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TOB - bot in reverse !

S Y N O P S I S

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

D E S C R I P T I O N

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.

I N S T A L L

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

U S A G E

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>

C O M M A N D S

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

C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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>

P R O G R A M M I N G

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.

F I L E S

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

A U T H O R

Bart Thate <bthate@dds.nl>

C O P Y R I G H T

TOB is Public Domain

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