ircbotpoll/README.md
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`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