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The irc bot that currently has nick '' | The irc bot that currently has nick ''basebot'' periodically checks recent changes on this wiki and if there's anything new, it announces it on the channel. The functionality is implemented as a plugin for [http://sourceforge.net/projects/supybot/ supybot] and it uses MediaWiki's [http://wiki.base48.cz/api.php API] for obtaining the changes. | ||
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Revision as of 21:13, 21 June 2012
The irc bot that currently has nick basebot periodically checks recent changes on this wiki and if there's anything new, it announces it on the channel. The functionality is implemented as a plugin for supybot and it uses MediaWiki's API for obtaining the changes.
Operation
- It checks every 5 minutes, this interval should probably be increased.
- Only changes in main namespace are reported (configurable).
- Changes marked as minor are not reported (configurable).
- User creation is not reported.
Source
The source code can be obtained from github.
Problem? Bug? Suggestion?
Contact User:b42. Feel free to kickban it if it misbehaves.
Links
- supybot handbook
- limnoria, active supybot fork
- gribble, another supybot fork which is not dead
- supybot resources on gribble wiki, contains partial documentation of the supybot plugin API