TaupeBot

Features

As every IRC bot, it has a list of usefull (or not) commands :

!help

Online help

!code

Sends you the source code by DCC

!rss

Parses an RSS file and give information about the channel

!last

Returns the last version of the free software entered (use freshmeat.net)

!valid

Validates the markup of the page (with the W3C validator)

!addrss

Adds a shortcut for a RSS feed (need the MySQL database)

!carambar

Returns a Carambar© joke (based on le-carambar.org)

!def

Returns a custum def defined with !adddef, or search for a computer science definition (using dicofr.com)

!adddef

Adds a custum def to the Bot database (need MySQL)

!syno

Returns a synonymous of a word (using the synonymous dictionnary of Caen university)

!citation

Returns a famous citation containing a word (using Bribes.org)

!prov

Returns a proverb containing a word (using Proverbes.dico1.com)

!convert

Converts between money currencies (using FXConverter of OANDA)

!roll

Returns a random number

!heure

Returns the time and date in a city (using Horlogeparlante.org)

!signchin

Returns the chinese astrologic sign (using Signe-chinois.com)

!anniv

!php

Returns information about a PHP function

!jargon

Returns a definition of the word in computer science jargon (using JargonF)

!cctld

Returns the country associated with the cctld given (using IANA whois)

!dir

Search a site on dir.com.

!mozdex

Search a site on mozdex.com.

!aero

Retrive informations about the airport asked (using QFU).

!lang

Retrive informations about the language asked (using a database of the linguistics research centre of the university of Caen).

!anag

Returns an annagram of a full name

!dccmode

Toggles the dccmode

!ignore

Adds a user to the bot ignore list

!unignore

Removes a user from the bot ignore list

!ignorelist

Returns the ignore list of the bot for the current chan

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TaupeBot uses a little RSS parser which also exists in a standalone version, and can be tested on line.

TaupeBot can be administrated with a XUL interface (used with its stylesheet)

Requirements

TaupeBot runs on PHP 4.2.2 and above, and uses MySQL.
It can be used without database, but it will lose some features

Configuration

The configuration is divided into 2 parts :

The `varco.php` file

This file contains the SQL parameters and the IRC password of the bot.


define("SERV",'SQL server URL');

define("LOGIN",'SQL login');

define("DB_TAUPE",'Database to use');

define("MDP" , 'password for this database');



//alternate database

define("SERV0",'SQL server URL');

define("LOGIN0",'SQL login');

define("DB_TAUPE0",'Database to use');

define("MDP0" , 'password for this database');



//other alternate databases follow the same schema (SERV1, SERV2...)



define("PASS_BOT",'IRC password for the bot');

Other parameters

You can put this parameters directly in the bot file, but you can also use an external file, called tbconfig.php.
(This solution permits to upgrade the bot just replacing the main file. Your config parameters won't be changed)

$server_name='irc.rezosup.org';: Server adress
$port=6667;: Server port
$nick='TaupeBot';: Bot nick
$altnick='Taupe-Bot';: Alternate bot nick
$masterchan='#taupe';: Master chan : you have to be op there to control the bot
$chan_list=array($masterchan,'#iawath','#tb');: List of chans the bot will join at this connection
$reload=60;: Timer to reload the page with javascript when the connection failed (0 to desactivate)
$usermodes='+b';: Mode set on itself by the bot when it connects
$warp=512;: Maximal length of IRC messages accepted by the server.
RFC 1459 indicate 512, but some servers don't respect it...
$reco=1;: When true, the bot will try to reconnect after a time out
$sendURL=1;: Some servers have anti spam protections which kill a user if he sends to much URL.
If you're using such server, you should set $sendURL to false : the bot will avoid sending URL
$timeout=302;: Time before the bot decides to reconnect, suspecting a time out
$prefixop=array('@');: Prefixs of op users, or users with the same power
$prefixvoice=array('+');: Prefixs of voice users, or users with the same power
$floodparano=0;: Indicate if the server has huge and paranoid flood control
$timestamp=1;: Display or not timestamps on the logs
$casemapping='strict-rfc1459';: Default value of CASEMAPPING (overwritten by IRC server message)
$chantypes=array('#','&');: Default chan prefixs (overwritten by IRC server message)
$chanmodes=array('b','k','l','ciLmMnOprRst');: Default chan modes (overwritten by IRC server message)
$db=1;: Type of the database (1 : MySQL, 2 : PgSQL)

To create the SQL tables optionnaly used by Taupebot, you can execute a small SQL file.
Since version 1.0.96b81, Taupebot can create those tables by itself if they don't exist.

