ibid-pb-client1
Rpc client for ibid
Usage
ibid-pb-client [options ...]
message
message
ibid-pb-client [options ...]
plugin
feature
method
[parameter ...]
ibid-pb-client -h
Overview
This utility is for passing events to a running Ibid bot, or executing RPC-exposed functions remotely.
It communicates with the pb source on the Ibid.
message is a text message as could be sent to the bot by an IM source. The message is processed normally by the bot.
feature is the name of the feature to invoke exposed method method on, directly. parameters are passed directly to the method. They can be specified positionally or by key, using the same syntax as Python: key=value. They may be encoded in JSON, if not valid JSON they will be treated as strings.
The output is a JSON-encoded response.
Options
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-s HOSTNAME, --server=SERVER -
Connect to the Ibid running on SERVER, by default it connects to localhost.
-
-p FILE, --port=PORT -
Connect to the
pbsource running on port PORT, by default 8789.
-
-h, --help -
Show a help message and exit.
Releases
Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).