obx 12

program your own commands

NAME

OBX - write your own commands

SYNOPSIS

obx  <cmd> [key=val] [key==val]
obxc [-i] [-v]
obxd

DESCRIPTION

OBX has all the python3 code 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.

OBX uses object programming (OP) that 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.

OBX 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.

OBX is Public Domain.

INSTALL

$ pipx install obx
$ pipx ensurepath

<new terminal>

$ obx srv > obx.service
# mv *.service /etc/systemd/system/
# systemctl enable obx --now

joins #obx on localhost

USAGE

without any argument the bot does nothing:

$ obx
$

see list of commands:

$ obx cmd
cmd,skl,srv

start a console:

$ obxc
>

start daemon:

$ obxd
$

CONFIGURATION

irc

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

sasl

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

rss

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

COMMANDS

cfg - irc configuration
cmd - commands
mre - displays cached output
pwd - sasl nickserv name/pass

FILES

~/.obx
~/.local/bin/obx
~/.local/bin/obxc
~/.local/bin/obxd
~/.local/pipx/venvs/obx/*

AUTHOR

Bart Thate <[e-mail]>

COPYRIGHT

OBX is Public Domain.