# Registry * [About](#about) * [Types of values](#types-of-values) * [Creating array values](#creating-array-values) * [Overriding Registry values per-channel](#overriding-registry-values-per-channel) * [Overriding Registry values via command-line](#overriding-registry-values-via-command-line) * [Registry commands](#registry-commands) * [regset](#regset) * [regunset](#regunset) * [regchange](#regchange) * [regshow](#regshow) * [regfind](#regfind) * [regsetmeta](#regsetmeta) * [regunsetmeta](#regunsetmeta) * [Editing Registry file](#editing-registry-file) * [Metadata list](#metadata-list) * [List of known Registry items](#list-of-known-registry-items) * [Channel-specific Registry items](#channel-specific-registry-items) ## About PBot's behavior can be customized via a central registry of key/value pairs segregated by sections. These are represented as `
.`. For example, `irc.port` is set to `6667` by default. ### Types of values There are two types of registry values: literals and arrays. Literals can be strings, floats or integers. Arrays are comma-separated lists of literals. ### Creating array values Use the [regsetmeta](#regsetmeta) command to change the `type` [metadata key](#metadata-list) to `array`, and set the registry value to a comma-separated list of values. For example, we'll create a fictional Registry key `animals` in fictional section `foo` and then set its `type` to `array`. !regset foo.animals aardvark,badger,cat,dingo foo.animals set to aardvark,badger,cat,dingo !regsetmeta foo.animals type array foo.animals: 'type' set to 'array' ### Overriding Registry values per-channel Some Registry items belonging to a specific section may be overridden on a per-channel basis by setting the item in a channel-specific section. For example, the bot's trigger is defined in `general.trigger`. You may set a `trigger` registry item in section `#channel` to override the value for that channel: `#channel.trigger`. ## Overriding Registry values via command-line You may override the Registry values via the PBot start-up command-line. These overrides are not temporary; they will be saved. $ ./pbot data_dir=mybot irc.botnick=coolbot irc.server=irc.libera.chat irc.port=6667 ## Registry commands ### regset `regset` sets a new registry item or updates an existing item. Usage: `regset
. ` To override the trigger for #mychannel to `$`: !regset #mychannel.trigger $ #mychannel.trigger set to $ To override the trigger for #mychannel to be any of `,`, `!` or `%`, you can use a character class: !regset #mychannel.trigger [,!%] #mychannel.trigger set to [,!%] ### regunset `regunset` removes a registry item from a specific section/channel. Usage: `regunset
.` ### regchange `regchange` changes the value of a registry item using a *regular substitution expression*. Usage: `regchange
. s///` regset foo.bar Hello, world! foo.bar set to Hello, world! regchange foo.bar s/world/universe/ foo.bar set to Hello, universe! ### regshow `regshow` displays the type and value of a registry item. Usage: `regshow
.` !regshow antiflood.chat_flood_punishment antiflood.chat_flood_punishment: 60,300,3600,86400,604800,2419200 [array] ### regfind `regfind` searches for registry items, and may optionally show the values of all matching items. Usage: `regfind [-showvalues] [-section
] ` To limit the search to a specific section, use `-section
`. To dump the entire registry, use `regfind -showvalues .*`. ### regsetmeta `regsetmeta` sets the metadata values for a specific registry key. See [registry metadata list](#metadata-list). If you omit the `` argument, it will list all the defined keys and values for the registry item. If you specify `` but omit ``, it will show the value for that specific key. Usage: `regsetmeta
. [key [value]]` For example, this directly sets the `value` metadata key of `irc.botnick`. !regsetmeta irc.botnick value candide * PBot changed nick to candide irc.botnick: 'value' set to 'candide' That example is equivalent to `regset irc.botnick candide`. ### regunsetmeta `regunset` deletes a metadata key from a registry item. Usage: `regunset
