NAME

POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Infobot - Add infobot features to an PoCo-IRC

SYNOPSIS

use POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Infobot;
$irc->plugin_add(Infobot => POE::Component::Plugin::Infobot->new(filename => '/tmp/stuff.db'))

DESCRIPTION

POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Infobot is a PoCo-IRC plugin that makes a PoCo-IRC behave like a simple infobot.

It stores factoids in a DB_File database and lets IRC users add, remove and retreive factoids.

The constructor takes one optional argument, filename, the path to the factoids database. It is 'factoids.db' by default.

IRC COMMANDS

add

Any message of the form "X is Y" which is addressed to the bot or sent in private is an add command. This will not overwrite a previous factoid with the same key.

Example session:

< mgv> bot: IRC is Internet Relay Chat
<+bot> OK, mgv
< mgv> bot: IRC is Internet Relay Chat
<+bot> I already had it that way, mgv
< mgv> bot: IRC is Internally-Routed Communication
<+bot> ... but IRC is Internet Relay Chat!
< mgv> bot: x is <reply> y!
<+bot> sure, mgv
< mgv> bot: whistle is <action> whistles
<+bot>

forget

Any message of the form "forget X" which is addressed to the bot or sent in private is a forget command. This command will erase any previous factoid with this key.

Example session:

< mgv> bot: forget IRC
<+bot> mgv: I forgot IRC
< mgv> bot: forget IRC
<+bot> I didn't have anything matching IRC, mgv

query

Any message ending in a question mark is a query command. If a factoid with that key is found, the plugin will respond. If no such factoid is found AND the message is either addressed to the bot or sent in private, the bot will say that it doesn't know the answer to the question.

If the factoid starts with <reply>, everything after the <reply> is sent. If it starts with <action>, it is sent as a CTCP ACTION. Otherwise, a message of the form factoid_key is factoid_value is sent.

Example session:

< mgv> IRC?
<+bot> methinks IRC is Internet Relay Chat
< mgv> ASD?
< mgv> bot: ASD?
<+bot> Dunno, mgv
< mgv> x?
<+bot> y!
< mgv> whistle?
* bot whistles

SEE ALSO

POE::Component::IRC::Plugin, http://infobot.sourceforge.net/

AUTHOR

Marius Gavrilescu, <marius@ieval.ro>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2013-2015 by Marius Gavrilescu

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.14.2 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.