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- Rewrite lead section to be more concise
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- Consistently use the terms "services" and "service bots"

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# PyLink Services Bot API
Starting with PyLink 0.9.x, a services bot API was introduced to make writing custom services slightly easier. PyLink's Services API automatically connects service bots, and handles rejoin on kick/kill all by itself, meaning less code is needed per plugin to have functional service bots.
The goal of PyLink's Services API is to make writing custom services slightly easier. This API automatically creates service bots, handles rejoin on kill/kick, and exposes a simple way for plugins to bind commands to bots. It also handles U-line servprotect modes when enabled and available.
## Creating new service bots
Services can be created (registered) using code similar to the following in a plugin:
Services can be registered and created using code similar to the following in a plugin:
```python
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desc = "Optional description of servicenick, in sentence form."
# First argument is the internal service name.
# utils.registerService() returns a utils.ServiceBot instance, which can also be found
# by calling world["myservice"].
myservice = utils.registerService("myservice", desc=desc)
# utils.register_service() returns a utils.ServiceBot instance, which can also be found
# by calling world.services["myservice"].
myservice = utils.register_service("myservice", desc=desc)
```
`utils.registerService()` passes its arguments directly to the `utils.ServiceBot` class constructor, which in turn supports the following options:
`utils.register_service()` passes its arguments directly to the `utils.ServiceBot` class constructor, which in turn supports the following options:
- **`name`** - defines the service name (mandatory)
- `default_help` - Determines whether the default HELP command should be used for the service. Defaults to True.
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### Setting channels to join
All services bots will automatically join the autojoin channels configured for a specific network, if any.
All service bots will automatically join the autojoin channels configured for a specific network, if any.
However, plugins can persistently join services bots to specific channels by calling `myservice.join(irc, channels)`. To manually add/remove channels from the service's autojoin list, modify the `myservice.extra_channels` set.
However, plugins can persistently join service bots to specific channels by calling `myservice.join(irc, channels)`. To manually add/remove channels from the service's autojoin list, modify the `myservice.extra_channels` set.
## Removing services on unload
All plugins using the services API **MUST** have a `die()` function that unregisters all services that they've created. A simple example would be in the `games` plugin:
All plugins using the services API **MUST** have a `die()` function that unregisters all service bots that they've created. A simple example would be in the `games` plugin:
```python
def die(irc):