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 ====== Matrix  ======
+===== Documentation =====
+  * https://matrix.org/docs/api/client-server/#/
+  * https://matrix.org/docs/spec/
 ===== Getting your access token =====
   * Using Riot (that's whats running on https://matrix.glasgow.social) - Click on your profile name at the top left corner and select ''Settings''
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+</code>
+You can follow one particular room just using GET requests, by doing something like this:
+<code php>
+function get_new_events($room) {
+   $homeserver = "glasgow.social";
+   $access_token = "access_token_goes_here"
+   $url = "https://$homeserver/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/$room/messages?access_token=$access_token&from=$tracking_id";
+   $data = json_decode(file_get_contents($url), true);
+   return $data;
+}
 </code>
 ===== Matrix Bot =====
-  * See [[Matrix Bot]]
+The basis of my bot's interaction with Matrix is bascially the above code.  Replace the echo line with with whatever you want to do (in my case, I look up a list of rules [i.e. pairs of regexes and their response functions] I use in IRC from a database and act accordingly).

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