kutana 6.0.0

The library for developing systems for messengers and social networks

Kutana

The library for developing systems for messengers and social networks. Great for developing bots. Refer to example for the showcase of the library abilities.

This library uses generalized attachment types, possible actions e.t.c. for flexibility to use plugins with different backends.

Installation

python -m pip install kutana

Documentation

You can read the extended description of the library in the docs/index.md file. At the moment, the documentation is not in the best condition. If you would like to contribute to its writing, welcome to the issues.

Running

From CLI

Following command will populate application's config, add specified backends and load plugins from specified folder.

python3 -m kutana run example/config.yml

# usage: kutana [-h] {init,run} ...
#
# helpfull cli utility
#
# positional arguments:
#   {init,run}
#     init      initiate kutana project
#     run       run kutana project using provided config (working directory will be changed to the one with config file)
#
# optional arguments:
#   -h, --help  show this help message and exit

Refer to the example config.yml for the configuration details.

From code

from kutana import Kutana
from kutana.backends import VkontakteLongpoll
from kutana.loaders import load_plugins_from_path

# Create application
app = Kutana()

# Add manager to application
app.add_backend(VkontakteLongpoll(token="VK-GROUP-TOKEN"))

# Load and register plugins
for plugin in load_plugins_from_path("example/plugins/"):
    app.add_plugin(plugin)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Run application
    app.run()

Example plugin (plugins/echo.py)

from kutana import Plugin

plugin = Plugin(name="Echo")

@plugin.on_commands(["echo"])
async def _(msg, ctx):
    await ctx.reply(ctx.body, attachments=msg.attachments)

If your function exists only to be decorated, you can use _ to avoid unnecessary names.

Available backends

• Vkontakte (for vk.com groups)
• Telegram (for telegram.org bots)