. ` ## Editing Registry file You may edit the Registry file manually. It is located as [`$data_dir/registry`](../data/registry). Its contents are plain-text JSON. This is a sample entry: "irc" : { "botnick" : { "type" : "text", "value" : "PBot" } } After editing an entry in the Registry file, you may reload it with the `reload` command. !reload registry Registry reloaded. ## Metadata list This is a list of recognized registry metadata keys. Name | Description --- | --- `type` | Sets the type of the registry item; values can be `text` (literal) or `array`. `value` | The value of the registry item. `private` | Whether the value of the registry item is displayed in the `regset`, `regshow` or `regfind` commands. If set to a true value, the value of the registry key will be shown as ``. ## List of known Registry items This is a list of recognized registry items at the time of this writing. Name | Description | Default value --- | --- | --- antiaway.bad_actions | If a message matches against this regex, it is considered an Away action. | `^/me (is (away\|gone)\|.*auto.?away)` antiaway.bad_nicks | If someone changes their nick and the new nick matches this regex, it is considered an Away nick. | `(^z+[[:punct:]]\|`
`[[:punct:]](afk\|brb\|bbl\|away\|sleep\|asleep\|nap\|`
`z+\|work\|gone\|study\|out\|home\|busy\|off)`
`[[:punct:]]*$\|afk$)` antiaway.kick_msg | The message to use when kicking Away offenders. | http://sackheads.org/~bnaylor/spew/away_msgs.html antiflood.chat_flood_punishment | The amount of time, in seconds, offenders will be muted/banned. | 60,300,3600,86400,604800,2419200 antiflood.chat_flood_threshold | The number of messages before this is considered a flood. | 4 antiflood.chat_flood_time_threshold | `chat_flood_threshold` number of messages within this amount of seconds will be considered a flood. | 5 antiflood.debug_checkban | Print verbose debugging information about the `checkban` function. | 0 antiflood.dont_enforce_admins | Do not enforce anti-flood detection against logged-in admins. | 1 antiflood.enforce | If set to a true value, anti-flood will be enforced. | 1 antiflood.enter_abuse_max_offenses | | 3 antiflood.enter_abuse_punishment || 60,300,3600,86400,604800,2419200 antiflood.enter_abuse_threshold || 4 antiflood.enter_abuse_time_threshold || 15 antiflood.join_flood_punishment || 115200,3600,10800,604800 antiflood.join_flood_threshold || 4 antiflood.join_flood_time_threshold || 1800 antiflood.nick_flood_punishment || 1800,3600,86400,604800 antiflood.nick_flood_threshold || 3 antiflood.nick_flood_time_threshold || 1800 antikickautorejoin.punishment || 300,900,1800,3600,28800 antikickautorejoin.threshold || 4 autorejoin.rejoin_delay | Delay before rejoining a channel after being kicked or requested to leave. | 900,1800,3600 bantracker.chanserv_ban_timeout || 604800 bantracker.debug | Log verbose debugging information about the Ban Tracker. | 0 bantracker.mute_timeout || 604800 battleship.channel | Sets the channel for the Battleship game plugin. | ##battleship connect4.channel | Sets the channel for the Connect4 game plugin. | ##connect4 factoids.default_rate_limit | The default rate-limit to set when creating new factoids. | 10 factoids.max_channel_length | The maximum length the channel field can be. | 20 factoids.max_content_length | The maximum length the content field can be. | 8192 factoids.max_name_length | The maximum length the name field can be. | 100 factoids.max_undos | Maximum undo history entries. | 20 general.data_dir | Path to PBot `data/` directory. | general.daemon | Run PBot in daemon mode. Closes stdin and stdout, writes only to logfile. | 0 general.deop_timeout | Time-out, in seconds, before PBot deops itself after being opped. | 300 general.default_ban_timeout | Default timeout for bans. | 24 hours general.default_mute_timeout | Default timeout for mutes. | 24 hours general.applet_dir | Path to PBot `applets/` directory. | general.applet_repo | URL to source code of PBot applets; used in `factinfo` | https://github.com/pragma-/pbot/tree/master/applets general.applet_timeout | Duration, in seconds, of how long applets may run before being killed | 30 general.no_dehighlight_nicks | If set to at true value then when outputting text PBot will not convert nicks to text that avoids triggering IRC client nick-highlighting | not defined general.paste_ratelimit | How often, in seconds, between pastes to web paste-sites. | general.send_who_on_join | When joining a channel, send the `WHO` command to get detailed information about who is present, and to check for ban-evasions. | 1 general.show_url_titles_channels | A regular-expression or comma-separated list of channels that should display titles for URLs. | `.