rupert

A cinch bot plugin to interface with BufferApp's API. At the moment, the only two commands it obeys are:

!status changes the channel topic to list all the profiles connected to your BufferApp account and some statistics.
!post adds to your BufferApp queue. The topic then will automatically refresh with updated account stats & info.

Requirements

To run this, you need to first install cinch and buff:

gem install cinch buff

Since this is all in ruby, I recommend using ruby and gems and all that stuff with rvm.

Pre-Installation

The best way to run this bot is on a small, lightweight irc server listening only on localhost. You can try ngircd: lightweight and really easy to install, configure & run. Connnect to that server with an irc client (pidgin, hexchat, quassel and irssi are popular choices) and create a channel that you will use to interact with Rupert. For example:

/join #bufferapp

Installation

Clone this repository. Follow github's instructions up there.

Configuration

Edit lib/cinch/plugins/rupert.rb and replace YOURKEYHERE with the your Buffer App access token. (Please keep the double-quote marks).

The top-level directory rupert.rb contains the IRC connection information. The following things can be replaced:

127.0.0.1 with your irc server--if you change it, I hope it's on a secure vpn at least.
#bufferapp with the name of your irc channel.
rupert (c.nick: rupert) with whatever else you want to name the bot.

Running It

From the top-level directory, run

ruby rupert.rb

Ctrl C exits.

I don't know yet how to make this a proper installable cinch plugin, as cinch is just the quick proof of concept.

seemantk / rupert