chalkbot/main.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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# SETTINGS CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FILE


import sys, string, socket, re, signal, json, logging
from random import choice
from time import sleep, time, strftime, localtime
from select import poll, POLLIN, POLLPRI, POLLOUT,\
                        POLLERR, POLLHUP, POLLNVAL
from threading import Thread, Event
from urllib.request import urlopen
from urllib.parse import quote_plus
from configobj import ConfigObj

bot = None

logging.basicConfig(format="[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s: %(message)s", datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")


class pircbot():
    def __init__(       self,
                      server,
                   nicknames,
                       ident = "pircbot",
                    realname = "pircbot",
                        port = 6667,
                serverpasswd = "",
                   encodings = ("utf-8", "latin-1"),
                  query_type = "",
              command_prefix = "!",
               msg_wait_time = 0,
            parser_wait_time = 0.1,
                       users = "",
              duckduckgo_cfg = {"Active": "0"},
                forecast_cfg = {"Active": "0"},
                mapquest_cfg = {"Active": "0"},
                      logger = logging.getLogger(logging.basicConfig())
        ):
        self.log = logger
        
        
        self.nicknames = nicknames
        self.ident = ident
        self.realname = realname
        
        self.server = server
        self.port = int(port)
        self.serverpasswd = serverpasswd
        self.encodings = encodings
        
        self.query_type = query_type.upper()
        self.cmdprefix = command_prefix
        self.msg_wait_time = float(msg_wait_time)
        if self.msg_wait_time < 0.1:
            self.log.info("msg_wait_time ist zu klein, nutze 0.1 Sekunden")
            self.msg_wait_time = 0.1
        self.parser_wait_time = float(parser_wait_time)
        
        self.users = users
        
        self.duckduckgo_cfg = duckduckgo_cfg
        self.forecast_cfg = forecast_cfg
        self.mapquest_cfg = mapquest_cfg
        
        
        self.user = {"mask":"", "nick":"", "ident":"", "host":""}
        
        self.socket = None
        self.recvbuffer = bytearray(1024)
        
        self.recvloop = None
        self.parseloop = None
        
        self.die_event = Event()
        self.ready = False
        
        self.mode_reply = {}
        
        self.last_msg_ts = time()
    
    def connect(self):
        # connect
        self.socket = socket.socket()
        self.log.debug("--- SOCKET OPENING ---")
        try:
            self.socket.connect((self.server, self.port))
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.critical("Fehler beim Verbinden: %s", e)
            self.disconnect(send_quit=False)
        
        # start getting data
        try:
            self.recvloop = Thread(target=self.recv, name="recvloop")
            self.recvloop.start()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.critical("Fehler beim Starten des Empfangs von Daten vom IRC: %s", e)
            self.disconnect(send_quit=False)
        
        try:
            # optionally send a server password
            if self.serverpasswd != "": self.send("PASS %s" % self.serverpasswd)
            # get a nick
            self.send("NICK %s" % self.nicknames.pop(0))
            # set user data
            self.send("USER %s 0 * :%s" % (self.ident, self.realname))
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.critical("Fehler beim IRC-Handshake: %s", e)
            self.disconnect(send_quit=False)
    
    # implements irc command QUIT and (more or less) clean exiting
    def disconnect(self, reason="", send_quit=True):
        if send_quit:
            try: self.send("QUIT :%s" % reason)
            except Exception as e: self.log.critical("Fehler beim Senden der QUIT-Nachricht: %s", e)
            sleep(1)
        self.die_event.set()
        ctr = 0
        while self.recvloop.is_alive() and self.parseloop.is_alive() and ctr < 15:
            ctr += 1
            sleep(1)
        self.log.debug("--- SOCKET CLOSING ---")
        try:
            self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
            self.socket.close()
        except Exception as e: self.log.warning("Fehler beim Schließen des Sockets: %s", e)
    
