Hangouts Chat bot to post timed message

Question

I can see from this, that a bot can send a message in chat, and if supplied a thread ID that does not exist, will start a new thread and post there. I am wondering if there is a way, given the current REST API or any other compatible with Hangouts, to send a message to a room at a given time of day, rather than when the bot is called or interacted with.

I am working in NodeJS, deploying my project in the GCP.

My apologies for the ambiguity of my question, I am trying to wrap my mind around the GCP environment.

I am working in NodeJS, deploying my project in the GCP.

My apologies for the ambiguity of my question, I am trying to wrap my mind around the GCP environment.

user_11861954 · Answer

In the bots documentation there are described the three ways in which a bot can send a message to a room. Those are:

Every time the bot is mentioned.
When the bot enters a room for the first time.
When the bot is taken out of the room.

Unfortunately, none of them is a daily message at a given time. If you still have questions, please ask them freely.

user_8689321 · Answer

We have a working bot (NodeJS based) which sends messages freely. Just use this endpoint https://developers.google.com/hangouts/chat/reference/rest/v1/spaces.messages/create .

Your bot must be invited to the particular space/room for this. You can create threads as well with new and subsequent messages.

We also have bots written in Google Apps Script and there it is also possible.

Hangouts Chat bot to post timed message

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