Update Readme.MD

Add optional parameter to PostAsync for specifying the length of a message.

Author: Adam Warner

Matterhook.NET.MatterhookClient.sln

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution Items", "{DD13AC46-A75C-44CE-A48F-0ADF1D2A5A47}"
 	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
 		appveyor.yml = appveyor.yml
+		README.md = README.md
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Global

Matterhook.NET.MatterhookClient/MatterhookClient.cs

@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ private static MattermostAttachment CloneAttachment(MattermostAttachment inAtt)
         /// Post Message to Mattermost server. Messages will be automatically split if total text length > 4000
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="inMessage">The messsage you wish to send</param>
+        /// <param name="maxMessageLength">(Optional) Defaulted to 3800, but can be set to any value (Check with your Mattermost server admin!)</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsync(MattermostMessage inMessage)
+        public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsync(MattermostMessage inMessage, int maxMessageLength = 3800)
         {
 
             try
@@ -84,11 +85,11 @@ public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsync(MattermostMessage inMessage)
                 //start with one cloned inMessage in the list
                 outMessages.Add(CloneMessage(inMessage));
 
-                //add text from original. If we go over 3800, we'll split it to a new inMessage.
+                //add text from original. If we go over 3800 (or whatever user chooses), we'll split it to a new inMessage.
                 foreach (var line in lines)
                 {
 
-                    if (line.Length + outMessages[msgCount].Text.Length > 3800)
+                    if (line.Length + outMessages[msgCount].Text.Length > maxMessageLength)
                     {
 
                         msgCount += 1;
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsync(MattermostMessage inMessage)
                             //Get the total length of all attachments on the current outgoing message
                             var lenAllAttsText = outMessages[msgCount].Attachments.Sum(a => a.Text.Length);
 
-                            if (lenMessageText + lenAllAttsText + line.Length > 3800)
+                            if (lenMessageText + lenAllAttsText + line.Length > maxMessageLength)
                             {
                                 msgCount += 1;
                                 attIndex = 0;

README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/76x60eg4vjve4vcf?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/PromoFaux/matterhook-net-matterhookclient) [![NuGet](https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/Matterhook.NET.MatterhookClient.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Matterhook.NET.MatterhookClient/)
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-# Matterhook.NET
+# Matterhook.NET.MatterhookClient
 
-Matterhook.NET is a simple webhook client to post messages to your Mattermost server using Webhooks.
+Matterhook.NET.MatterhookClient is a simple webhook client to post messages to your Mattermost server using Webhooks.
 
 ## Usage