From d23062588a3f64815d6fdb2f34588edeaf83b2aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juraj Bednar <juraj@bednar.io>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:43:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for groups

---
 README.md            | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 signal-monitoring.sh | 13 ++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 037b65a..9119968 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -115,20 +115,31 @@ dependant on single infrastructure provider, anyone can run a node, but it is
 highly secure.
 
 We can use [command-line version](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/CLI.md).
-After installation, you need to choose a display name and connect to profile
-that should receive notifications (using /c command). After you are connected,
-write nickname into 
+After installation, you need to choose a display name and connect to a user or group
+that should receive notifications. Use the /c command to connect to a user, or the /g
+command to connect to a group. After you are connected, write the nickname or group name
+into the configuration file, prefixing it with @ for users or # for groups:
 
 ```
-SIMPLEX_DESTINATION="nickname"
+SIMPLEX_DESTINATION="@nickname"  # for users
+```
+or
+```
+SIMPLEX_DESTINATION="#groupname"  # for groups
 ```
 
-If something does not work, the command that should work is:
+If something does not work, the command that should work for sending to a user is:
 
 ```
 simplex-chat -e '@nickname This is a test' -t 10
 ```
 
+For sending to a group, use:
+
+```
+simplex-chat -e '#groupname This is a test' -t 10
+```
+
 ## Why this project
 
 I wanted to be able to perform a simple monitoring for my hosted server from
diff --git a/signal-monitoring.sh b/signal-monitoring.sh
index 6c783bd..3da7cde 100755
--- a/signal-monitoring.sh
+++ b/signal-monitoring.sh
@@ -21,8 +21,15 @@ LXMF_NAME="LXMF bot signal-monitoring"
 LXMF_PROPAGATION="32112312312312312312312312312312"
 
 ### For simplex-chat command-line utility
-# Nickname of already connected user (use /c)
-SIMPLEX_DESTINATION="nickname"
+# Nickname of already connected user (use /c) or group (use /g)
+# Prefix user with @ and group with #
+
+SIMPLEX_DESTINATION="@nickname"
+
+# Time to wait for Simplex - this needs to be long enough to send the message to
+# the relay. See: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/issues/5196
+# The command is sent to background, so it won't block processing
+SIMPLEX_WAIT=10
 
 # now go to the notify function below, choose which notification mechanism
 # to use.
@@ -50,7 +57,7 @@ function notify {
     # LXMF / Reticulum / Sideband
     #echo "$1" | LXMF-NotifyBot.py "${LXMF_DESTINATION}" "${LXMF_NAME}" "${LXMF_PROPAGATION}" > /dev/null
     # SimpleX
-    #(simplex-chat -e "@${SIMPLEX_DESTINATION} ${1}" -t 10 > /dev/null) &
+    #(simplex-chat -e "${SIMPLEX_DESTINATION} ${1}" -t ${SIMPLEX_WAIT} > /dev/null) &
 	log "Sending notification ${1}"
 }