Hello lads! How difficult is it to import information to file, and put
into irc.
reddit / irc

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officialwitness · 2017-03-29 08:27

Hello fellow irc users.

I'm using a "bot" on my mediacomputer in my channels that responds to
certain inputs for example

If anyone types !commands
It responds with list of commands using this string;

    on *:TEXT:!commands:#channel: { msg $chan 5!reddit1. 5!about1.
5!admin1. 5!help1. }


I'm interested in putting this bot in one of my other sports channel.
I have a channel for New York Rangers fans #nyrangers, where I luckily
have a few US mates that helps update the channel and keep discussions
going.

However, I want to implement so that whenever someone types for
instance !result , It will import a line from a text file listing the
information. How hard is it to automaticaly save this information from
the web?

If not possible, is it possible to use some sort of cloudbased
texteditor, so that I can let other mods edit the file, that the bot
is importing?

Best regards,

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damiankw · 2017-03-29 11:55

I don't know what you're using the word 'importing' for, I don't think
you're importing, you're just reading a text file to the channel,
right?

In any case, with mIRC you can either read from a local .txt file and
spit out a line, or you can download content from a website and read a
line of that to the channel, the second option may be a LOT harder
though, because you'd have to first create the downloader.

Anyway, when you do !result, what part of the text file do you need to
push to the channel? Is it just a RANDOM line? Is it a specific line,
like the third one? Is it the last one? Is it a line that starts with
a specific piece of text like 'Result: ...'? You will need to know at
least how to find the information if you hope to push it to the
channel.

Next, what you're trying to achieve is simple, just look up how to use
$read(), with this you can do all of the above:

- Read a random line? $read(textfile.txt)
- Read a specific line? $read(textfile.txt, 3)
- Read the last line? $read(textfile.txt, $lines(textfile.txt))
- Read a line that starts with 'Result:': $read(textfile.txt, w,
Result:*)

If you /help $read you'll find out everything you can do with it :)

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officialwitness · 2017-03-29 17:29

Hey,

Thanks for a response. When I mentioned import I basicly ment
recieving information from a file / or the web to a txt while that
mircs reads and spits out (import / export) sounds like a accurate
statement, but could just be me =)

I want for instance find the latest results on the web, and make it
automatic but maybe thats hard.

Worst case scenario, I want to make a shared file, that my mods can
change. So basicly first mod available edits the file. Which will
change the outcome of the !results command.

Otherwise, I'll just edit, the text file manually, but yeah, lame if I
happend to be 7 hours late due to timezone e.tc

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officialwitness · 2017-03-29 17:30

for exempel Siri in iPhone gets the latest results when you ask her.
"whats the latest results for the new york rangers" then she reply's
with it, so I was thinking maybe there is a public API to use for it
but hmm.. maybe its tons of shits harder than I thought.