botl 105

cli bot

NAME

BOTL - bot library

SYNOPSIS

botl <cmd> [key=val] [key==val]
botl [-a] [-c] [-d] [-h] [-v] [-w]

options are:

-a     load all modules
-c     start console
-d     start daemon
-h     display help
-v     use verbose

DESCRIPTION

BOTL contains all the python3 code to program objects in a functional
way. It provides a base Object class that has only dunder methods, all
methods are factored out into functions with the objects as the first
argument. It is called Object Programming (OP), OOP without the
oriented.

BOTL  allows for easy json save//load to/from disk of objects. It
provides an "clean namespace" Object class that only has dunder
methods, so the namespace is not cluttered with method names. This
makes storing and reading to/from json possible.

BOTL has all you need to program a unix cli program, such as disk
perisistence for configuration files, event handler to handle the
client/server connection, code to introspect modules for
commands, deferred exception handling to not crash on an error, a
parser to parse commandline options and values, etc.

BOTL has a demo bot, it can connect to IRC, fetch and display RSS
feeds, take todo notes, keep a shopping list and log text. You can
also copy/paste the service file and run it under systemd for 24/7
presence in a IRC channel.

BOTL is Public Domain.

USAGE

without any argument the program does nothing

$ botl
$

see list of commands

$ botl cmd
cmd,err,mod,req,thr,ver

list of modules

$ botl mod
cmd,err,fnd,irc,log,mod,req,rss,tdo,thr

use -c to start a console

$ botl -c

use mod=<name1,name2> to load additional modules

$ botl -c mod=irc,rss
>

use -v for verbose

$ botl -cv mod=irc
BOTL started CV started Sat Dec 2 17:53:24 2023
>

CONFIGURATION

$ botl cfg
channel=#botl commands=True nick=botl port=6667 server=localhost

irc

$ botl cfg server=<server>
$ botl cfg channel=<channel>
$ botl cfg nick=<nick>

sasl

$ botl pwd <nsvnick> <nspass>
$ botl cfg password=<frompwd>

rss

$ botl rss <url>
$ botl dpl <url> <item1,item2>
$ botl rem <url>
$ botl nme <url> <name>

COMMANDS

cmd - commands
cfg - irc configuration
dlt - remove a user
dpl - sets display items
fnd - find objects
log - log some text
met - add a user
mre - displays cached output
pwd - sasl nickserv name/pass
rem - removes a rss feed
rss - add a feed
thr - show the running threads

SYSTEMD

save the following it in /etc/systems/system/botl.service and
replace "<user>" with the user running pipx

[Unit]
Description=bot library
Requires=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=<user>
Group=<user>
WorkingDirectory=/home/<user>/.botl
ExecStart=/home/<user>/.local/pipx/venvs/botl/bin/botl -d
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

then run this

$ mkdir ~/.botl
$ sudo systemctl enable botl --now

default channel/server is #botl on localhost

FILES

~/.botl
~/.local/bin/botl
~/.local/bin/botld
~/.local/pipx/venvs/botl/

AUTHOR

Bart Thate <[e-mail]>

COPYRIGHT

BOTL is Public Domain.