NAME

POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Console - A PoCo-IRC plugin that provides a lightweight debugging and control console for POE::Component::IRC bots.

SYNOPSIS

 use POE qw(Component::IRC Component::IRC::Plugin::Console);

 my $nickname = 'Flibble' . $$;
 my $ircname = 'Flibble the Sailor Bot';
 my $ircserver = 'irc.blahblahblah.irc';
 my $port = 6667;
 my $bindport = 6969;

 my @channels = ( '#Blah', '#Foo', '#Bar' );

 my $irc = POE::Component::IRC->spawn( 
     nick => $nickname,
     server => $ircserver,
     port => $port,
     ircname => $ircname,
 ) or die "Oh noooo! $!";

 POE::Session->create(
     package_states => [
         main => [ qw(_start irc_001 irc_console_service irc_console_connect
             irc_console_authed irc_console_close irc_console_rw_fail) ],
         ],
 );

 $poe_kernel->run();

 sub _start {
     $irc->plugin_add( 'Console' => POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Console->new( 
         bindport => $bindport,
         password => 'opensesame'
     );
     $irc->yield( register => 'all' );
     $irc->yield( connect => { } );
     return;
  }

 sub irc_001 {
     $irc->yield( join => $_ ) for @channels;
     return;
 }

 sub irc_console_service {
     my $getsockname = $_[ARG0];
     return;
 }

 sub irc_console_connect {
     my ($peeradr, $peerport, $wheel_id) = @_[ARG0, .. ARG2];
     return;
 }

 sub irc_console_authed {
     my $wheel_id = $_[ARG0];
     return;
 }

 sub irc_console_close {
     my $wheel_id = $_[ARG0];
     return;
 }

 sub irc_console_rw_fail {
     my ($peeradr, $peerport) = @_[ARG0, ARG1];
     return;
 }

DESCRIPTION

POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Console is a POE::Component::IRC plugin that provides an interactive console running over the loopback network. One connects to the listening socket using a telnet client (or equivalent), authenticateusing the applicable password. Once authed one will receive all events that are processed through the component. One may also issue all the documented component commands.