Added a skeleton plugin (and beers based on that) and improved the help function

a bit.

bot/handlers.go

@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ func (b *Bot) Msg_recieved(conn *irc.Conn, line *irc.Line) {
 	if len(parts) > 0 && parts[0] == "help" {
 		if len(parts) == 1 {
 			// just print out a list of help topics
-			topics := "Help topics: About"
+			topics := "Help topics: about"
 			for name, _ := range b.Plugins {
-				topics = fmt.Sprintf("%s, %s ", topics, name)
+				topics = fmt.Sprintf("%s, %s", topics, name)
 			}
 			b.SendMessage(channel, topics)
 		} else {

main.go

@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	b := bot.NewBot(config, c)
 	// b.AddHandler(plugins.NewTestPlugin(b))
-	b.AddHandler("Talker", plugins.NewTalkerPlugin(b))
+	b.AddHandler("talker", plugins.NewTalkerPlugin(b))
+	b.AddHandler("beers", plugins.NewBeersPlugin(b))
+	b.AddHandler("skeleton", plugins.NewSkeletonPlugin(b))
 
 	c.AddHandler("PRIVMSG", func(conn *irc.Conn, line *irc.Line) {
 		b.Msg_recieved(conn, line)

plugins/beers.go

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package plugins
+
+import "bitbucket.org/phlyingpenguin/godeepintir/bot"
+
+// This is a skeleton plugin to serve as an example and quick copy/paste for new plugins.
+
+type BeersPlugin struct {
+	Bot *bot.Bot
+}
+
+// NewBeersPlugin creates a new BeersPlugin with the Plugin interface
+func NewBeersPlugin(bot *bot.Bot) *BeersPlugin {
+	return &BeersPlugin{
+		Bot: bot,
+	}
+}
+
+// Message responds to the bot hook on recieving messages.
+// This function returns true if the plugin responds in a meaningful way to the users message.
+// Otherwise, the function returns false and the bot continues execution of other plugins.
+func (p *BeersPlugin) Message(message bot.Message) bool {
+	// This bot does not reply to anything
+	return false
+}
+
+// LoadData imports any configuration data into the plugin. This is not strictly necessary other
+// than the fact that the Plugin interface demands it exist. This may be deprecated at a later
+// date.
+func (p *BeersPlugin) LoadData() {
+	// This bot has no data to load
+}
+
+// Help responds to help requests. Every plugin must implement a help function.
+func (p *BeersPlugin) Help(channel string, parts []string) {
+	p.Bot.SendMessage(channel, "Sorry, Beers does not do a goddamn thing.")
+}

plugins/skeleton.go

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package plugins
+
+import "bitbucket.org/phlyingpenguin/godeepintir/bot"
+
+// This is a skeleton plugin to serve as an example and quick copy/paste for new plugins.
+
+type SkeletonPlugin struct {
+	Bot *bot.Bot
+}
+
+// NewSkeletonPlugin creates a new SkeletonPlugin with the Plugin interface
+func NewSkeletonPlugin(bot *bot.Bot) *SkeletonPlugin {
+	return &SkeletonPlugin{
+		Bot: bot,
+	}
+}
+
+// Message responds to the bot hook on recieving messages.
+// This function returns true if the plugin responds in a meaningful way to the users message.
+// Otherwise, the function returns false and the bot continues execution of other plugins.
+func (p *SkeletonPlugin) Message(message bot.Message) bool {
+	// This bot does not reply to anything
+	return false
+}
+
+// LoadData imports any configuration data into the plugin. This is not strictly necessary other
+// than the fact that the Plugin interface demands it exist. This may be deprecated at a later
+// date.
+func (p *SkeletonPlugin) LoadData() {
+	// This bot has no data to load
+}
+
+// Help responds to help requests. Every plugin must implement a help function.
+func (p *SkeletonPlugin) Help(channel string, parts []string) {
+	p.Bot.SendMessage(channel, "Sorry, Skeleton does not do a goddamn thing.")
+}