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NAME

POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Karma - A POE::Component::IRC plugin that keeps track of karma

VERSION

  This document describes v0.003 of POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Karma - released April 15, 2011 as part of POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-Karma.

SYNOPSIS

        # A simple bot to showcase karma capabilities
        use strict; use warnings;

        use POE qw( Component::IRC Component::IRC::Plugin::Karma Component::IRC::Plugin::AutoJoin );

        # Create a new PoCo-IRC object
        my $irc = POE::Component::IRC->spawn(
                nick => 'karmabot',
                ircname => 'karmabot',
                server  => 'localhost',
        ) or die "Oh noooo! $!";

        # Setup our plugins + tell the bot to connect!
        $irc->plugin_add( 'AutoJoin', POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::AutoJoin->new( Channels => [ '#test' ] ));
        $irc->plugin_add( 'Karma', POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Karma->new( extrastats => 1 ) );
        $irc->yield( connect => { } );

        POE::Kernel->run;

DESCRIPTION

This plugin keeps track of karma ( perl++ or perl-- ) said on IRC and provides an interface to retrieve statistics.

The bot will watch for karma in channel messages, privmsgs and ctcp actions.

IRC USAGE

  • thing++ # comment

    Increases the karma for <thing> ( with optional comment )

  • thing-- # comment

    Decreases the karma for <thing> ( with optional comment )

  • (a thing with spaces)++ # comment

    Increases the karma for <a thing with spaces> ( with optional comment )

  • karma thing

    Replies with the karma rating for <thing>

  • karma ( a thing with spaces )

    Replies with the karma rating for <a thing with spaces>

ATTRIBUTES

addressed

If this is a true value, the karma commands has to be sent to the bot.

        # addressed = true
        <you> bot: perl++

        # addressed = false
        <you> perl++

The default is: false

casesens

If this is a true value, karma checking will be done in a case-sensitive way.

The default is: false

privmsg

If this is a true value, all karma replies will be sent to the user in a privmsg.

The default is: false

selfkarma

If this is a true value, users are allowed to karma themselves.

The default is: false

replykarma

If this is a true value, this bot will reply to all karma additions with the current score.

The default is: false

extrastats

If this is a true value, this bot will display extra stats about the karma on reply.

The default is: false

sqlite

Set the path to the SQLite database which will hold the karma stats.

From the DBD::SQLite docs: Although the database is stored in a single file, the directory containing the database file must be writable by SQLite because the library will create several temporary files there.

The default is: karma_stats.db

BEWARE: In the future this might be changed to a more "fancy" system!

SEE ALSO

Please see those modules/websites for more information related to this module.

SUPPORT

Perldoc

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

  perldoc POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Karma

Websites

The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

Email

You can email the author of this module at APOCAL at cpan.org asking for help with any problems you have.

Internet Relay Chat

You can get live help by using IRC ( Internet Relay Chat ). If you don't know what IRC is, please read this excellent guide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat. Please be courteous and patient when talking to us, as we might be busy or sleeping! You can join those networks/channels and get help:

  • irc.perl.org

    You can connect to the server at 'irc.perl.org' and join this channel: #perl-help then talk to this person for help: Apocalypse.

  • irc.freenode.net

    You can connect to the server at 'irc.freenode.net' and join this channel: #perl then talk to this person for help: Apocal.

  • irc.efnet.org

    You can connect to the server at 'irc.efnet.org' and join this channel: #perl then talk to this person for help: Ap0cal.

Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to bug-poe-component-irc-plugin-karma at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-Karma. You will be automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.

Source Code

The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your repository :)

http://github.com/apocalypse/perl-pocoirc-karma

  git clone git://github.com/apocalypse/perl-pocoirc-karma.git

AUTHOR

Apocalypse <APOCAL@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Apocalypse.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this distribution.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION.

IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED BY THE ABOVE LICENCE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.