fetch-matrix-access-token/README.md

fetch-matrix-access-token

Why

The access token from Element can not be used for a different app (it seems). With this simple script you can retrieve the access token and then use it for a different app since this script won't create any encryption.

Requirements

• The matrix server, where the account is located, needs password-login enabled
• local environment requires nodejs, yarn and nvm

Installation & setup

• yarn install
• nvm use
• cp config.js.example config.js
• edit the config.js

Fetching the key

• yarn start
• The script will print the access token.

Credits

This script is based on snippets from the documentation of matrix-bot-sdk