NAME
Colloquy::Bot::Simple - Simple robot interface for Colloquy
SYNOPSIS
use Colloquy::Bot::Simple qw(daemonize);
# Create a connection
my $talker = Colloquy::Bot::Simple->new(
host => '127.0.0.1',
port => 1236,
username => 'MyBot',
password => 'topsecret',
);
# Daemonize in to the background
daemonize("/tmp/MyBot.pid","quiet");
# Execute callback on speech and "alarm" every 60 seconds
$talker->listenLoop(\&event_callback, 60);
# Tidy up and finish
$talker->quit();
exit;
sub event_callback {
my $talker = shift;
my $event = @_ % 2 ? { alarm => 1 } : { @_ };
if (exists $event->{alarm}) {
print "Callback called as ALARM interrupt handler\n";
# ... go check an RSS feed for new news items to inform
# your users about or something else nice maybe ...?
} elsif (lc($event->{command}) eq 'hello') {
$talker->whisper(
(exists $event->{list} ? $event->{list} : $event->{person}),
"Hi there $event->{person}"
);
} elsif ($event->{msgtype} eq 'TELL') {
$talker->whisper($event->{person}, 'Pardon?');
}
# Return boolean false to continue the listenLoop
return 0;
}DESCRIPTION
A very simple robot interface to connect and interact with a Colloquy talker, based upon Chatbot::TalkerBot.
METHODS
new
daemonize
listenLoop
say
whisper
quit
TODO
Write some decent POD.
SEE ALSO
VERSION
$Id: Simple.pm,v 1.5 2006/02/01 23:12:28 nicolaw Exp $
AUTHOR
Nicola Worthington <nicolaw@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2006 Nicola Worthington.
This software is licensed under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.