Package: sevabot
ContentsIntroductionUse casesBenefitsInstallation and supported operating systemsExample integrationsTestimoniesDocumentationCommunity, support and developmentCommercial supportLicenseAuthorsTrademark noticeChangesChangelog for Sevabot1.2.4 (2013-03-17)1.2.3 (2013-03-17)1.2.2 (2013-03-14)1.2 (2013-03-14)1.1 (2013-02-01)1.0 (2012-12-24)IntroductionSevabot is a generic purpose hack-it-together Skype botHas extensible command system based on UNIX scriptsSend chat messages from anywhere using HTTP requests and webhooksBult-in support for Github commit notifications and other popular servicesIt is based onSkype4Py frameworkThe bot is written in Python 2.7.x programming language, but can be integrated with any programming
languages over UNIX command piping and HTTP interface.The underlying Skype4Py API is free -you do not need to enlist and pay Skype development program fee.Use casesDeveloper oriented use cases includeGet monitoring alerts to Skype from monitoring system like ZabbixGet alerts from continuous integration system build fails (Travis CI, Jenkins)Get notifications of new commits and issues in your software project (Git, SVN)Control production deployments from Skype chat with your fellow developers with in-house scriptsBenefitsSkype is the most popular work related chat program around the world.
Skype is easy: anyone can use Skype.Skype group chat provides noise-free medium with a context.
People follow Skype more actively than email; the discussion in the group chat
around the notification messages feels natural.For example our organization has an admin group chat where the team members
get notifications what other people are doing (commits, issues)
and when something goes wrong (monitoring). This provides pain free
follow up of the daily tasks.A custom scripts can be thrown for the skype bot to execute:
these can be follow up actions like see that back-ups are running and up-to-date or
deployment actions like deploying the trunk on the production server
(As far as I know the latter use case is practiced Github internally).Installation and supported operating systemsUbuntu Server (headless server installation)OSX desktopVagrant virtual machien deploymentsWindows installation works in theory, but currently no core developer run Windows.Example integrationsSevabot canrun any UNIX scripts and executable on the server and output the result to Skype chatdelegate messages from external services to Skype chat over HTTP interfaceHere are some examplesBash shell script as a Skype group chat commandBash shell script sending Skype chat messages from an external serviceSubversion commit notificationsGithub issue and commit notificationsZabbix monitoring alertsJenkins continuous integration statusTestimoniesNate:We’ve been looking for a Campfire replacement for a while and we all already use Skype.
It was pretty easy to get going.DocumentationBrowser Sevabot documentation on readthedocs.org.Community, support and developmentSee community informationCommercial supportPlease feel free to sask commercial support from theauthors of the softwareLicenseBSD.AuthorsMikko Ohtamaa- concept, documentation and maintainerPete Sevander- initial implementationGrigory Chernyshev- Valgrind, otherBrian Johnson- JenkinsAntti Haapala- Python best pratice fixesNaoto Yokoyama- message handler classfication, clean upFelix Mueller- scriptsSome documentation and scripts byMarco WeberTrademark noticeThe Skype name, associated trade marks and logos and the “S” logo are trade marks of Skype or related entities.
Sevabot is an open source project and not associate of Microsoft Corporation or Skype.ChangesSee dev branch changesChangelog for Sevabot1.2.4 (2013-03-17)Make sure the bot doesn’t reply to messages twice if a funny Skype client/device is attached to a group chat [miohtama]1.2.3 (2013-03-17)Reworked start up scripts and installation manual [miohtama]1.2.2 (2013-03-14)Fixed MD5 checksum check in triggers [miohtama]Allow write log level name in lowercase in settings.py [miohtama]1.2 (2013-03-14)Addeds !tasks, !call and !dice example module [miohtama, builtinnya]Added stateful, class-based, command handlers [miohtama, builtinnya]Added more options to increase log level and DEBUG_HTTP setting [miohtama]Reworking unsigned HTTP POST message hooks/zapierand/message_unsigned[miohtama]Fixed Skype message unicode handling on OSX - caused Sevabot to ignore commands [miohtama]More robust error messages with webhooks and commands [miohtama]Workaround hanging fluxbox problems in the startup script example [miohtama]1.1 (2013-02-01)Use shlex for command line parsing [ztane]Interleave stdout and stderr in output [ztane]Moved chunk of troubleshooting stuff to Skype4Py itself [miohtama]Made some backwards compatiblity adjustment in webhook parameters,
so that all existing examples and demo scripts work [miohtama]Made it possible to run Sevabot as a background service using –daemon switch [miohtama]Updated launch scripts to be more robust and simple [miohtama]Security fix to prevent arbitrary commands from being executed [b2jrock]1.0 (2012-12-24)Initial PyPi release [miohtama]