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pinhook
=======
a pluggable irc bot framework in python
Tutorial
--------
Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
::
$ pip install pinhook
Creating the Bot
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To create the bot, just create a python file with the following:
.. code:: python
import pinhook.bot
bot = pinhook.bot.Bot(
channels=['#foo', '#bar'],
nickname='ph-bot',
server='irc.freenode.net'
)
bot.start()
This will start a basic bot and look for plugins in the 'plugins'
directory to add functionality.
Optional arguments are:
- ``port``: choose a custom port to connect to the server (default:
6667)
- ``ops``: list of operators who can do things like make the bot join
other channels or quit (default: empty list)
- ``plugin_dir``: directory where the bot should look for plugins
(default: "plugins")
Creating plugins
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In your chosen plugins directory ("plugins" by default) make a python
file with a function. You can use the ``@pinhook.plugin.register``
decorator to tell the bot the command to activate the function.
The function will need to be structured as such:
.. code:: python
import pinhook.plugin
@pinhook.plugin.register('!test')
def test_plugin(msg):
message = '{}: this is a test!'.format(msg.nick)
return pinhook.plugin.message(message)
The function will need to accept a single argument in order to accept a
``Message`` object from the bot.
The ``Message`` object has the following attributes:
- ``cmd``: the command that triggered the function
- ``nick``: the user who triggered the command
- ``arg``: all the trailing text after the command. This is what you
will use to get optional information for the command
- ``channel``: the channel where the command was initiated
- ``ops``: the list of bot operators
- ``botnick``: the nickname of the bot
The plugin function **must** return one of the following in order to
give a response to the command:
- ``pinhook.plugin.message``: basic message in channel where command
was triggered
- ``pinhook.plugin.action``: CTCP action in the channel where command
was triggered (basically like using ``/me does a thing``)
Examples
--------
There are some basic examples in the ``examples`` directory in this
repository.
For a live and maintained bot running the current version of pinhook see
`pinhook-tilde <https://github.com/archangelic/pinhook-tilde>`__.