Number six is a custom IRC bot, developed for student IRC channels at UGent.

Begin by installing the library:

cabal configure
cabal build
cabal install

Them, you can get started by copying Sample.hs and starting from there. Configure it, then compile & run using:

`ghc --make Sample.hs`
`./Sample`

Handlers are plugins which react to IRC messages. Here, we give a short listing of the available Handlers, together with the commands they provide.

Binary conversions. Commands:

• !bin decimal: Convert a number number to binary notation
• !unbin binary: Convert a binary number to decimal notation
• !hex decimal: Convert a decimal number to hex notation
• !unhex: Convert a hex number to decimal notation

A cool IRC game.

• !bomb nick: Attach a bomb to the specified user. This bomb will kick the user in a certain amount of time (a countdown will be visible).
• !pass: Passes the bomb to the user who placed the bomb. This command can only be issued by the current person owning them bomb.
• !pass nick: Passes the bomb to the specified user

Ask a question to the wise 8-ball handler. Commands:

• !8ball question: Ask a question

Provides the latest action of a GitHub user. Commands:

• !github username: Prints the latest GitHub action of the given user

Check who the gods are on this server, and manage them. Commands:

• !gods: Show the gods on this server
• !addgod password: This adds the sender as a god. Obviously, you should run this in a private query.
• !removegod: Removes you as a god.
• !removegod pattern: Removes all gods which match the given pattern.

Searches the web using Google. Commands:

• !google query, !g query: Searches google for query and returns the first link found

Prints the title and link to an item on Hacker News. Commands:

• !hn number: Prints the item which is currently on the given position on Hacker News.

Test handler, simply greets a user. Commands:

• !hello: Greet the user

Provides information. Commands:

• !help: Print help information

Sends an HTTP GET request to a server and returns the status line, useful if you want to check if a web service is down for everyone or just you. Commands:

• !http uri: Check the given URI

System handler which sets the nickname and the real name of the bot. This handler has no commands.

Lookup a movie on IMDB. Commands:

• !imdb title: Lookup the given movie.

Insult a user. Commands:

• !insult user: Insults the given user.

Have the bot join channels. The bot will automatically join the channels specified in the the configuration file. When the bot is kicked out of a channel, this handler will try to rejoin the channel. Commands:

• !join channel: Join the specified channel

Check what track a user last listened to on last.fm. Commands:

• !lastfm username: Print the track the given user last listened to.

Authenticates the bot with NickServ. This handler has no commands.

Show the currently playing track on a radio station. Commands:

• !nowplaying station: Print the currently playing track on the given radio station

Supported radio stations:

• rgrfm, stubru and urgent

Give channel operator privileges. Commands:

• !op nick: Given channel operator privileges to the specified user
• !deop nick: Take away channel operator privileges from the specified user

Pick a random item from a list. Commands:

• !pick item1 item2 item3 ..., !who ...: Print a random item from the list.

Replies to IRC ping's. This handler has no commands.

Print a random item from a subreddit. Commands:

• !reddit subreddit: Prints a random item from the given subreddit
• !reddit subreddit number: Print the given item from the given subreddit
• !reddit: Print a random item from the front page
• !reddit number: Print the given item from the front page

Set reminders for yourself. Commands:

• !remind some note: Store a note
• !remind: Collect stored notes

Print the menu of today in the Ghent University resto's, see also https://github.com/blackskad/Resto-menu

• !resto: Print today's menu
• !resto day: day can be: morgen, tomorrow, overmorgen, day after tomorrow

Challenge a user to a game of russian roulette. Commands:

• !rr username: Challenge the specified user

Interface to the epic quote database. Commands:

• !quote: Prints a random quote
• !quote id: Prints the quote with the given id
• !quote pattern: Prints a random quote matching the given pattern
• !lastquote: Prints the most recently added quote
• !addquote quote: Adds a quote to the database

Make the bot say arbitrary text. God is required. Commands:

• !say channel text: Say the given text in the given channel

Check when a user was last seen in the channel. Commands:

• !seen username: Check when the given user was last seen

Shortens a URL using bit.ly. Commands:

• !shorten url: Shorten the given URL

When the user greets the bot with sup botname, the bot will respond with sup username.

Send a message to a user who is currently away. Commands:

• !tell username message: Tell the message to the given user when he becomes active.

Set the channel topic. Only gods may give this command:

• !topic message: Set the channel topic

Bindings to the haskell evaluation service of tryhaskell.org. Commands:

• > expression, !haskell expression: Evaluate the given expression

Bindings to the ruby evaluation service of tryruby.org. Commands:

• !ruby expression: Evaluate the given expression

Get either a random tumble from the specified user of his last tumble.

• !tumblr last username: Print the slug and the URL for the last tumble user posted
• !tumblr username: Print the slug and the URL from a random tumble made by the user, currently only taking the last 50 into account

Handler to get twitters by id or user. Commands:

• !twitter username: Prints the last tweet of the given user
• !twitter id: Prints the tweet with the given id

Lookup an expression on urbandictionary.com. Commands:

• !urban term: Looks up the given term on urban dictionary

When people join the channel, the bot will give them voice (+v). This can also be set manually, altough this requires god privileges:

• !voice nick: Give a user voice
• !devoice nick, !stfu nick: Take voice from a user

How is the fucking weather? Commands:

• !weather: Prints the weather in Ghent
• !weather city: Prints the weather in the given city

Lookup a term on wikipedia. Commands:

• !w term, !wik term, !wiki term: Looks up the given term on wikipedia

Lookup a video on youtube.com. Commands:

• !youtube term, !y term: Looks for videos related to the given term on youtube