base-bot

base-bot

Simple bot that knows how to handle events when told too. Use base bot to build more complex bots with plugins.

Install

Install with npm

$ npm i base-bot --save

Usage

var bot = require('base-bot');

API

BaseBot

Create a new instance of a BaseBot with provided options.

Params

• options {Object}: Options to configure the github bot.

Example

var bot = new BaseBot();

.handle

Handle a payload object. The payload will be passed to all registered handlers. Handlers may modify the payload and return it in their callback. The aggregated results will be returned in the handle callback.

Params

• event {String}: Event type to handle. Only listeners registered for this type will be notified.
• payload {Object}: Payload object to handle.
• cb {Function}: Callback to notify call when finished handling payload.

Example

bot.handle('issue', payload, function(err, results) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log(results);
});

.handler

Add a specific on and handle methods for an event.

Params

• method {String}: Name of the methods to add.
• returns {Object} this: for chaining.

Example

bot.handler('issue');
bot.onIssue(function(payload, cb) { cb(null, payload); });
bot.handleIssue(payload, function(err, results) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log(results);
});

.handlers

Add a specific on and handle methods for an array of events.

Params

• methods {String|Array}: Array of method names to add.
• returns {Object} this: for chaining.

Example

bot.handlers(['issue', 'commit']);

bot.onIssue(function(payload, cb) { cb(null, payload); });
bot.onCommit(function(payload, cb) { cb(null, payload); });

bot.handleIssue(payload, function(err, results) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log(results);
});

bot.handleCommit(payload, function(err, results) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log(results);
});

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Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm i -d && npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Author

Brian Woodward

• github/doowb
• twitter/doowb

License

Copyright © 2015 Brian Woodward Released under the MIT license.

This file was generated by verb on December 21, 2015.