iOS device for various reasons.

Not often do you have to put a password on command line. Remember to escape your password special chars from bash with quotes and back slashes.

--password "IAmV\#ryL33t\!"

obtain conversation ID

To get a list of recent conversations, use the token and call cli_get_conversations

php -d extension=protobuf.so ./bin/cli_get_conversations.php  --refresh-token $(pwd)/refresh-token.txt

or

php ./bin/cli_get_conversations.php  --refresh-token $(pwd)/refresh-token.txt

You should get a list of conversations like this:

Conversation ID: Ugypng60_1kSr0ljs_W3jklbnQ with : Father | Mark Kimsal | 
Conversation ID: Ugy-Yz0W_Sr01kljsRRklu94X3 with : Brother | Mark Kimsal | 
Conversation ID: UgwQCNck_Sr01kljs_Znwqlk43 with : Mom | Mark Kimsal | 

sending a message

Once you have obtained a refresh token, you can send a message to a conversation.

php ./bin/cli_send_message.php --refresh-token $(pwd)/refresh-token.txt --convid XXXXXX --text "Your Test Message"

The conversation ID can be obtained by inspecting your network in the Gmail Web client, or by using the "build conversation list" example in the hangups project's examples folder.

beanstalk client

php./bin/beanstalk_listener.php --refresh-token /home/user/.cache/hwp/refresh-token --ip 127.0.0.1 --port 11300

Send a message to the "hangouts" tube as json with the conversation ID and the message you want as the "text" key

{"convid":".........", "text": "Hello World"}

Or, you can supply a conversation ID on the command line to use as a default. Any beanstalk job with a convid will override the one supplied on the command line.

php./bin/beanstalk_listener.php --refresh-token /home/user/.cache/hwp/refresh-token --convid XXXXX