    
    ### threaded functions ###
    
    # loop for recieving data from irc
    def recv(self):
        """
        Loop for reciving data
        """
        self.log.debug("--- RECVLOOP STARTING ---")
        try: self.parseloop = Thread(target=self.parser, name="parser")
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error("Fehler beim Vorbereiten des Threads zum Parsen von Nachrichten von IRC: %s", e)
        p = poll()
        try: p.register(self.socket.fileno(), POLLIN)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.critical("Fehler, der eigentlich nie auftreten sollte: %s", e)
        while not self.die_event.is_set():
            ap = p.poll(1000)
            if (self.socket.fileno(), POLLIN) in ap:
                try: self.recvbuffer.extend(self.socket.recv(1024))
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.critical("Konnte keine Daten vom IRC lesen. Verbindung tot? Fehler: %s", e)
                if not self.parseloop.is_alive():
                    try:
                        self.parseloop = Thread(target=self.parser, name="parser")
                        self.parseloop.start()
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.critical("Fehler beim Starten des Threads zum Parsen von Nachrichten vom IRC: %s", e)
        self.log.debug("--- RECVLOOP EXITING ---")
    
    # loop for parsing incoming data
    def parser(self):
        """
        Loop for parsing incoming data
        """
        self.log.debug("--- PARSELOOP STARTING ---")
        while not self.die_event.is_set():# and self.recvbuffer.endswith(b"\r\n"):# != b"":
            if self.recvbuffer.endswith(b"\r\n"):
                # get and decode line from buffer
                rawline, _, self.recvbuffer = self.recvbuffer.partition(b"\r\n")
                rawline = self.decode(rawline)
                # prepare line
                line = rawline.split(" :", 1)
                head = line[0].lstrip("\x00").split(" ")
                larg = line[1] if len(line)>1 else ""
                # parse prefix
                origin = {}
                if head[0].startswith(":"):
                    prefix = head.pop(0)[1:]
                    if "@" in prefix:
                        origin["nick"], origin["ident"], origin["host"] = re.match(r"(\S+)!(\S+)@(\S+)", prefix).groups()
                        origin["mask"] = prefix
                    else:
                        origin["server"] = prefix
                else:
                    prefix = ""
                # parse command
                command = head.pop(0)
                # parse params
                params = head
                params.append(larg.strip())
                
                self.log.debug(" > %s" % rawline)
                
                # PING
                if command == "PING":
                    self.send("PONG %s" % params[0])
                # PRIVMSG and NOTICE
                elif command == "PRIVMSG" or command == "NOTICE" and self.ready:
                    args = []
                    for v in params[1].split(" "):
                        if v!="": args.append(v)
                    if len(args)>1 and args[0][0:len(self.user["nick"])] == self.user["nick"]:
                        args.pop(0)
                        args[0] = "".join((self.cmdprefix, args[0]))
                    if args[0][0] == self.cmdprefix:
                        args[0] = args[0][1:]
                        rp = self.on_command(command, prefix, origin, params[0], args[0].lower(), args[1:])
                        if rp not in (None, ""):
                            self.reply(origin, params[0], rp, command)
                # 221 (RPL_UMODEIS)
                elif command == "221" and self.mode_reply is not {}:
                        self.query(self.mode_reply["to"], "Modes are %s" % params[1], self.mode_reply["type"])
                        self.mode_reply = {}
                # INVITE
                elif command == "INVITE":
                    if self.check_privileges(origin["mask"], command):
                        self.join(params[1])
                    else:
                        self.query(origin["nick"], "You can not force me to do that!", "NOTICE")
                # 001 (RPL_WELCOME)
                elif command == "001":
                    self.user["mask"] = re.search(r" (\S+!\S+@\S+)$", rawline.split(" :", 1)[1]).groups()[0]
                    self.user["nick"], self.user["ident"], self.user["host"] = re.match(r"(\S+)!(\S+)@(\S+)", self.user["mask"]).groups()
                    self.ready = True
                # 433 (ERR_NICKNAMEINUSE)
                elif command == "433":
                    self.send("NICK %s" % self.nicknames.pop(0))
                # KILL
                elif command == "KILL":
                    self.log.warning("Got killed by %s: %s" % (params[0], params[1:]))
                    self.disconnect(send_quit=False)
            else:
                sleep(self.parser_wait_time)
        self.log.debug("--- PARSELOOP EXITING ---")
    
    
    ### helper functions ###
    
    # encodes data for irc
    def encode(self, textstring):
        for codec in self.encodings:
            try: return textstring.encode(codec)
            except UnicodeDecodeError: continue
        return textstring.encode(self.encodings[0], 'ignore')
    
    # decodes data from irc
    def decode(self, textstring):
        for codec in self.encodings:
            try: return textstring.decode(codec)
            except UnicodeDecodeError: continue
        return textstring.decode(self.encodings[0], 'ignore')
    
