purpled

purpled is a network daemon that implements the nuqql interface and uses libpurple to connect to various instant-messaging networks. It can be used as a backend for nuqql or as a standalone chat client daemon.

About:

purpled is a fork of the purpleD libpurple daemon authored by the original project members:

• XcinnaY
• driedfruit

The original code mirrored from sourceforge.net is tagged as "mirrored". In the current code, see orig/README for original description and orig/INSTALL for original building information.

Later commits contain the changes described in the "Changes" section.

Installation:

You can install purpled with the following steps:

• Download purpled
• Build and install purpled with:
  • meson builddir
  • ninja -C builddir install

Note: these steps require the meson build system. In case you want to use the old Makefiles etc., you can find them in the orig directory.

Usage:

You can run purpled with the following command line arguments:

Usage: purpled [OPTION...]

      --af=AF                set socket address family: "inet" for AF_INET or
                             "unix" for AF_UNIX
  -d, --daemonize            run purpled as a unix daemon
      --disable-history      disable message history
      --filter-own           enable filtering of own messages
  -i, --inet-socket          use AF_INET/TCP socket
  -l, --address=LISTEN_IP    listen on IP address LISTEN_IP
      --loglevel=LEVEL       set logging level to LEVEL
  -p, --port=PORT            listen on TCP port PORT
      --push-accounts        push accounts to client
      --sockfile=FILE        use AF_UNIX socket file in DIR
  -u, --unix-socket          use AF_UNIX socket
  -w, --dir=DIR              set working directory to DIR
  -?, --help                 Give this help list
      --usage                Give a short usage message
  -V, --version              Print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.

Changes:

• v0.6.0:
  • Add command line arguments and update argument parsing
    • Allow pushing accounts to the client
    • Allow disabling the message history
    • Add simple logging and logging level definition
    • Allow filtering of own messages in chats
  • Rewrite sender of own messages to <self>
  • Add welcome message, account adding help, account added info messages
  • Cleanups and fixes
• v0.5:
  • Add new commands:
    • bye: disconnect from purpled.
    • quit: quit purpled.
    • help: show list of commands and their description.
  • Add and use "chat msg" message format for group chat messages
  • Make "message" message format more similar to other nuqql backends.
  • Cleanups and fixes
• v0.4:
  • Add chat room messages:
    • List joined chat rooms: account <id> chat list
    • Join a chat room: account <id> chat join <chat_room>
    • Leave a chat room: account <id> chat part <chat_room>
    • List users in a chat room: account <id> chat users <chat_room>
    • Invite user to a chat room: account <id> chat invite <chat_room> <user>
    • Send a message to a chat room: account <id> chat send <chat_room> <msg>
• v0.3:
  • Add account status message
    • Set current status with: account <id> status set <status>
    • Get current status with: account <id> status get
• v0.2:
  • Switched to meson and made purpled installable with it. Old Makefiles etc. are in folder orig.
  • Message format updates: made account list reply easier to parse. Added more CR/LF message terminations. Introduced info: and error: message types.
  • Introduced command line parameter to specify working directory.
• v0.1:
  • Support for Unix Domain Sockets/AF_UNIX sockets; use command line parameter -i for an AF_INET socket and -u for an AF_UNIX socket
  • Changes to the messages sent from purpleD to clients to make parsing easier: they now contain the "message type" and use CR/LF to mark the end of messages
  • A meson.build file
• v0.0.1:
  • A patch from Leandro Britez to show the (online) buddies of an account with account ID buddies [ONLINE]
• mirrored:
  • original code from sf.net