*` general.show_url_titles | If set to a true value, PBot will show titles for URLs. | 1 general.show_url_titles_ignore_channels | A regular-expression or comma-separated list of channels that will not display titles for URLs. | general.strictnamespace | When enabled, factoids belonging to other channels will not show up in current channels unless specifically invoked.| 0 general.trigger | The trigger character(s) or text that will invoke PBot commands. | [!] interpreter.max_recursion | The maximum number of recursions allowed before the command interpreter will abort. | 100 irc.botnick | The IRC nickname of this PBot instance. | irc.debug | Log verbose debugging information about the IRC engine. | 0 irc.identify_password | The password to identify to NickServ or other service bots. | irc.server | The IRC server network address to connect to. | irc.libera.chat irc.log_default_handler | If set to a true value, any IRC events that are not explicitly handled by PBot will be dumped to the log. | 1 irc.max_msg_len | The maximum length messages can be on this IRC server. | 425 irc.port | The IRC server network port to connect to. | 6667 irc.realname || https://github.com/pragma-/pbot irc.show_motd | If set to a true value, the IRC server MOTD will be shown when connecting. | 1 irc.tls_ca_file | Path to a specific TLS certificate authority file. | irc.tls_ca_path | Path to the TLS certificate authority directory containing certificate files. | irc.tls | If set to a true value, TLS encryption will be enabled when connecting to the IRC server. | 0 irc.username || PBot interpreter.max_recursion | Maximum recursion depth for bot command aliasing. | 10 lagchecker.lag_history_interval | How often, in seconds, to send a `PING` to the IRC server. | 10 lagchecker.lag_history_max | How many of the most recent `PING`s to average. | 3 lagchecker.lag_threshold | Duration, in milliseconds, of average lag before PBot thinks it is lagging too much to sensibly enforce anti-flood, etc. | 2000 messagehistory.debug_aka | Log verbose debugging information about the `aka` command. | 0 messagehistory.debug_link | Log verbose debugging information about account linking. | 0 messagehistory.sqlite_commit_interval | How often to commit SQLite transactions to the database. | messagehistory.sqlite_debug | Log verbose debugging information about SQLite statements. | 0 nicklist.debug | Log verbose debugging information about the NickList. | 0 processmanager.default_timeout | The default timeout for background processes, in seconds. | 30 spinach.channel | Sets the channel for the Spinach game plugin. | ##spinach typosub.ignore_commands | Do not apply `s//` substitution to bot commands. ### Channel-specific Registry items All of above section-specific registry items can be overriden on a per-channel basis if it makes sense for it to be able to do so. However, some items exist only as a channel-specific item. You must [`regset`](#regset) these for your channels. They are listed here. Name | Description --- | --- [channel].default_ban_timeout | Overrides general.default_ban_timeout for this channel. [channel].default_mute_timeout | Overrides general.default_mute_timeout for this channel. [channel].dont_enforce_antiflood | Disables anti-flood enforcement for this channel. [channel].max_newlines | The maximum number of lines to be sent before truncating to a paste site, if `preserve_newlines` is enabled. [channel].no_url_titles | Disables display of URL titles for this channel. [channel].notyposubs | Disables use of `s//` substitution to edit messages. [channel].preserve_newlines | If set to a true value, newlines will not be replaced with spaces in this channel. Each line of output will be sent as a distinct message. [channel].ratelimit_override | Duration, in seconds, of the rate-limit for factoids in this channel. To disable factoid rate-limiting for a channel, you can set this to `0`. [channel].rejoin_delay | Overrides autorejoin.rejoin_delay for this channel. [channel].strictnamespace | When enabled, factoids belonging to other channels will not show up in this channel unless specifically invoked. [channel].trigger | Overrides the bot trigger for this channel. [channel].typosub_ignore_commands | Do not apply `s//` substitution to bot commands. [channel].interpolate_factoids | If this key exists and is set to `0` then factoids containing `$variables` will not have the variables expanded and interpolated.