GOZERBOT 1.0.1 FINAL

GOZERBOT 1.0.1 FINAL released ;]

last bugs kinked out (i hope) and lots of docs updates (see http://gozerbot.org)

downloadable at http://gozerbot.googlecode.com
or use “easy_install gozerbot”
or run “hg clone http://gozerbot.googlecode.com/hg mybot”

Below a cool animation of the GOZERBOT code repository ;] Thnx maze !

Have fun and as always we are on #dunkbots on irc.freenode.net.

GOZERBOT 1.0 RELEASED

I am proud !

Version 1.0 of GOZERBOT is here in the world.
7 years of evolutionary code development.
The eagle has landed, the egg is layed

See http://gozerbot.org

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WELCOME TO GOZERBOT — GOZERBOT v1.0.1 FINAL documentation
WELCOME TO GOZERBOT¶. I am pleased to present to you version 1.0 of GOZERBOT, a IRC and Jabber(XMPP) bot. This is the final and last release of GOZERBOT, new development will continue with the JSONBOT…

GOZERBOT 0.99.0 RELEASED

Hello world and everybody !

i’m pleased to announce the release of GOZERBOT 0.99.0, the first in a series of releases that are supposed to lead to a proper 1.0 release for GOZERBOT. The intention is to get a 1.0 version of GOZERBOT available for users that still use this bot, got almost 2000 download of 0.9.2 so its worth to support all those users with a release they can build on. I dont have the intention to develop GOZERBOT any further beyond that, that’s what JSONBOT is all about, so keep in mind these are pure maintenance releases.

2 major changes crept into this release, namely:

* no more seperate gozerplugs package, its all wrapped into 1 thing. The gozerplugs package has find its way under the gplugs directory in the main distro so no more seperate installing of plugins.
* SQLAlchemy is now optional, so GOZERBOT can run on older versions of debian etc. Since this leads to less dependancies GOZERBOT is easier to install.

note: there is not going to be a seperate “all” distro as those dependancies are already included.

SQLAlchemy is made optional by providing plugins that use direct queries on the database, this is the default. You can change operations back to SA by setting db_driver = “alchemy” in gozerdata/mainconfig.

The intention is to release a new version of GOZERBOT every week or so, until its stable for a long period of time. When its time i’ll cut of the 1.0 release ;]

urls:

* download tar – http://code.google.com/p/gozerbot/downloads/list
* mercurial clone – “hg clone https://gozerbot.googlecode.com/hg mybot”
* please report bugs at http://code.google.com/p/gozerbot/issues/entry especially if you are already running a GOZERBOT and run into problems.
* path to the futire – http://jsonbot.org

read the provided README for instructions on how to get the bot running.

note: i switched to a new blog, namely http://botfather.blogspot.com so i can blog about all bots i work on, not just gozerbot ;] See you there !!

GOZERBOT 0.9.2 RELEASED – ITS ALIVE !!!

Hello new world !

i’m glad to announce the release of version GOZERBOT 0.9.2, a bot that has been declared dead but has arrived from the pits of hell to serve our people here well ;] Discovered that SQLAlchemy has been fixed in such a way that it was easy to resurrect the thing, and release a new version of it.

It’s not my intention to still maintain GOZERBOT as i prefer users to switch to JSONBOT but this switch is to be done in such a way that GOZERBOT users can port their data to JSONBOT in a proper way. Having GOZERBOT still up and running makes it easier for me to write the converting software as a GOZERBOT plugin, in which case i have better access to the data then when i have to access it from the outside.

Ofcourse the conversion plugin is still to be written, but i hope that current GOZERBOT users can wait a little while before that is in place ;]

You can get the new version from http://gozerbot.googlecode.com. For those who want to have a look at the future check http://jsonbot.org

Well thats new from a happy camper that suddenly finds his path ahead.

Grtx,

Bart

GOZERBOT IS NO MORE

so couple of months ago i started programming on what i then called gozerbot2. It was supposed to be all the good stuff of gozerbot and gzrbot (the Wave/GAE bot). This gozerbot2 combines the same code base for both Google Application Engine and for shell type bots. Unfortuntely due to my sickness (i’m a schizofrenic) its too difficult for me to maintain bot this
new bot (JSONBOT) and GOZERBOT together so i decided that i stop working ongozerbot. GOZERBOT served its purpose but JSONBOT is for me the way forward and i hope with this decision that i can focus more on making a great botfor the future.