    
    # splits messages into parts with a specific maximal length
    def msgsplit(self, msg, length=400):
        return [msg[i:i+length] for i in range(0, len(msg), length)]
    
    
    # checks if a given user may execute a given command
    def check_privileges(self, usermask, command, log=True):
        for user, privs in self.users.items():
            if re.search(user, usermask, re.IGNORECASE) != None:
                if command.lower() in privs or "*" in privs:
                    return True
        if log: self.log.info("Unauthorized call of %s from user %s", command, usermask)
        return False
    
    
    # checks if s is a valid channel name
    def is_channel(self, s):
        return (True if s[0] in ('&', '#', '!') else False)
    
    
    def exec_on_ready(self, command, retry_times=-1, interval=1):
        if command.startswith("self."):
            if retry_times == -1:
                while not self.ready: sleep(interval)
            else:
                cnt = 0
                while not self.ready and cnt<retry_times: sleep(interval)
                if not self.ready:
                    self.log.warning("Connection did not get ready in time (%sx %s seconds), \"%s\" not executed" % (retry_times, interval, command))
                    return True
            exec("ret = %s" % command)
            return False
        else:
            self.log.critical("exec_on_ready() called with an invalid command: %s" % command)
            return True
    
    def exec_retry(self, command, times=5, interval=1, wait_for_ready=True):
        if command.startswith("self."):
            if wait_for_ready:
                while not self.ready: sleep(interval)
            cnt = 0
            exec("while %s and cnt<times: sleep(interval)" % command)
        else: self.log.critical("exec_retry() called with an invalid command.")
    
    
    def send(self, data):
        self.log.debug("<  %s" % data)
        try: self.socket.send(self.encode("".join((data, "\r\n"))))
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.critical("Fehler beim Senden von Daten: %s", e)
            self.disconnect(send_quit=False)
    
    # decides whether to reply to user or to channel
    def reply(self, origin, source, msg, in_query_type):
        if self.is_channel(source):
            self.chanmsg(source, msg)
        else:
            self.query(origin["nick"], msg, in_query_type)
    
    
    ### irc command wrapper ###
    
    # replies to channel by PRIVMSG
    def chanmsg(self, channel, msg):
        while self.last_msg_ts + self.msg_wait_time > time():
            sleep(0.1)
        self.last_msg_ts = time()
        self.send("".join(("PRIVMSG ", channel, " :", msg)))
    
    # replies to user by NOTICE or PRIVMSG
    def query(self, nick, msg, in_query_type="", force_query_type=""):
        self.send("".join((force_query_type if force_query_type!="" else
                           (self.query_type if self.query_type!="" else
                             (in_query_type if in_query_type!="" else
                                "PRIVMSG")), " ", nick, " :", msg)))
    
    def nick(self, nick):
        self.exec_on_ready("".join(('self.send("JOIN %s" % "', channel, '")')))
    
    def join(self, channel):
        self.exec_on_ready("".join(('self.send("JOIN %s" % "', channel, '")')))
    
    def part(self, channel):
        self.exec_on_ready("".join(('self.send("PART %s" % "', channel, '")')))
    
    def set_mode(self, modes, target=""):
        self.exec_on_ready("".join(('self.send("MODE %s :%s" % (', ''.join(('"', target, '"')) if target != "" else 'self.user["nick"]', ', "', modes, '"))')))
        
    def get_modes(self, target=""):
        self.exec_on_ready("".join(('self.send("MODE %s" % ', ''.join(('"', target, '"')) if target != "" else 'self.user["nick"]', ')')))
    
    ### handler ###
    
    # bot-command handler
    def on_command(self, in_query_type, prefix, origin, source, command, params):
        """
        Executed when getting a PRIVMSG starting with self.cmdprefix
        Prefix contains the optional prefix of the raw line.
        Origin is a map holding the parsed prefix, containing
            "nick", "ident" and "host" for users and "server" for servers.
        Source is the first parameter after the irc-command, specifying
            the channel or user, from where the line comes.
        Command is the command for the bot.
        Params contains a list of originally space separated parameters.
        """
        self.log.info("Command from %s: %s", origin["mask"], command)
        
