Discord forward

[jimsug]

This plugin provides a lightweight means of forwarding messages from Hangouts to Discord, while impersonating the original users. It has some advantages over currently proposed #636 but also some drawbacks, some of which can be overcome with a little work, and others which at the moment can't (due to technical limitations of the Discord platform).

Configuration

• discord_forward - set to true to enable forwarding
• discord_webhook - a list of webhook URLs for the same discord channel. I recommend using two webhooks per Discord channel. The plugin will alternate between these, as a workaround for the Discord Android mobile issue https://trello.com/c/6ZZTEBJw

{
    "conversations":
        "convid":
             "discord_forward" : true,
             "discord_webhook":
                 [
                     "<discord_webhook_url>",
                     "<discord_webhook_url>"
                 ]
}

Notes

• As the plugin will ignore the bot's own messages, command responses will not be forwarded.
  • Also, if messages are being forwarded from synced rooms, you'll need to forward them seperately. I recommend using different webhook pairs for each synced room to avoid author collapsing.
• There is a known, low-priority issue for iOS mobile users where long-press context on webhook messages are not possible - that is, you can't copy the text, delete the message, or add reactions from the long-press menu like you would be able to on Android or desktop.
• This only provides one-way forwarding of messages. To send messages back to Hangouts, I'd recommend using a Discord bot and post messages to a sink, but that's probably beyond the scope of this repo.