IDA-Distress-Call

Send a Distress Call to Discord Channel when under attack

Version

Version 0.21

What it does:

Whenever a user is interdicted, an event is created in the ED journal file.
This plugin reads this event (Interdicted), gathers data, and pushes JSON formatted data to the IDA-DC-Bot.
Data sent to the IDA-DC-Bot is processed and posted on a dedicated Discord channel.

How to use:

1. Clone the repo to the EDMC plugin folder, or download and unzip to the EDMC plugin folder
   (default: c:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\EDMarketConnector\plugins)
2. Request API key on webinterface
3. Start up EDMC
4. Insert API key into plugin by going to File -> Settings, tab IDA-Distress-Call, enter/paste the key, and hit OK

There is an extra row in the main window of EDMC, labeled IDA DC.
This row can have 5 different values:

• Idle Not doing anything

• Sending Distress Call
  Sending data to the IDA-DC-Bot

• Distress Call sent
  The DC-Bot received data, process it, and sent it to Discord

• Fail: error code - short error message
  could be many things, the error code and short error message will be a hint/clue
  The full error message can be found in EDMC log file, usually located in %TMP%/EDMarketConnector.log

Changes to make for use by another faction

Want to make this work for another faction, all you need to change here is 1 instance of the server url to push data to http://distresscall.ztik.nl/api

Disclaimer

This plugin is still under construction, bugs new features WILL appear unexpectedly.
There is no license on this code, feel free to use it as you see fit.
Patches are always welcome.

Thanks

• devnull & Plusran, wouldnt have gotten the plugin working so fast without your help