Source code for bot.plugs.start

# bot/plugs/start.py
#
#

""" start various bots. """

# thnx to nikt none

## IMPORTS

from bot import kernel, Object, NoSuchBotType, XMPPBot, IRCBot, ConsoleBot, Bot
from bot.looper import RSS, Spider
from bot.utils import error

## basic imports

import logging
import _thread
import time

## default config 

cfg = Object()
cfg.server = "localhost"
cfg.username = "monitor"
cfg.channel = "#botje"
cfg.nick = "botje"
cfg.user = "monitor@xmpp.jp"

## start command

def do_start(event):
    try: what = event.args[1].upper() 
    except IndexError: event.reply("start what?") ; return
    try: target = event.args[2]
    except IndexError: target = None
    thing = None
    if what == "IRC": cfg.server = target or cfg.server; thing = IRCBot(cfg)  
    elif what == "XMPP":
        cfg.user = target or cfg.user
        try: cfg.username, cfg.server = cfg.user.split("@")
        except ValueError: pass
        thing = XMPPBot(cfg)
    elif what == "RSS": thing = RSS(60.0)
    elif what == "SPIDER": thing = Spider(60.0)
    if not thing: event.reply("start what?") ; return
    if what not in kernel.run: kernel.run[what] = thing
    if what in ["IRC", "XMPP"]:  _thread.start_new_thread(kernel.run[what].begin, ())
    if what == "XMPP": _thread.start_new_thread(kernel.run[what].loop, ()) 
    event.reply("started %s" % type(thing))

kernel.register("start", do_start)