aBot

An IRC bot written for a cplusplus.com community competition.

####Dependencies:

• C++11
• Boost version 1.35.0 or later http://www.boost.org/

####Planned features:

• Log channel activity -messages, join + parts, and possibly global notices
  • Store logs in std::vector<>
  • Set max size, if met write log to file
  • Write multiple logs, numbered ie: chatlog_<simple_date>.txt
• Keep user log (users who enter channel) and keep list of join+part combos --Not currently written to disk
• Automatically reconnect to server and channel
• receive commands from channel and privmsg
• results sent same manner as received (ie: if command from privmsg answer should be a privmsg)
• implement command !lastseen [username] --get date + time last time [username] logged on
• implement command !tell [public|private] [user] [message] --send [message] to [username] when they log back in, sent to channel if public or via privmsg if private -- NOTE: All params required!
• implement command !quit -- quits current channel
• implement command !join [channel] --quits current channel and joins specified channel
• implement command !help --print help message to channel
• implement command !exit -- shutsdown client after saving chat log data (if any) to disk
• OPTIONAL implement command !weather [zip] | [city] [state|province|country] *2 letter abbreviation get current weather conditions for specified location
• OPTIONAL implement command !cowsay --display a cow saying a fortune http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowsay Uses I heart quotes API http://iheartquotes.com/api

####Usage: abot optional optional EX: >aBot abot_9333 "irc.freenode.net" "#chessplusplus" "6667"

####Building: Tested with:

• Visual Studio 2012:
  • Create new project from existing source
• GCC compile with:
  • g++ -o abot -std=c++11 -Iinclude src/Message.cpp src/Connection.cpp src/Utility.cpp src/Logger.cpp src/Bot.cpp src/main.cpp -lWs2_32 -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -lboost_date_time -lboost_regex
• MinGW compile with:
  • g++ -o abot -std=c++11 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -DWINVER=0x0501 -Iinclude src/Message.cpp src/Connection.cpp src/Utility.cpp src/Logger.cpp src/Bot.cpp src/main.cpp -lWs2_32 -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -lboost_date_time -lboost_regex

####Issues:

• Logging does not handle redirects (logs list intended channel not the acctual channel)
• Not curenntly handling any exceptions

####Thanks: To Thumperrr for the use of his regex (and his idea of encapsulating irc messages)