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.IX Title "JABBER-QUERYBOT 1p"
.TH JABBER-QUERYBOT 1p "2021-01-09" "perl v5.32.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
jabber\-querybot \- a modular perl jabber bot
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
jabber-querybot connects a jabber account and wait for messages. If a message
comes in, it forward it to your self programmend modul. The return string of
your module, jabber-querybot send it back to the jabber sender.
.PP
It is designed to be re-usable and to make it easy to write small
Jabber bots that do one thing and do it well. A simple concept with a
lot of examples and experiences are implemented.
.PP
1. Create a jabber account on a jabber-server around
.PP
2. Create a bot application:
.Sp
.Vb 4
\& cd examples
\& cp Querymodule.pm /etc/jabber\-querybot/Mybot.pm
\& cd /etc/jabber\-querybot
\& ln \-s Mybot.pm Querymodule.pm
.Ve
.PP
Modify login parameters to your jabber-bot-account
.PP
vim Mybot.pm
.Sp
.Vb 10
\& our $hostname = "swissjabber.ch";
\& our $user = "";
\& our $password = "";
\& our $ident = "Testbot";
\& our $bot_admin = "\e@swissjabber.ch";
\& our $port = "5222";
\& our $timeout = "5";
\& our $service_name = "$user\e@$hostname";
\& our $bot_description = "Bot help title
\& Bot description";
.Ve
.PP
For each jabber message, jabber-querybot will execute sub run_query,
that you can write here your application.
.PP
You can control how your jabber response will be:
.IP "\(bu" 4
error = error message stanza
.IP "\(bu" 4
presence = error as presence stanza
.IP "\(bu" 4
ignore = ignore message
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
jabber-querybot has a lot of variables which you can easy modify for
what you need:
.SS "querystatus"
.IX Subsection "querystatus"
\&\f(CW$querystatus\fR = [ 0 | 1 ]
.IP "\(bu" 4
0 = Bot will not proceed any incoming jabber messages.
.IP "\(bu" 4
1 = Bot will proceed incoming messages.
.SS "penalty_status"
.IX Subsection "penalty_status"
If the bot has too much workload, it goes to penalty status and wait some
time until his status change back to normal.
.PP
\&\f(CW$timer_reconnect_default\fR = 21600
.PP
Every 21600 seconds (6 hours) the bot will shutdown automatically, wait 10
seconds and starting up again.
.PP
\&\f(CW$timer_auto_query\fR = 0
.PP
If you set in your module this variable to 60, the bot will every 60 seconds
call the function \fBrun_auto_query()\fR which you may use for several things.
.SS "System load"
.IX Subsection "System load"
If your systems load is >=6, this bot will shutdown the jabber connection
and check every 10 seconds systems load. If load <=2, bot will start over.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
/usr/share/doc/jabber\-querybot/examples/Testbot.pm
.SH "FILES"
.IX Header "FILES"
/etc/jabber\-querybot/Querymodule.pm
.PP
/usr/bin/jabber\-querybot
.SH "RESOURCES"
.IX Header "RESOURCES"
http://github.com/micressor/jabber\-querybot/
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.SS "\fBInMessage()\fP"
.IX Subsection "InMessage()"
An incoming jabber message to the bot will hook this function.
.IP "\(bu" 2
Read parameters of incoming stanza
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
Decode utf8 string
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
increment timer overload and do not process message if bot is
overloaded.
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
Ignore message if it is from myself
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
Be sure, that it is not a message from another transport
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
Check any systemcommands for the bot
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
If the bot has sleeping status, change it to work
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
We process only normal text or chat type jabber messages
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
And now we give the real text string which was incoming to the
bot via \fBrun_query()\fR.
.IP "\(bu" 2
If \fBrun_query()\fR say us 'ignore` we do a log entry and do not answer
via jabber to the user.
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
If \fBrun_query()\fR says 'error` we send a jabber error stanza wiht the
status message from \fBrun_query()\fR back to the user.
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
If there was no error, we update the statistic vars and send the
answer from \fBrun_query()\fR back to the jabber user.
.SS "\fBconnect_server()\fP"
.IX Subsection "connect_server()"
This function connects to the jabber server with the given credentials from
Querymodule.pm.
