Add IRC chatbot example using RiveScript - #1
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Introduce eg/irc-bot, a stdlib IRC adapter that loads the sample brain and replies to nick mentions and private messages, with tests against a fake IRC server. Co-authored-by: LilOleByte <LilOleByte@users.noreply.github.com>
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eg/irc-bot, a RiveScript IRC chatbot that uses only the Ruby standard library (socket/openssl) and the sample brain ineg/brain.The bot joins a channel and replies when:
rsbot: helloor@rsbot hello)Each IRC nick is used as the RiveScript username so per-user variables persist for the session.
Usage
ruby eg/irc-bot/bot.rb --help IRC_HOST=irc.libera.chat IRC_PORT=6697 IRC_TLS=1 \ IRC_NICK=rsbot IRC_CHANNEL=#botters-test ruby eg/irc-bot/bot.rbDefaults connect to
127.0.0.1:6667asrsbotin#rivescriptso a casualruby bot.rbdoes not hit a public network.Tests
test/test_irc_bot.rbcovers IRC line parsing, mention detection, password redaction, PING/PONG, mention vs unaddressed channel messages, private messages, and a handshake against a fake IRC server.