node-bot

An IRC Bot written in Node.js

Prerequisits

You need to install a few packages before installing the node specific packages:

sudo apt-get install libicu-dev

Usage

Install the necessary node modules via:

npm install

To run the IRC bot you need to execute the following command:

node bot.js BOTNAME IRCSERVER "COMMA_SEPERATED_CHANNELLIST" PATH_TO_DATAFILE

In order to get a joke from the bot you need to type the following in one of the channels:

BOTNAME, tell me a joke

The result will be a random quote from the DATAFILE you provided.

License and Authors

Authors: Andreas Fritzler

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this software except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.