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| − | We need utility which runs as a daemon and uses a set of rules specifying information sources to be checked on a schedule. It | + | We need utility which runs as a daemon and uses a set of rules specifying information sources to be checked on a schedule. It is still in development and is based on the [[wikid.pl]] Perl script. It is currently just a single script containing snippets from [[daemonise.pl]], [[wiki.pl]], [[irc.pl]], [[POP3.pl]] and [[server.pl]]. Eventually we plan to change those diverse functionalities from re-usable [[:Category:PERL|Perl code snippets]] to proper Perl modules which will be installed into the Perl environment from the [[Debian Post Install]] procedure. |
== Rules == | == Rules == | ||
| − | The rules are defined as a list of items and can reside in a location available from any of the protocols it's set up to read from. | + | The rules are defined as a list of items and can reside in a location available from any of the protocols it's set up to read from. Currently the rules must be bullet lists of 6 items as follows. Each set of these six items found in the rules resource will become an active task in the schedule. Our notifier rules are in [[Config:Notifier]]. |
=== Rule Items === | === Rule Items === | ||
*Schedule: pattern to be applied to localtime | *Schedule: pattern to be applied to localtime | ||
| − | *Source: | + | *Source: URL (file, http, mediawiki, pop3 |
| − | * | + | *Match: Regular expression to determine information to extract from source |
| + | *Target: URL (file, mediawiki, mailto, irc) | ||
*Message: containing $n args | *Message: containing $n args | ||
| − | * | + | *Comment: containing $n args (optional, used by some protocols like wiki or svn) |
| − | == Example | + | == Example Uses == |
*SVN changes sent to chat room | *SVN changes sent to chat room | ||
*Changes to files appended to a log file | *Changes to files appended to a log file | ||
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*Changed articles written to files | *Changed articles written to files | ||
*Price of a product changing shows up in wiki changes | *Price of a product changing shows up in wiki changes | ||
| + | *Checking search engine rankings of various keywords and phrases | ||
Latest revision as of 10:29, 10 January 2009
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We need utility which runs as a daemon and uses a set of rules specifying information sources to be checked on a schedule. It is still in development and is based on the wikid.pl Perl script. It is currently just a single script containing snippets from daemonise.pl, wiki.pl, irc.pl, POP3.pl and server.pl. Eventually we plan to change those diverse functionalities from re-usable Perl code snippets to proper Perl modules which will be installed into the Perl environment from the Debian Post Install procedure.
Rules
The rules are defined as a list of items and can reside in a location available from any of the protocols it's set up to read from. Currently the rules must be bullet lists of 6 items as follows. Each set of these six items found in the rules resource will become an active task in the schedule. Our notifier rules are in Config:Notifier.
Rule Items
- Schedule: pattern to be applied to localtime
- Source: URL (file, http, mediawiki, pop3
- Match: Regular expression to determine information to extract from source
- Target: URL (file, mediawiki, mailto, irc)
- Message: containing $n args
- Comment: containing $n args (optional, used by some protocols like wiki or svn)
Example Uses
- SVN changes sent to chat room
- Changes to files appended to a log file
- Changed files syncronised to wiki article
- Changed articles written to files
- Price of a product changing shows up in wiki changes
- Checking search engine rankings of various keywords and phrases
