xmpp-clj

xmpp-clj allows you to write simple jabber bots in idiomatic clojure by providing a lightweight wrapper around the smack library.

Lein

[xmpp-clj "0.3.1"]

Usage

Create a temporary jabber account for your bot. I've used gmail here, but there are a bunch of free providers

Create a leiningen project and cd into the project directory

lein new mybot
cd ./mybot

Add xmpp-clj to your deps (project.clj):

(defproject mybot "0.1.0"
  :description "FIXME: write"
  :dependencies [[xmpp-clj "0.3.1"]])

Open up src/mybot/core.clj and require the xmpp lib:

(ns mybot.core
  (:require [xmpp-clj :as xmpp]))

Define a handler and start the bot. Handlers accept a single parameter -- the message map -- and should return a string with a message back to the sender. Return nil to omit a response. Here's a very simple example:

;; This bot always responds with the message 'Ermahgerd!!!'

(xmpp/start-bot :username "testclojurebot@gmail.com"
                :password "clojurebot12345"
                :host "talk.google.com"
                :domain "gmail.com"
                :handler (fn [m] "Ermahgerd!!!")

Next, fire up your chat client, add your new bot buddy, and send him / her a message. The response should look someting like this:

me: hello chatbot

chatbot: Ermahgerd!!!

;; Stop the bot when you're done:

(xmpp/stop-bot)



;; You can use a name to start / stop multiple bots in the same
;; process:

(xmpp/start-bot :name :bot1
                :username ...)

(xmpp/start-bot :name :bot2
                :username ...)

(xmpp/stop-bot :bot1)
(xmpp/stop-bot :bot2)



;; And names can be any value / object:

(xmpp/start-bot :name 0
                :username ...)

(xmpp/start-bot :name 1
                :username ...)

See the src/xmpp_clj/examples folder for additional examples. If you'd like to manually manage connections, see the xmpp-clj.bot namespace.

Problems?

Open up an issue

License

Eclipse Public License v1.0