tob 121

bot in reverse

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 <[e-mail]>

COPYRIGHT

TOB is Public Domain.