a pluggable irc bot framework in python
Project description
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:
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”)
log_level: string indicating logging level. Logging can be disabled by setting this to “off”. (default: “info”)
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:
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
logger: instance of Bot’s logger
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.
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