Todo

~~Find a workaround to this PHP bug.~~

~~Add PgSQL support~~

I18n [Target version : 1.1.0]

!articles : Allow storing and recovering good articles seen on web

!wn (search on WordNet Ontologie)

~~[RSS parser] Full Namespace support and full xml:base support for the RSS parser (use of a kind of Infoset)~~

Flood control for some functions

~~Multiple joins with !join command~~

Fix again the !anag command

[RSS parser] Use HTTP connection to open RSS file (and check for the Content-Type and Content-Location)

[RSS parser] Extend to RDF support

~~Create a DOM version witch could be used in XML (like in XHTML with good media type)~~ See Mozilla Bug 230482...

~~!mozdex (search on mozdex.com)~~

~~!php (return info on a PHP function)~~

~~Fix !heure function~~

~~Fix !last Mysql answer~~

Fix !convert function

Fix !valid function

Changelog

1.0.96

Add !film function. There are still some bugs, due to dbpedia limitations (see bug 1737041 and bug 1731454)
Fix !heure command
Fix !last Mysql answer
Fix !signchin function (using another web service).
Add flood control (it works, but may need to be more tuned)
Taupebot is now released under the GNU GPL version 3 or above.

1.0.96b81

Add PostgreSQL support.
Fix !last mysql function.
Fix !def function.
Small fix in !syno function.
Add !tcl % line function.
Minor fix in !anniv command.
Small fix in !jargon function.
Add !aero airport function.
Add !lang language function.

1.0.96b07

!prov command.
Adding SeaMonkey to !last command, and other small bugfixs

1.0.96a91

TaupeBot now detects the modes use on chans, and will use bold and underline only if allowed.
Implementation of CHANMODES (ISUPORT).
Other small bugfixs

1.0.96a71

Fix the !anag command, small fix in the !convert command
Implementation of ISUPORT : CHANTYPES, CASEMAPPING and PREFIX
Other bugfixs to be more RFC compliant

1.0.96a62

2 bugfixs in !calc, and a small one in !anniv.

1.0.96a35

Add !mozdex command.

1.0.96a32

Small bugfix with !php command.

1.0.96a31

Fix 2 regressions, in !addrss and !adddef commands.

1.0.96a18

Small bugfixs in !anniv command, and in various MySQL queries.

1.0.95

Add !anniv command, and fix again the !jargon command.

1.0.94b75

!cctld command, fix !jargon command, flood control for !help, fix an important bug which freezed the bot, and other many small bug fixs

1.0.94a63

Security fixs with !ignore command, and support of prefixs given by the server.

1.0.94a42

TaupeBot can now answer to some commands even after a reconnection.

1.0.94a17

Add !dir command.

1.0.94a04

Small fixes in invite and in !php (Yet another...)

1.0.93

If PHP 4.3.0 or more is available, TaupeBot wil use non blocking socket, which allows him to avoid ping timeout while anwsering to long commands (such as using DCC).
TaupeBot will also reconnect when it suspects a time out.

1.0.93b98

Small fixes in !php, !valid. Add of automatic reconnection after a time out

1.0.93b83

Add !jargon word command

1.0.93b79

Add XChat to the list of software checked by !last (The freshmeat information was too outdated)

1.0.93b77

Small fix in the !php function and the !last mysql commands

1.0.93b64

Add the !php function command

1.0.93b53

Integration of RSS parser 1.0.93.12, and add a config var : $usermodes with allows the bot to set itself some mode when it connects

1.0.93b47

Multiple chans with join (!join #chan1,#chan2) and fix the bug of the 0-chan

1.0.93b43

Integration of RSS parser 1.0.93.9 with a better management of comments, processing instructions and CDATA

1.0.93b42

Integration of RSS parser 1.0.93.8 with a dirty workaround to avoid PHP segmentation due to Bug 28461

1.0.93b41

Automatik nick change when the nick is registered (that is to said when somebody else change the bot nick)

1.0.93b31

Fix the !syno command (using another web interface)

1.0.93b21

Adapt the !last mysql command to the new MySQL site

1.0.93b18

Adapt the !valid command to the new W3C validator (and check for warnings before claiming that a page is valid !)

1.0.93b14

Integrate RSS parser 1.0.93.6, with full CDATA support (in fact it was totaly buggy before)

1.0.93b09

Integrate RSS parser 1.0.93.5, with full xml:base and namespaces support

1.0.93b06

Add the possibility to use alternate SQL databases when the first or the following are dead

1.0.93b03

Add /notice BotName #chan museau which turn the dccmode off to this chan

1.0.93b02

Add de rien to thx

1.0.93b01

Restrict the de rien answer to the actif dccmode
Restrict the error message when the user is ignored for pourquoi ? et merci for the actif dccmode too

1.0.93a99

Add an error message when the !syno database can't be used (which occures currently)

1.0.93a98

Add de rien to merci

1.0.93a97

Fix the !def command

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Last modification : 18/01/2010