I like to announce the release of BOTLIB version 18 into the Public Domain. BOTLIB #18 - Framework to program bots - http://botlib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ #ggz #evrm #dooddoorgif README BOTLIB is a python3 framework to use if you want to program IRC or XMPP bots. provides CLI, IRC and XMPP bots. Object class - save/load to/from a JSON file. ReST server - serve saved object’s over HTTP. RSS fetcher - echo rss feeds to IRC channels. UDP server - udp to bot to IRC channel. Watcher server - run tail -f and have output send to IRC channel. Email scanning - scan mbox format to searchable BOTLIB objects. JSON backend - objects are stored as json string in files on the fs. Db - iteration over stored objects. Timestamp - time based filenames gives logging capabilities Future - future sensors should provide entry to the logger. setup Set export PYTHONPATH=”.” if the bot cannot be found by the python interpreter. Set export PYTHONIOENCODING=”utf-8” if your shell has problems with handling utf-8 strings. For the XMPP server use a ~/.sleekpass file with the password in it source botlib.bot bot base class. botlib.cli command line interfacce bot, gives a shell prompt to issue bot commands. botlib.clock timer, repeater and other clock based classes. botlib.cmnds botlib basic commands. botlib.compose construct a object into it’s type. botlib.engine select.epoll event loop, easily interrup_table esp. versus a blocking event loop. botlib.db JSON file db. botlib.error botlib exceptions. botlib.event event handling classes. botlib.fleet fleet is a list of bots. botlib.handler schedule events. botlib.irc IRC bot class. botlib.kernel program boot and module loading. botlib.launcher a launcher launches threads (or tasks in this case). botlib.log log module to set standard format of logging. botlib.object JSON file backed object with dotted access. botlib.raw raw output using print. botlib.rss rss module. botlib.selector functions used in code to select what objects to use. botlib.task adapted thread to add extra functionality to threads. botlib.trace functions concering stack trace. botlib.users class to access user records. botlib.xmpp XMPP bot class. botlib.register object with list for multiple values. botlib.rest rest interface. botlib.runner threaded loop to run tasks on. botlib.space central module to store objects in. botlib.static static definitions. botlib.template cfg objects containing default values for various services and plugins. botlib.test plugin containing test commands and classes. botlib.udp relay txt through a udp port listener. botlib.utils lib local helper functions. botlib.url functions that fetch data from url. botlib.watcher watch files. contact Bart Thate botfather on #dunkbot irc.freenode.net bthate@dds.nl, thatebart@gmail.com BOTLIB is released in the Public Domain - https://bitbucket.org/bthate/botlib