NexBot

Node.js IRC bot

Install and Setup

1 Install Node.JS

git clone https://github.com/joyent/node
cd node
./configure
make
make install

2 Install Dependencies

1. Go to the root folder and install the required packages for NexBot

npm install

3 setup the database

If you plan on using the dbLogger module

mysql -u <user> -p <database> < db.sql

4 Edit configuration files

1. Edit the data/example.config.js file to match your details and rename it to config.js.

2. Rename the data/example.nicks.js file to nicks.js.

Running tests

npm test

This will run the test suite, jsHint all code in src/ and test/ and generate a test coverage report. The test coverage report can be found in the /reports folder.

Usage

Start the bot by running node src/main.js. Once the bot is running you can use the following commands:

• !last.fm Output the last listened track from last.fm
• !last.fm <user> Will get the last track listened to by the user"
• !groove Output the last listened track from last.fm in the form of a grooveshark URL.
• !groove <song> Will get the first result from Grooveshark which matches
• !remember foo !save foo !note foo Will add "foo" to the database
• s/foo/bar Last line you wrote will replace "foo" with "bar"
• s/foo/bar/user Last line written by "user" will replace "foo" with "bar"
• !lastseen user Returns the date the user was last heard from
• !define chicken Will return a definition, multiple calls will cycle through definitions
• !mustachify http://free-textures.got3d.com/natural/free-character-references/free-character-texture-references-woman-4/images/free-character-texture-references-woman-401.jpg - If a url pointing at an image with one or more faces will return a url with added mustaches
• !imgur Will return a random imgur image e.g. "Voldebean (xpost from r/funny) - http://i.imgur.com/qQQAJ.jpg 330⤴ 27⤵"
• @<shout> Returns an image, see PM commands to get list of current shouts
• !poll <title> Starts a poll. Members can vote using !vote and OP can end the poll using !poll end
• !vote <answer> Cast your vote on the current poll
• !shorten stats <goo.gl url> Get full url and stats for shortened url
• !profile <username> Get user profile details from HackThis!!
• !imdb <term> Lookup film on IMDB

Private messaging the bot

• !remember !save !note Output all records.
• set last.fm <user> Will map the IRC nick to the Last.fm user "foo"
• shout list Will return a list of all available shout commands
• shorten <url> [<channel>] Shorten URL and optionally send to channel