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run IRC commands (through |
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:py:meth:`commands.call() <earwigbot.managers.CommandManager.call>`, which |
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you shouldn't have to use); you can safely reload all commands with |
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:py:meth:`commands.load() <earwigbot.bot.Bot.commands.load>`. |
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:py:meth:`commands.load() <earwigbot.managers._ResourceManager.load>`. |
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- :py:attr:`~earwigbot.bot.Bot.tasks`: the bot's |
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:py:class:`~earwigbot.managers.TaskManager`, which can be used to start tasks |
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with :py:meth:`tasks.start(task_name, **kwargs) |
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<earwigbot.managers.TaskManager.start>`. :py:meth:`tasks.load() |
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<earwigbot.managers.TaskManager.load>` can be used to safely reload all |
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<earwigbot.managers._ResourceManager.load>` can be used to safely reload all |
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tasks. |
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- :py:attr:`~earwigbot.bot.Bot.frontend` / |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.bot.Bot.watcher`: instances of |
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:py:class:`earwigbot.irc.Frontend` and :py:class:`earwigbot.irc.Watcher`, |
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:py:class:`earwigbot.irc.Frontend <earwigbot.irc.frontend.Frontend>` and |
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:py:class:`earwigbot.irc.Watcher <earwigbot.irc.watcher.Watcher>`, |
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respectively, which represent the bot's connections to these two servers; you |
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can, for example, send a message to the frontend with |
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:py:meth:`frontend.say(chan, msg) <earwigbot.irc.IRConnection.say>` (more on |
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communicating with IRC below). |
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:py:meth:`frontend.say(chan, msg) |
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<earwigbot.irc.connection.IRCConnection.say>` (more on communicating with IRC |
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below). |
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- :py:attr:`~earwigbot.bot.Bot.wiki`: interface with the |
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:doc:`Wiki Toolset <toolset>`. |
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@@ -96,8 +98,8 @@ these are the basics: |
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responds to other hook types. |
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- Method :py:meth:`~earwigbot.commands.BaseCommand.check` is passed a |
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:py:class:`~earwigbot.irc.Data` [1]_ object, and should return ``True`` if |
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you want to respond to this message, or ``False`` otherwise. The default |
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:py:class:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data` [1]_ object, and should return ``True`` |
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if you want to respond to this message, or ``False`` otherwise. The default |
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behavior is to return ``True`` only if |
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:py:attr:`data.is_command` is ``True`` and :py:attr:`data.command` == |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.commands.BaseCommand.name`, which is suitable for most |
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prevent any other commands from responding to this message. |
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- Method :py:meth:`~earwigbot.commands.BaseCommand.process` is passed the same |
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:py:class:`~earwigbot.irc.Data` object as |
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:py:class:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data` object as |
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:py:meth:`~earwigbot.commands.BaseCommand.check`, but only if |
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:py:meth:`~earwigbot.commands.BaseCommand.check` returned ``True``. This is |
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where the bulk of your command goes. To respond to IRC messages, there are a |
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@@ -116,13 +118,15 @@ these are the basics: |
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:py:meth:`~earwigbot.commands.BaseCommand.__init__` method for the full list. |
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The most common ones are :py:meth:`say(chan_or_user, msg) |
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<bot.irc.IRCConnection.say>`, :py:meth:`reply(data, msg) |
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<bot.irc.IRCConnection.reply>` (convenience function; sends a reply to the |
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issuer of the command in the channel it was received), |
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:py:meth:`action(chan_or_user, msg) <bot.irc.IRCConnection.action>`, |
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:py:meth:`notice(chan_or_user, msg) <bot.irc.IRCConnection.notice>`, |
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:py:meth:`join(chan) <bot.irc.IRCConnection.join>`, and |
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:py:meth:`part(chan) <bot.irc.IRCConnection.part>`. |
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<earwigbot.irc.connection.IRCConnection.say>`, :py:meth:`reply(data, msg) |
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<earwigbot.irc.connection.IRCConnection.reply>` (convenience function; sends |
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a reply to the issuer of the command in the channel it was received), |
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:py:meth:`action(chan_or_user, msg) |
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<earwigbot.irc.connection.IRCConnection.action>`, |
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:py:meth:`notice(chan_or_user, msg) |
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<earwigbot.irc.connection.IRCConnection.notice>`, :py:meth:`join(chan) |
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<earwigbot.irc.connection.IRCConnection.join>`, and |
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:py:meth:`part(chan) <earwigbot.irc.connection.IRCConnection.part>`. |
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It's important to name the command class :py:class:`Command` within the file, |
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or else the bot might not recognize it as a command. The name of the file |
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@@ -200,30 +204,31 @@ task, or the afc_statistics_ plugin for a more complicated one. |
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.. rubric:: Footnotes |
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.. [1] :py:class:`~earwigbot.irc.Data` objects are instances of |
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:py:class:`earwigbot.irc.Data` that contain information about a single |
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message sent on IRC. Their useful attributes are |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.chan` (channel the message was sent from, |
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equal to :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.nick` if it's a private message), |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.nick` (nickname of the sender), |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.ident` (ident_ of the sender), |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.host` (hostname of the sender), |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.msg` (text of the sent message), |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.is_command` (boolean telling whether or |
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not this message is a bot command, e.g., whether it is prefixed by |
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``!``), :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.command` (if the message is a |
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command, this is the name of the command used), and |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.args` (if the message is a command, this |
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is a list of the command arguments - for example, if issuing |
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"``!part ##earwig Goodbye guys``", :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.args` |
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will equal ``["##earwig", "Goodbye", "guys"]``). Note that not all |
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:py:class:`~earwigbot.irc.Data` objects will have all of these |
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attributes: :py:class:`~earwigbot.irc.Data` objects generated by private |
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messages will, but ones generated by joins will only have |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.chan`, |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.nick`, |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.ident`, |
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and :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.Data.host`. |
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.. [1] :py:class:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data` objects are instances of |
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:py:class:`earwigbot.irc.Data <earwigbot.irc.data.Data>` that contain |
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information about a single message sent on IRC. Their useful attributes |
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are :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.chan` (channel the message was |
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sent from, equal to :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.nick` if it's a |
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private message), :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.nick` (nickname of |
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the sender), :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.ident` (ident_ of the |
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sender), :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.host` (hostname of the |
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sender), :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.msg` (text of the sent |
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message), :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.is_command` (boolean |
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telling whether or not this message is a bot command, e.g., whether it |
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is prefixed by ``!``), :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.command` (if |
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the message is a command, this is the name of the command used), and |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.args` (if the message is a command, |
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this is a list of the command arguments - for example, if issuing |
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"``!part ##earwig Goodbye guys``", |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.args` will equal |
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``["##earwig", "Goodbye", "guys"]``). Note that not all |
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:py:class:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data` objects will have all of these |
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attributes: :py:class:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data` objects generated by |
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private messages will, but ones generated by joins will only have |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.chan`, |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.nick`, |
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:py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.ident`, |
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and :py:attr:`~earwigbot.irc.data.Data.host`. |
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.. _afc_status: https://github.com/earwig/earwigbot-plugins/blob/develop/commands/afc_status.py |
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.. _chanops: https://github.com/earwig/earwigbot/blob/develop/earwigbot/commands/chanops.py |
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