NAME POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Karma - A POE::Component::IRC plugin that keeps track of karma VERSION This document describes v0.001 of POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Karma - released April 02, 2011 as part of POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-Karma. SYNOPSIS # A simple bot to showcase karma capabilities use strict; use warnings; use POE qw( Component::IRC Component::IRC::Plugin::Karma Component::IRC::Plugin::AutoJoin ); # Create a new PoCo-IRC object my $irc = POE::Component::IRC->spawn( nick => 'karmabot', ircname => 'karmabot', server => 'localhost', ) or die "Oh noooo! $!"; # Setup our plugins + tell the bot to connect! $irc->plugin_add( 'AutoJoin', POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::AutoJoin->new( Channels => [ '#test' ] )); $irc->plugin_add( 'Karma', POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Karma->new ); $irc->yield( connect => { } ); POE::Kernel->run; DESCRIPTION This plugin keeps track of karma ( perl++ or perl-- ) said on IRC and provides an interface to retrieve statistics. The bot will watch for karma in channel messages, privmsgs and ctcp actions. IRC USAGE * ++ # Increases the karma for ( with optional comment ) * -- # Decreases the karma for ( with optional comment ) * karma Replies with the karma rating for ATTRIBUTES addressed If this is a true value, the karma commands has to be sent to the bot. # addressed = true bot: perl++ # addressed = false perl++ The default is: false privmsg If this is a true value, all karma replies will be sent to the user in a privmsg. The default is: false selfkarma If this is a true value, users are allowed to karma themselves. The default is: false replykarma If this is a true value, this bot will reply to all karma additions with the current score. The default is: false extrastats If this is a true value, this bot will display extra stats about the karma on reply. The default is: false sqlite Set the path to the SQLite database which will hold the karma stats. BEWARE: In the future this might be changed to a more "fancy" system! The default is: karma_stats.db SEE ALSO Please see those modules/websites for more information related to this module. * POE::Component::IRC * Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable::Module::Karma SUPPORT Perldoc You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Karma Websites The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to discover more resources. * Search CPAN * RT: CPAN's Bug Tracker * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation * CPAN Ratings * CPAN Forum * CPANTS Kwalitee * CPAN Testers Results * CPAN Testers Matrix Email You can email the author of this module at "APOCAL at cpan.org" asking for help with any problems you have. Internet Relay Chat You can get live help by using IRC ( Internet Relay Chat ). If you don't know what IRC is, please read this excellent guide: . Please be courteous and patient when talking to us, as we might be busy or sleeping! You can join those networks/channels and get help: * irc.perl.org You can connect to the server at 'irc.perl.org' and join this channel: #perl-help then talk to this person for help: Apocalypse. * irc.freenode.net You can connect to the server at 'irc.freenode.net' and join this channel: #perl then talk to this person for help: Apocal. * irc.efnet.org You can connect to the server at 'irc.efnet.org' and join this channel: #perl then talk to this person for help: Ap0cal. Bugs / Feature Requests Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to "bug-poe-component-irc-plugin-karma at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . You will be automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system. Source Code The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your repository :) git clone git://github.com/apocalypse/perl-pocoirc-karma.git AUTHOR Apocalypse COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Apocalypse. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this distribution. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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