So this is it …. the latest gozerbot version is still at 0.9.1.3 and the repositories contain 0.9.2 BETA but that will never get released into a tarball etc .. its just too much work. For people interested in the new bot, its home is at jsonbot at
googlecode. Its at alpha quality right now but im busy working at it to get it upto par with gozerbot. Version as of now is 0.2, goal is to have 0.3 have the same functionality as gozerbot
(meaning most of the plugins will be ported to jsonbot.

I like to thank the following people for helping me out with gozerbot:

• Aim – aim hosts gozerbot.org for me and he was the first one to join me coding gozerbot
• Snore – snore hosts the core.gozerbot.org machine containing all the gozerbot repositories
• Maze – maze is the main contributor of gozerbot code and has been an incredible source of inspiration
• Netfreak – netfreak provided me with a freebsd jail so i could host gozerbot.org .. all the way from the beginning
• I guess i want to thank all my users who have been (against Guido’s advice) my testers, running gozerbot straight from the mercurial repo so i got warned early on when things went bork
• I apologize to all users who had a bad experience with gozerbot, especially with the 0.8 to 0.9 upgrade that has not been as it should have been

GOZERBOT 0.9.2 BETA1 released

I just released the first BETA of GOZERBOT version 0.9.2

Please test this release if you can.

Best is to run of the mercurial repo:

hg clone http://core.gozerbot.org/hg/dev/0.9

or run easy_install -U gozerbot gozerplugs (make sure there is no gozerbot dir in your working directory.)

docs are at http://gozerbot.org/0.9.2

If you find any bugs you can report them at http://dev.gozerbot.org

Have fun !

GZRBOT 0.2 BETA1 released

Hello World !

Welcome to the world of Active API ;]

Google released their new Wave API so i quickly ported GZRBOT to the new API. Now we can finally push to waves instead of using polling. This makes pushing feeds to waves possible, and this is one of the main things GZRBOT can do. We now use pubsubhubbub service provided by superfeedr.com to fetch our RSS and Atom feeds for us and have them pushed to the bot, which we then forward to the waves that have been subscribed ( or jabber clients for that matter)

This release is BETA1 which doesnt mean the code is fixed yet as BETA2,3,4 and RC1, 2, 3 etc are still ahead before 0.2 is released. So this is kind of bleeding edge and you might want to wait for 0.2.1 or so ;]

If you like to play around with wave/jabber bots on GAE then this is the bot for you.

Code is at the mercurial repo:

hg clone http://gzrbot.googlecode.com/hg

Or download the tarball at http://gzrbot.googlecode.com

Basic documentation is at http://gozerbot.org/gzrdoc and i made a wave available if you want to try the bot with me or have questions and such:

link to wave

Hope you enjoy it !

Bart

about GZRBOT:

GZRBOT is a general purpose bot for wave, web and xmpp. It uses a plugin
structure to provide easy programming of commands and callbacks, allowing
you to implement your own “killer plugin”.

GZRBOT comes with some plugins provided, for example:

- Hubbub plugin that uses superfeedr.com to get RSS feed pushed instead of
pulling them ourselves. This lowers the load on the bot considerably. A
max of 1000 feeds is for free.

- Watcher plugin that let you watch waves, get notified in jabber when your
waves updates. (the bots sends the updated txt)

- Wave plugin that provides help with wave management. I’m working
on wave cloning after say x blips, so that larger conversations can be
created in google wave. UNDER DEVELOPMENT

- This is mostly needed for the last plugin i want to mention and that is
the gozernet plugin. The plugin allows for relaying of events between
GZRBOT (Wave/Web/XMPP) and GOZERBOT (IRC/Jabber). IRC and Wave can be
bridged this way. UNDER DEVELOPMENT

GZRBOT is free code (BSD) and can be cloned as needed ;]

note: as of 0.2 GZRBOT uses the new v2 Wave API and thus needs registration
with google.

GZRBOT 0.1 released

Hi world !

First of all happy christmas and a happy new year to all of you.

