API to read VASSAL chat and alert players of open games?

General Discussion
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So I am intermediary proficient in Python and want to facilitate higher activity in the Imperial Assault module. If I could read the contents of the VASSAL module chat, I could use python to connect players faster. Are there any ways for this already in place?

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Thus spake jacenat:

So I am intermediary proficient in Python and want to facilitate higher
activity in the Imperial Assault module. If I could read the contents of
the VASSAL module chat, I could use python to connect players faster.
Are there any ways for this already in place?

There’s no straightforward way to do something like this presently, due
to the quite convoluted nature of the existing file format.

We’re expecting to address this in the next major version, VASSAL 4.

–
J.

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You could always create a custom Java function, put it in the module for all but hide its trigger and dedicate a machine to being present in the main lobby and intercept all messages to transmit them elsewhere on the web. As for online lobbies, maybe the activity can be fetched from the vassal website itself?