ircbotpoll - IRC Bot for creating polls

Install (Debian-based system):

# apt update
# apt install python3 python3-venv python3-pip
# mkdir -p /opt/ircbotpoll
# wget -c "https://q3aql.dev/scripts/ircbotpoll.py" -O /opt/ircbotpoll/ircbotpoll.py
# python3 -m venv /opt/ircbotpoll
# source /opt/ircbotpoll/bin/activate
# pip install --upgrade pip
# pip install irc
# useradd -m -s /bin/bash ircbot
# chown ircbot:ircbot -R /opt/ircbotpoll

Edit configuration:

# vim /opt/ircbotpoll/ircbotpoll.py                                                                                                                                                                       

Replace these lines with your configuration:

######## CONFIGURATION (Edit with your settings)
SERVER   = "irc.example.net"
PORT     = 6667
USE_TLS  = False
NICK     = "poll-bot"
REALNAME = "IRC Poll Bot"
CHANNELS = ["#support", "#linux"]
#########

Add the bot at system startup:

Create the file /etc/systemd/system/ircbotpoll.service with the following:

[Unit]
Description=IRC history bot
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=ircbot
Group=ircbot
WorkingDirectory=/opt/ircbotpoll
Environment=PATH=/opt/ircbotpoll/bin
ExecStart=/opt/ircbotpoll/bin/python3 /opt/ircbotpoll/ircbotpoll.py
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Add the service at startup and start it:

# systemctl daemon-reload
# systemctl enable ircbotpoll
# systemctl start ircbotpoll

Syntax:

!poll <question>
!vote <option>
!results
!endpoll

How to uninstall:

# rm -rf /opt/ircbotpoll
# rm -rf /etc/system/system/ircbotpoll.service
# deluser ircbot

Dependencies

• python3
• python3-irc
• python3-pip