Added contact information and quiet mode.

README.md

@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ If the flag `-config` is not used the configuration is expected at
 "Password":      "ChangeThis!",
 "Muc":           "muc-to-feed@conference.example.com",
 "MucNick":       "feedbot",
+"Contact":       "xmpp:botadmin@example.com",
 "MaxArticles":    5,
 "RefreshTime":    30,
 "NoExcerpt":     false,
+"Quiet":         false,
 "Filter":        [ "submitted by", "[link]" ],
 "Feeds":         [ "https://www.debian.org/News/news",
                  "https://www.debian.org/security/dsa-long",
@@ -58,5 +60,13 @@ If the flag `-config` is not used the configuration is expected at
 feed and query. If `NoExcerpt` is set to *true* no excerpt will be
 posted. `RefreshTime` defines the intervall for checking the feeds
 in seconds.
+
 With `Filter` you can specify strings for filtering out lines
 beginning with those strings.
+
+`Contact` is for providing contact information about who is running
+the bot.
+
+If you don't want additional noise in the MUC you can set `Quiet` 
+to disable bot queries (e.g. *contact*) in the MUC (queries per 
+private message are still available).

config.json.example

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 "Password":      "ChangeThis!",
 "Muc":           "muc-to-feed@conference.example.com",
 "MucNick":       "feedbot",
+"Contact":       "xmpp:botadmin@example.com",
 "MaxArticles":   5,
 "RefreshTime":   30,
 "NoExcerpt":     false,
+"Quiet":         false,
 "Filter":        [ "submitted by", "[link]" ],
 "Feeds":         [ "https://www.debian.org/News/news", 
-                 "https://www.debian.org/security/dsa-long" ]
+                 "https://www.debian.org/security/dsa-long",
+                 "https://www.reddit.com/r/FDroidUpdates/new.rss" ]
 }

feed-to-muc.go

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ func main() {
 		MaxArticles   int
 		RefreshTime   time.Duration
 		NoExcerpt     bool
+		Quiet         bool
+		Contact       string
 		Filter        []string
 		Feeds         []string
 	}
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ func main() {
 	go pingMUC(client, config.BotJid, config.Muc, config.MucNick)
 
 	// Starting goroutine to process received stanzas.
-	go processStanzas(client, config.Muc, config.MucNick, config.Feeds)
+	go processStanzas(client, config.Muc, config.MucNick, config.Feeds, config.Quiet, config.Contact)
 
 	// Set RefreshTime to 30 seconds if not defined.
 	if config.RefreshTime == 0 {
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ func pingServer(client *xmpp.Client, server string, botJid string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func processStanzas(client *xmpp.Client, muc string, mucNick string, feeds []string) {
+func processStanzas(client *xmpp.Client, muc string, mucNick string, feeds []string, quiet bool, contact string) {
 	for { // Receive stanzas. ToDo: Receive stanzas continiously without 30s delay.
 		stanza, err := client.Recv()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -229,6 +231,10 @@ func processStanzas(client *xmpp.Client, muc string, mucNick string, feeds []str
 
 			// Check for room mention of the bots nick if the the message type is groupchat.
 			if v.Type == "groupchat" {
+				// Leave if option quiet is set.
+				if quiet == true {
+					break
+				}
 				// Get first word of the message and transform it to lower case.
 				mention := strings.ToLower(strings.Split(v.Text, " ")[0])
 
@@ -264,6 +270,7 @@ func processStanzas(client *xmpp.Client, muc string, mucNick string, feeds []str
 			case "help":
 
 				reply := "The following commands are available:\n" +
+					"\"contact\": Show contact for this bot.\n" +
 					"\"feeds\": List feeds I'm following.\n" +
 					"\"ping\": Sends back a pong.\n" +
 					"\"source\": Show source code URL."
@@ -342,6 +349,26 @@ func processStanzas(client *xmpp.Client, muc string, mucNick string, feeds []str
 						log.Fatal("Error: Failed sending message to ", v.Remote, ": ", err)
 					}
 				}
+
+			case "contact":
+
+				if contact == "" {
+					contact = "Sorry, no contact information provided."
+				}
+
+				if v.Type == "groupchat" {
+					_, err = client.Send(xmpp.Chat{Remote: muc,
+						Type: "groupchat", Text: strings.Split(v.Remote, "/")[1] + ": " + contact})
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Fatal("Error: Failed sending message to MUC:", err)
+					}
+				} else if v.Type == "chat" {
+					_, err = client.Send(xmpp.Chat{Remote: v.Remote,
+						Type: "chat", Text: contact})
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Fatal("Error: Failed sending message to ", v.Remote, ": ", err)
+					}
+				}
 			}
 
 		// Reply to pings and disco queries.