Update user status according to calendar

[matheusjardimb]

Is it possible to set the user's status as 'busy' as soon as an event starts?
It'd be great to have that kind of sync of status according to calendar events.

[Gautime]

@matheusjardimb Sorry for late response. Do you mean status in rocket.chat or on calendar slot?

[matheusjardimb]

I meant to update my rocket.chat status when a event starts in my Google Calendar.

For example, set to busy when a meeting starts and turn back to available when the Meeting ends

[Gautime]

Got it. Let me look into it and see how we can implement this.

[Gautime]

Checked it. And sadly it's not possible with current architecture. Will keep this issue open so we can act on it as soon as it is possible.

[matheusjardimb]

That's sad :'/ What's the main limitation you found?

I have considered even creating a side server that monitors GCalendar events and updates RC status accordingly. Is there any RC's web service entrypoint that I can call in order to update an user status?

I'm really looking into implementing this feature, so any alternative would be better than nothing.

[Gautime]

I looked into it and found that the rocket chat app engine, on which the app is built does not provide us a functionality to change the user status as of now. But soon this feature will be inducted in the app engine and we'll act on it at that time. :)

[pxlfrk]

@Gautime is there any progress on this? Would love to see this feature in future releases!

[pxlfrk]

@Gautime any update? :)

[Gautime]

@pxlfrk Sorry for late response. I am not updated with the new functionalities of RC app framework. Will discuss with team and let you know asap. :)

[Gautime]

@pxlfrk I looked into it and found that the framework lets you only read the user status at this point but cannot change it inside the app. The property we want to manage is "statusConenction" here -
https://rocketchat.github.io/Rocket.Chat.Apps-engine/interfaces/iuser.html#statusconnection

[Gautime]

I have talked to the team. Hope this feature will be included in upcoming versions of framework. Good news about the App framework is now it lets you create buttons in UI. I'll be looking into that and see how we can make use of buttons in place of some commands! :)

[holzfelix]

Any Update on this? would be a really cool feature which would help us a lot

[Gautime]

Sorry for late response. Thanks for bringing attention to this. I asked RC developers and came to know it is still not possible with current set of features. App engine allows you to change the status text but not the online status. But, it is definitely on the cards. Will integrate it as soon as it is available!

[fabiodaneze]

@Gautime According to this it looks like you can change online status as well, at least from REST API: https://docs.rocket.chat/api/rest-api/methods/users/setstatus