ResultadosDigitais/matrix

ROOMS single line environment variable is tuff to use when you have too many rooms.

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#269 opened on Mar 25, 2020

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Description

Hi there.

We are using Matrix massively and managing the rooms on the single line environment variable sucks.

I've built a little workaround to get the json from a multi line file and convert it to a single line file using underscore.

I've read in the source code that you do support loading it from a file but was not sure it was working because it was not included in the manual.

Here you can find the script, hope it helps: https://github.com/pcontezini/matrix-room-generator

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
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stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Node.js basicsenvironment variable handling
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65
Research direction
The issue requests improving the ROOMS environment variable configuration from single line to more flexible format. Investigate how ROOMS is parsed in the codebase (likely in config loading files). Consider supporting a file path or multi line environment variable. The repository language is JavaScript, so modifications would involve config parsing logic.