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
Set the call back functions. This functions will be executed
if a message of the types or
are incoming.
.SS "\fBStop()\fP"
.IX Subsection "Stop()"
Shutdown jabber connection and exit main program
.SS "\fBdisconnect_server()\fP"
.IX Subsection "disconnect_server()"
Only disconnect from the jabber-server.
.SS "\fBreconnect_server()\fP"
.IX Subsection "reconnect_server()"
Reconnect and create a log entry.
.SS "\fBInIQ()\fP"
.IX Subsection "InIQ()"
We do not proceed any iq (information query), this is only for
statisic.
.SS "\fBInPresence()\fP"
.IX Subsection "InPresence()"
.IP "\(bu" 2
Increment timer overload
.IP "\(bu" 2
Do not process message if we are overloaded \fBpenalty_handler()\fR.
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
We have a problem in Net::Jabber. An incoming message with a ` in resource
blocks the bot. We will hotfix that for the moment.
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
A subscription type `subscribe` is incoming. Send `subscribed` tho the user
and say hello ;)
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
Send presence to user
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
Remove subscription if a user remove this bot from his roster
.SS "\fBsendPresence()\fP"
.IX Subsection "sendPresence()"
Send presence information to user
.SS "\fBsystemcommands()\fP"
.IX Subsection "systemcommands()"
.IP "\(bu" 2
If user type '!help` send a help instruction to the user
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
Send statistic information to the user if he types '!status`
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
.IP "\(bu" 2
Is it a bot command?
.IP "\(bu" 2
Is the bot command from the bot admin? If not, send \*(L"not allowed\*(R"
.IP "\(bu" 2
\&'!shutdown` will shutdown your bot via jabber invoke.
.IP "\(bu" 2
\&'!query off` turn off queries
.IP "\(bu" 2
\&'!query on` turn on queries
.SS "\fBget_barejid()\fP"
.IX Subsection "get_barejid()"
Remove resource id from a jabber id.
.SS "\fBcalcualte_stats()\fP"
.IX Subsection "calcualte_stats()"
Calculate message statistics
.SS "\fBjabber_set_presence()\fP"
.IX Subsection "jabber_set_presence()"
Set new presence if we have another presence status or we have set the force
flag (for transport presence).
.SS "\fBjabber_send_message()\fP"
.IX Subsection "jabber_send_message()"
This function send all jabber messages which are outgoing from the
jabber-querybot.
.SS "\fBset_wakeup_mode()\fP"
.IX Subsection "set_wakeup_mode()"
Set jabber presence via \fBjabber_set_presence()\fR
.SS "\fBpenalty_handler()\fP"
.IX Subsection "penalty_handler()"
This function checks if the bot is overloaded with incoming mesages and
reject if it is. Two times that's ok so 2:1 because while in main.
.SS ""
.IX Subsection ""
Bot admin got everytime an answer.
.SS "\fBjabber_add_footer()\fP"
.IX Subsection "jabber_add_footer()"
Add footer to the processed message.
.SS "\fBcalcualte_elapsed_time()\fP"
.IX Subsection "calcualte_elapsed_time()"
Calculate elapsed worktime for a query
.SS "\fBsendError()\fP"
.IX Subsection "sendError()"
sendError($message, \f(CW$from\fR, \f(CW$to\fR, 404, \*(L"text\*(R");
.SS "\fBsystem_load_check()\fP"
.IX Subsection "system_load_check()"
.IP "\(bu" 2
Calculate system load
.IP "\(bu" 2
If load is too high shutdown bot.
.IP "\(bu" 2
If load is ok, starting up bot
.SS "\fBconnect_bot()\fP"
.IX Subsection "connect_bot()"
Connect bot and initialize all timers.
.SS "\fBcheck_before_start()\fP"
.IX Subsection "check_before_start()"
Check configuration variables in Querybotmodule.pm and give answer if anything
does not match or is missing.
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
Copyright (C) 2009\-2012 Marco Balmer
.PP
The Debian packaging is licensed under the
\&\s-1GPL,\s0 see `/usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL\-3'.