Thanks! I know there are better protocols out there to handle this sort of thing, but I'm already using Slack and used this protocol because it fit my own needs and it requires less dependencies to fit those needs.

It's super easy, you just change the URLs to the REST API of your XMPP server?

But that wouldn't get the buzz and attention of the latest techno fanboy circle jerk.

I agree completely that these things should use open standards first, and possibly support closed/app specific protocols/Apis second, if said app doesn't support an open standard.

But that doesn't work for a lot of devs these days, because it's not an instant popularity contest winner