        numparams = len(params)
        ### INTERNAL ###
        # help [me]
        if command == "help":
            if numparams == 1 and params[0].startswith("me"):
                rply = "\
                    Nope, you're on your own."
            else:
                rply = "\
                    Command Prefix is \"%s\" or \"%s\"\n\
                     \n\
                    Commands:\n\
                    hello [<...>]\n\
                    say <text>\n\
                    choose <choice1>, <choice2>[, <choice3>[, ...]] -- Let the bot decide!\n\
                    DuckDuckGo, ddg <query> -- Ask the DuckDuckGo Instant Answer API\n\
                    Forecast, fc <query> -- Query Forecast.io\n\
                    MapQuest, mq, OpenStreetMap, osm <query> -- Get lat and lon for a place\n\
                    Fefe [<id>] -- Show a given or the lastest post in Fefes Blog\n\
                    " % (
                        self.cmdprefix,
                        self.user["nick"]
                    )
                if self.check_privileges(origin["mask"], command, log=False):
                    rply += " \n\
                    ~ For the aristocrats ~\n\
                    join <channel>\n\
                    part <channel>\n\
                    mode ±<modes>\n\
                    die [<quitmsg>]"
            for line in rply.splitlines(): self.query(origin["nick"], line[20:], force_query_type="PRIVMSG")
        
        # hello [<...>]
        elif command == "hello":
            greeting = "".join(("Hi " + origin["nick"] +"!"))
            return greeting
        # say <text>
        elif command == "say":
            return " ".join(params)
        # choose <choice1>, <choice2>[, <choice3>[, ...]]
        elif command == "choose":
            choices = " ".join(params).split(", ")# if numparams>1 else params.split(", ")
            if choices[0] == "":
                return "Whaddayawant? (Seperated by \", \")"
            elif len(choices) == 1:
                return "Such a difficult question... I don't know..."
            else:
                return choice(choices)
        
        ### EXTERNAL ###
        # DuckDuckGo, ddg <query>
        elif command in ("duckduckgo", "ddg") and self.duckduckgo_cfg["Active"] == "1":
            if numparams==0:
                return "You didn't ask anything..."
            try: rp = urlopen("https://api.duckduckgo.com/?q=%s&format=json&no_html=1&no_redirect=1&t=pircbot:chalkbot"
                                % quote_plus(" ".join(params)))
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error("Error while querying DuckDuckGo: %s" % e)
                return "Error while querying DuckDuckGo: %s" % e
            if rp.getcode() == 200:
                used_fields = (
                    "Heading", "AbstractText", "AbstractSource", "AbstractURL",
                    "AnswerType", "Answer",
                    "Definition", "DefinitionSource", "DefinitionURL",
                )
                rj = json.loads(str(rp.readall(), "utf-8"))
                empty_field_counter = 0
                for elem in [v for v in used_fields if v in rj]:
                    if rj[elem] not in ("", []):
                        self.reply(origin, source, "%s: %s" % (elem, rj[elem]), in_query_type)
                    else:
                        empty_field_counter+=1
                if empty_field_counter == len(used_fields):
                    return "No suitable reply from DuckDuckGo for query %s" % " ".join(params)
                else:
                    return "(Results from DuckDuckGo <https://duckduckgo.com>)"
            else:
                return "Error while querying DuckDuckGo, got HTTP-Status %i" % rp.getcode()
        # Forecast, fc <query>
        elif command in ("forecast", "fc") and self.forecast_cfg["Active"] == "1":
            if numparams==2:
                try: rp = urlopen("https://api.forecast.io/forecast/%s/%s?units=si&exclude=minutely,hourly,daily"
                                    % (self.forecast_cfg["ApiKey"], quote_plus(",".join(params))))
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.error("Error while querying Forecast.io: %s" % e)
                    return "Error while querying Forecast.io: %s" % e
                if rp.getcode() == 200:
                    rj = json.loads(str(rp.readall(), "utf-8"))
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                strftime("CURRENTLY (%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S)", localtime(rj["currently"]["time"])), in_query_type)
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Summary: %s" % rj["currently"]["summary"], in_query_type)
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Temperature: %s °C" % rj["currently"]["temperature"], in_query_type)
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Apparent Temperature: %s °C" % rj["currently"]["apparentTemperature"], in_query_type)
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Dew Point: %s °C" % rj["currently"]["dewPoint"], in_query_type)
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Wind Speed: %s m/s" % rj["currently"]["windSpeed"], in_query_type)
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Cloud Cover: %s %%" % (rj["currently"]["cloudCover"]*100), in_query_type)
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Precipitation Probability: %s %%" % (rj["currently"]["precipProbability"]*100), in_query_type)
                    if "precipIntensity" in rj["currently"]: self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Precipitation Intensity: %s mm/h" % rj["currently"]["precipIntensity"], in_query_type)
                    if "precipType" in rj["currently"]: self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Precipitation Type: %s" % rj["currently"]["precipType"], in_query_type)
                    if "visibility" in rj["currently"]: self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Visibility: %s km" % rj["currently"]["visibility"], in_query_type)
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Humidity: %s %%" % (rj["currently"]["humidity"]*100), in_query_type)
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Pressure: %s hPa" % rj["currently"]["pressure"], in_query_type)
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Ozone: %s DU" % rj["currently"]["ozone"], in_query_type)
                    if "nearestStormDistance" in rj["currently"]: self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Nearest Storm Distance: %s km" % rj["currently"]["nearestStormDistance"], in_query_type)
                    self.reply(origin, source,
                                "Sources: %s" % ", ".join(rj["flags"]["sources"]), in_query_type)
                    return "(Powered by Forecast <http://forecast.io/>)"
                else:
                    return "Error while querying Forecast.io, got HTTP-Status %i" % rp.getcode()
            else:
                return "Usage: %s <lat> <lon>" % command
        # MapQuest, mq, OpenStreetMap, osm <query>
        elif command in ("mapquest", "mq", "openstreetmap", "osm") and self.mapquest_cfg["Active"] == "1":
            if numparams==0:
                return "You didn't ask anything..."
            try: rp = urlopen("http://open.mapquestapi.com/nominatim/v1/search?q=%s&format=json"
                                % quote_plus(" ".join(params)))
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error("Error while querying MapQuest: %s" % e)
                return "Error while querying MapQuest: %s" % e
            if rp.getcode() == 200:
                used_fields = (
                    "display_name",
                    "lat", "lon"
                )
                rj = json.loads(str(rp.readall(), "utf-8"))
                
