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NAME

Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable::Module::Notes - A simple note collector for Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable.

SYNOPSIS

my $bot = Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable->new( ... );
$bot->load( "Notes" );
my $notes_handler = $bot->handler( "Notes" );
$notes_handler->set_store(
Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable::Module::Notes::Store::SQLite
->new( "/home/bot/brane.db" )
);
$notes_handler->set_notesurl( "http://example.com/irc-notes.cgi" );
$bot->run;

DESCRIPTION

A plugin module for Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable to store notes for IRC users, these are just stuffed into a small database (SQLite store provided) by time, user and content. Notes taken can then be later viewed on the web using a small web app (provided).

METHODS

set_store
my $notes_store =
Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable::Module::Notes::Store::SQLite->new(
"/home/bot/brane.db" );
$notes_handler->set_store( $notes_store );

Supply a Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable::Module::Notes::Store::* object.

set_notesurl
$notes_handler->set_notesurl( "http://example.com/irc-notes.cgi" );

Supply the URL for your CGI/App script to view the stored Notes.

EXAMPLES

use strict;
my $bot = Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable->new(channels => [ "#test" ],
server => "irc.example.com",
port => "6667",
nick => "bot",
username => "bot",
name => "bot",
);
$bot->load( "Notes" );
my $notes_handler = $bot->handler( "Notes" );
$notes_handler->set_store(
Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable::Module::Notes::Store::SQLite
->new( "/home/bot/brane.db" )
);
$notes_handler->set_notesurl( "http://example.com/irc-notes.cgi" );
$bot->run;

Yes, this is your entire program.

The file supplied as an argument to the constructor of Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable::Module::Notes::Store::SQLite need not already exist; it will be created and the correct database schema set up as necessary.

Talk to the bot on IRC for help:

17:37 <nou> notesbot: help Notes
<notesbot> nou: Simple Note collector for Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable.
Requires direct addressing. Usage:
'note to self: Here's something for later'. The Notes can be viewed at

Get stuff out of the database in your favoured fashion, for example:

use strict;
use CGI;
use DBI;
my $sqlite_db = "/home/bot/brane.db";
my $q = CGI->new;
my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:SQLite:dbname=$sqlite_db", "", "")
or die DBI->errstr;
print $q->header;
print <<EOF;
<html>
<head><title>notes</title></head>
<body><h1 align="center">notes</h1>
EOF
my $sql = "SELECT timestamp, name, channel, notes FROM notes
ORDER BY timestamp DESC";
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql) or die $dbh->errstr;
$sth->execute;
my ($timestamp, $name, $channel, $notes);
while ( ($timestamp, $name, $channel, $notes)
= $sth->fetchrow_array ) {
print "<br><i>$timestamp</i>: <b>$name/$channel</b>: ";
print "$notes<br>";
}
print "</body></html>\n";

BUGS

More tests would be nice.

NOTES

Module shamelessly stolen and slightly modified from Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable::Module::SimpleBlog by Kake.

TODO

Many things: Include web interface, have bot repeat back stored things, parse/store tags..

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

Jess Robinson <castaway@desert-island.me.uk>

COPYRIGHT

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

CREDITS

1 POD Error

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You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'