RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat

Broadcast message support from bots

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Description

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/send-messages/broadcast-messages

The idea is bots need to send broadcast messages in batches in order to avoid scale limitations.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the linked Facebook Messenger broadcast-messages documentation and trace the existing bot message-sending entry point in Rocket.Chat. Define how batches should avoid Messenger scale limits, then verify that bot broadcasts are sent in batches without exceeding those limits.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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