                if len(rj) == 0:
                    return "No suitable reply from MapQuest for query %s" % " ".join(params)
                
                rj = rj[0]
                
                self.reply(origin, source, "Display Name: %s" % rj["display_name"], in_query_type)
                self.reply(origin, source, "Lat: %s" % rj["lat"], in_query_type)
                self.reply(origin, source, "Lon: %s" % rj["lon"], in_query_type)
                return "(Nominatim Search Courtesy of MapQuest <http://www.mapquest.com/>)"
            else:
                return "Error while querying MapQuest, got HTTP-Status %i" % rp.getcode()
        # Fefe <id>
        elif command == "fefe":
            if numparams>1:
                return "Waddayawannasee? (The one and only optional argument needed is the ID of the blog post. If it is omitted, the last post will be shown.)"
            else:
                try:
                    if numparams==1:
                        rp = urlopen("http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=%s" % quote_plus(params[0]))
                    else:
                        rp = urlopen("http://blog.fefe.de/")
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.error("Error while querying Fefe: %s" % e)
                    return "Error while querying Fefe: %s" % e
                if rp.getcode() == 200:
                    try:
                        rpd = str(rp.readall(), "utf-8")
                        m = re.search(r"<li>(.*?)<\/(?:li|ul)>", "".join(rpd.splitlines())).groups()[0]
                        print(m+"\n\n")
                        m = " ".join((re.split(r"<.+?>", m)))[6:]
                        if len(m)>400:
                            mmlen = 400
                            for l in self.msgsplit(m):
                                print(l)
                                self.reply(origin, source, l, in_query_type)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.warning("Suspectious things happend while handling a response from fefes blog, but it's probably just an incorrect blogpost-id: %s" % e)
                        return "Nothing matched... (If you're sure your id was correct, see error log)"
        
