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NAME


TOB - bot in reverse

SYNOPSIS


tob <cmd> [key=val] [key==val]
tob -cvaw [init=mod1,mod2]
tob -d
tob -s

DESCRIPTION

TOB 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, easy programming of your own commands, etc.

TOB contains python3 code to program objects in a functional way. 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.

TOB is a python3 IRC bot, it can connect to IRC, fetch and display RSS feeds, take todo notes, keep a shopping list and log text. You can run it under systemd for 24/7 presence in a IRC channel.

TOB is Public Domain.

INSTALL

installation is done with pipx


$ pipx install tob
$ pipx ensurepath

<new terminal>

$ tob srv > tob.service
$ sudo mv tob.service /etc/systemd/system/
$ sudo systemctl enable tob --now

joins #tob on localhost

USAGE

use tob to control the program, default it does nothing


$ tob
$

see list of commands


$ tob cmd
cfg,cmd,dne,dpl,err,exp,imp,log,mod,mre,nme,
pwd,rem,req,res,rss,srv,syn,tdo,thr,upt

start console


$ tob -c

start console and run irc and rss


$ tob -c init=irc,rss

list available modules


$ tob mod
err,flt,fnd,irc,llm,log,mbx,mdl,mod,req,rss,
rst,slg,tdo,thr,tmr,udp,upt

start daemon


$ tob -d
$

start service


$ tob -s
<runs until ctrl-c>

COMMANDS

here is a list of available commands


cfg - irc configuration
cmd - commands
dpl - sets display items
err - show errors
exp - export opml (stdout)
imp - import opml
log - log text
mre - display cached output
pwd - sasl nickserv name/pass
rem - removes a rss feed
res - restore deleted feeds
rss - add a feed
syn - sync rss feeds
tdo - add todo item
thr - show running threads
upt - show uptime

CONFIGURATION

irc


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

sasl


$ tob pwd <nsnick> <nspass>
$ tob cfg password=<frompwd>

rss


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

opml


$ tob exp
$ tob imp <filename>

PROGRAMMING

tob has it’s modules in the ~/.tob/mods directory so for a hello world command you would edit a file in ~/.tob/mods/hello.py and add the following

def hello(event):
    event.reply("hello world !!")

typing the hello command would result into a nice hello world !!


$ tob hello
hello world !!

commands run in their own thread and the program borks on exit to enable a short debug cycle, output gets flushed on print so exceptions appear in the systemd logs. modules can contain your own written python3 code.

FILES


~/.tob
~/.local/bin/tob
~/.local/pipx/venvs/tob/*

AUTHOR


Bart Thate <bthate@dds.nl>

COPYRIGHT


TOB is Public Domain.

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