Pancake HipChat bot

Simple bot created for fun. There is also the unsupported version for Campfire

Install and run

pip install -r requirements.txt
./pancake.py -c example.conf

Also you need to create an API key in HipChat administration panel and paste it in Pancake config file. Please note: it must be HipChat API version 1 key.

Plugins:

There are some builtin plugins enabled by default:

• get random cat gif (thank you thecatapi.com)
• get random Chuck's geek phrase (thanks api.icndb.com)
• get random pony picture (thanks ponyfac.es)
• play Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock
• blame somebody
• roll number from 0 to 100
• get random Arnold Schwarzenegger's phrase
• get random XKCD comics
• get random gif by keyword (thank you giphy)
• get random LEGO Movie quotes
• ask bot a question
• generate a meme (thanks memecaptain.com and sassy bot)

Type /help to see all available commands and detailed description

Plugins development

To create a plugin simply create python file in /plugins directory like awesome.py or create a subfolder there with __init__.py file like /awesome/__init__.py. This will be a main file for your plugin.

Then you will need to create a plugin class in the main plugin file. The plugin class must have two attributes: command and help and method response.

The command attribute will be used to bind the plugin. Each time Pancake will see /<command> in chat room, it will execute response method of your plugin.

If you want to add any configuration parameters you will need to create a constructor for your class with conf argument like def __init__(self, conf). Plugin loader will inject the configuration from the .conf file specified during Pancake launch. For example you can have a look on plugins/geckoboard.py.

response method

Your plugin must have response method which can be static or not. Message which contains the command you specified as an argument for your plugin class will trigger execution of response method.

Plugin loader will inject arguments you specified for this method. The list of arguments that can be injected:

• room - room name where triggered action appeared
• author_id - the id of author who posted message which triggered the action
• author - message author’s name
• message - the message itself that triggered the action
• random_user - random user in the room (@username)
• mentioned_user - the first mentioned user in the message that triggered the action

response method must return value. It can be a string (single message) or list (array of message to post). This value will be posted to HipChat room by Pancake bot.

Example:

def response(message, author):
    formattedMessage = self.doSomethingWithMessage(message)
    ...
    if somethingWrong:
        return author + ‘, something wrong!’
	
	return formattedMessage

License

The MIT License (MIT)

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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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