        ### IRC ###
        # join <channel>
        elif command == "join":
            if numparams>0:
                if self.check_privileges(origin["mask"], command): self.join(params[0])
                else: self.query(origin["nick"], "You cannot do that!", in_query_type)
        # part <channel>
        elif command == "part":
            if numparams>0:
                if self.check_privileges(origin["mask"], command): self.part(params[0])
                else: self.query(origin["nick"], "You cannot do that!", in_query_type)
        # mode ±<modes>
        elif command == "mode":
            if self.check_privileges(origin["mask"], command):
                if numparams==0:
                    self.mode_reply["to"] = origin["nick"]
                    self.mode_reply["type"] = in_query_type
                    self.get_modes()
                else:
                    self.set_mode(" ".join(params) if numparams>0 else params)
            else: self.query(origin["nick"], "You cannot do that!", in_query_type)
        
        # die [<quitmsg>]
        elif command == "die":
            if self.check_privileges(origin["mask"], command):
                self.disconnect("".join(params) if numparams>0 else "".join((origin["nick"], " shot me, dying now... Bye...")))
            else: self.query(origin["nick"], "Go die yourself!", in_query_type)
        else:
            replies = [
                ("What? \"%s\" is not a command!", 15),
                ("%s? What's that?", 3),
                ("Sorry, I don't know how to %s...", 1)
            ]
            self.query(origin["nick"], choice([val for val, cnt in replies for i in range(cnt)]) % (command), in_query_type)



def parseargs():
    import argparse
    p = argparse.ArgumentParser(
                    description = "guess what? i think my desc is still missing!")
    p.add_argument("action",
                    default = "help",
                    choices = ["start", "stop", "checkconf"],
                    help = "What to do?")
    p.add_argument("--loglevel", "-l",
                    choices = ["critical", "error", "warning", "info", "debug"],
                    help = "Verbosity of logging")
    #p.add_argument("--daemon", "-d", type = bool, choices = [1, 0], default=1, help="Daemonize, Default: 1")
    return p.parse_args()

def main():
    # get the logging-module logger
    log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
    
    global bot
    
    # parse command line and config
    args = parseargs()
    cfg = ConfigObj("bot.conf")
    
    # set the loglevel
    nll = getattr(logging, cfg["Behavior"]["Loglevel"].upper(), None)
    if not isinstance(nll, int): raise ValueError('Invalid log level: %s' % cfg["Behavior"]["Loglevel"])
    if args.loglevel != None: nll = getattr(logging, args.loglevel.upper(), None)
    if not isinstance(nll, int):
        raise ValueError('Invalid log level: %s' % args.loglevel)
    log.setLevel(nll)
    
    # do awesome stuff!
    if args.action == "start":
        try:
            bot = pircbot(
                       nicknames = cfg["Bot"]["Nicknames"],
                           ident = cfg["Bot"]["Ident"],
                        realname = cfg["Bot"]["Realname"],
                          server = cfg["Network"]["Server"],
                            port = cfg["Network"]["Port"],
                    serverpasswd = cfg["Network"]["ServerPasswd"],
                       encodings = cfg["Network"]["Encodings"],
                      query_type = cfg["Behavior"]["QueryType"],
                  command_prefix = cfg["Behavior"]["CommandPrefix"],
                   msg_wait_time = cfg["Behavior"]["MsgWaitTime"],
                parser_wait_time = cfg["Behavior"]["ParserWaitTime"],
                           users = cfg["Permissions"],
                  duckduckgo_cfg = cfg["DuckDuckGo"],
                    forecast_cfg = cfg["Forecast.io"],
                    mapquest_cfg = cfg["MapQuest"],
                          logger = log,
            )
            bot.connect()
            # wait for the bot to become ready
            while bot.ready and not bot.die_event.is_set() == False:
                sleep(1)
            
            if not bot.die_event.is_set():
                # set modes and join channels
                bot.set_mode(cfg["Bot"]["Modes"])
                for channel in cfg["Network"]["Channels"]:
                    bot.join(channel)
            
            # while bot is active, do nothing
            while not bot.die_event.is_set():
                sleep(1)
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            log.info("Got Ctrl-C, dying now...")
            bot.disconnect("Ouch! Got shot by Ctrl-C, dying now... See you!")
        except Exception as e:
            log.exception("Fehler: %s", e)
            bot.disconnect("Fehler: %s" % e)
        log.debug("--- MAIN EXITING ---")
    elif args.action == "stop": print("nope!")
    elif args.action == "checkconf":
        for section, settings in cfg.items():
            print("".join(("[", section, "]")))
            for e in settings:
                print("%20s : %s" % (e, settings[e]))
    return 0


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()