I want to release GZRBOT to the world. This is a rename of the CMNDBOT bot, since this name matches the one of GOZERBOT the best and thats what this bot is best described .. GOZERBOT on the Google Application Engine.

So this is really CMNDBOT 0.1 after BETA1 and BETA2, but then renamed to GZRBOT.

Most of all GZRBOT is there for its code and reuse of it is highly recommended. I made a script which makes it easy to clone gzrbot and rename it so you can run your own bot off the GZRBOT code. GZRBOT has a plugin system that lets you program your own plugin and provide you a way to add custom functionality to your bot. Both writing commands and reacting on events through callbacks is supported.

A live web demo of GZRBOT can be seen at http://gzrbot.appspot.com. For wave or jabber (gtalk or any other jabber client) add gzrbot@appspot.com to your contactlist or join me on this wave:

GZRBOT 0.1 released

Source code and documentation (still needs to be written) is available at http://gzrbot.googlecode.com

If you have any question about GZRBOT you can reach me at bthate@gmail.com

Have fun with it ! ;]

Bart

CMNDBOT 0.1 BETA2 released

Hello world !
a week after BETA1 i’m releasing BETA2, changes go fast ;]

what changed in this version:

* RSS plugin can now push to xmpp clients .. add cmnd…@appspot.com to your jabber client and do 1) rss-add to add a feed 2) use rss-start to make the bot start sending you feed updates.

* a gadget plugin that enables you to load gadgets with one command (well two if you need to add the gadgets url)

* a iframe gadget was made that loads the bots web interface into wave and other gadget containers

* focus of the command box is now off when loading the gadget

* a plugin dedicated to wave functionality was made. currently it has commands to get the id of the wave, getting the url redirecting to the wave and one to get a list of the wave’s participants

* lots of other bug fixes .. running from one to the other ;]

Bart

About CMNDBOT:
CMNDBOT is an IRC like command bot for wave, web and xmpp, and has a plugin structure to allow users to program there own plugins. CMNDBOT is free code (BSD) so you can clone it and run a CMNDBOT yourself.

Source is available at http://cmndbot.googlecode.com/

For a live example of CMNDBOT see cmnd…@appspot.com for jabber and wave and http://cmndbot.appspot.com for web. You can also try the new iframe gadget at http://cmndbot.appspot.com/iframe.xml or … invite the bot to your wave and run !load cmndbot ;]

CMNDBOT 0.1 BETA1 released

So once again i bite the bullet because i can no longer wait on going public with this.

I’m pleased to announce CMNDBOT 0.1 BETA1 to the world as this is the first released of my port of GOZERBOT to the Google Application Engine, enabling it on wave, web and xmpp.

I’ll paste here the README to explain what it does:

CMNDBOT is a port of gozerbot to google wave platform. GOZERBOT needed to
be completely rewritten as programs running on google application engine
(GAE) run within a CGI model which means that the bot get loaded on every
request (unless its cached). Core functionality is available right now but
most plugins need to be ported still. Besides wave the bot also supports web
and jabber (XMPP) access.

this is the code that is being run by the cmndbot.appspot.com bot and is
free code (BSD license). you can clone it to run your own cmndbot or
just to read how things are being done. no fear in reading cmndbot code !

as the name says cmndbot allows you to execute commands that you can program
easily through the use of plugins.

example:

from gozerlib.commands import cmnds

def handle_hello(bot, event):
event.reply(“hello %s” % event.userhost)

cmnds.add(‘hello’, handle_hello, ‘USER’)

as of now a few gozerbot plugins are being ported to cmndbot, namely:

* eight ball
* ipcalc
* todo
* wikipedia
* infoitem
* gcalc
* RSS

other plugins will follow but the focus is now mainly on the bots core.

CMNDBOT is accessible at http://cmndbot.appspot.com (WEB) or cmndbot@appspot.com (WAVE/XMPP).

A gadget is also in the works at http://cmndbot.appspot.com/cmnd.xml but it only works with google chrome for now .. my javascript skills are very *kuch* young ;]

actualy this code is still young as docs are mostely missing and the bot really needs to be tested, but thats what this release is for, rememer this is still version 0.1 !

code is at http://cmndbot.googlecode.com/hg

I hope people are interested in developing this bot with me, if you do you can contact me at bthate@gmail.com or bthate@googlewave.com

Bart