tobot 8

bot in reverse !

NAME

tobot - to bot or not to bot !

SYNOPSIS

tobot <cmd> [key=val] [key==val]

tobot -cvaw [init=mod1,mod2]

tobot -d

tobot -s

DESCRIPTION

TOBOT 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, deferred exception handling to not crash on an error, etc.

TOBOT 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.

TOBOT 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.

TOBOT is Public Domain.

INSTALL

installation is done with pipx

$ pipx install tobot

$ pipx ensurepath

<new terminal>

$ tobot srv > tobot.service

$ sudo mv tobot.service /etc/systemd/system/

$ sudo systemctl enable tobot --now

joins #tobot on localhost

USAGE

use tobot to control the program, default it does nothing

$ tobot

$

see list of commands

$ tobot cmd

cfg,cmd,dne,dpl,err,exp,imp,log,mod,mre,nme,

pwd,rem,req,res,rss,srv,syn,tdo,thr,upt

start console

$ tobot -c

start console and run irc and rss clients

$ tobot -c init=irc,rss

list available modules

$ tobot mod

err,flt,fnd,irc,llm,log,mbx,mdl,mod,req,rss,

rst,slg,tdo,thr,tmr,udp,upt

start daemon

$ tobot -d

$

start service

$ tobot -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

req - reconsider

rss - add a feed

syn - sync rss feeds

tdo - add todo item

thr - show running threads

upt - show uptime

CONFIGURATION

irc

$ tobot cfg server=<server>

$ tobot cfg channel=<channel>

$ tobot cfg nick=<nick>

sasl

$ tobot pwd <nsnick> <nspass>

$ tobot cfg password=<frompwd>

rss

$ tobot rss <url>

$ tobot dpl <url> <item1,item2>

$ tobot rem <url>

$ tobot nme <url> <name>

opml

$ tobot exp

$ tobot imp <filename>

PROGRAMMING

tobot has it’s user modules in the ~/.tobot/mods directory so for a

hello world command you would edit a file in ~/.tobot/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 !!

$ tobot 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

~/.tobot

~/.local/bin/tobot

~/.local/pipx/venvs/tobot/*

AUTHOR

Bart Thate <[e-mail]>

COPYRIGHT

TOBOT is Public Domain.