Messaging.ts

import { Settings } from './Settings';
import { MatrixClient } from "matrix-bot-sdk";

export class Messaging {

    static client: MatrixClient;

    static async initialize() {
        const sdk = require("matrix-bot-sdk");
        const MatrixClient = sdk.MatrixClient;
        const SimpleFsStorageProvider = sdk.SimpleFsStorageProvider;
        const AutojoinRoomsMixin = sdk.AutojoinRoomsMixin;

        const homeserverUrl = "https://matrix.org"; // make sure to update this with your url

        const storage = new SimpleFsStorageProvider(`${Settings.bot_path}/bot.json`);

        this.client = new MatrixClient(homeserverUrl, Settings.matrix_accessToken, storage);
        AutojoinRoomsMixin.setupOnClient(this.client);

        this.client.start().then((x: MatrixClient) => {
            console.log("Matrix client initiated");
        })

    }

    static async sendMessage(message: string) {
        
        this.client.sendHtmlText(Settings.room_id, message).catch(err => {
            this.initialize();
        });
    }

}