Merge branch 'dev'

+ added more comments to xep requests
+ added opt_arg to version, xep and contact
+ implemented data dictionary to hold all data in main bot
+ added message_ids

* updated gitignore file
* partly reworked servercontact implementation
* complete rework of uptime, version
* part rework of xep requests
* complete rework of validate function
* updated HandleError function
* part rework of StaticStrings function
* complete rework of queue building and deduplication
* logging parameter fix

.gitignore

@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ target/
 
 # .idea
 .idea
-.etag
 bot\.cfg
-xeplist.xml
+common/xeplist.xml
+common/.etag

classes/functions.py

@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# XEP-0072: Server Version
-class Version:
-	def __init__(self, version, msg, target):
-		self.version = version['software_version']['version']
-		self.os = version['software_version']['os']
-		self.name = version['software_version']['name']
-		self.nick = msg['mucnick']
-		self.message_type = msg['type']
-		self.target = target
-
-	def format_version(self):
-		if self.message_type == "groupchat":
-			text = "%s: %s is running %s version %s on %s" % (self.nick, self.target, self.name, self.version, self.os)
-		else:
-			text = "%s is running %s version %s on %s" % (self.target, self.name, self.version, self.os)
-
-		return text
-
-
-# XEP-0012: Last Activity
-class LastActivity:
-	""" query the server uptime of the specified domain, defined by XEP-0012 """
-	def __init__(self, last_activity, msg, target):
-		self.last_activity = last_activity
-		self.nick = msg['mucnick']
-		self.message_type = msg['type']
-		self.target = target
-
-	def format_values(self, granularity=4):
-		seconds = self.last_activity['last_activity']['seconds']
-		uptime = []
-		intervals = (
-			('years', 31536000),  # 60 * 60 * 24 * 365
-			('weeks', 604800),  # 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
-			('days', 86400),  # 60 * 60 * 24
-			('hours', 3600),  # 60 * 60
-			('minutes', 60),
-			('seconds', 1)
-		)
-		for name, count in intervals:
-			value = seconds // count
-			if value:
-				seconds -= value * count
-				if value == 1:
-					name = name.rstrip('s')
-				uptime.append("{} {}".format(value, name))
-		result = ' '.join(uptime[:granularity])
-
-		if self.message_type == "groupchat":
-			text = "%s: %s is running since %s" % (self.nick, self.target, result)
-		else:
-			text = "%s is running since %s" % (self.target, result)
-
-		return text
-
-
-# XEP-0157: Contact Addresses for XMPP Services
-class ContactInfo:
-	def __init__(self, contact, msg, target):
-		self.contact = contact
-		self.message = msg
-		self.target = target
-
-	def format_contact(self):
-		server_info = []
-		sep = ' , '
-		possible_vars = ['abuse-addresses',
-						 'admin-addresses',
-						 'feedback-addresses',
-						 'sales-addresses',
-						 'security-addresses',
-						 'support-addresses']
-
-		for field in self.contact['disco_info']['form']:
-			var = field['var']
-			if var in possible_vars:
-				field_value = field.get_value(convert=False)
-				value = sep.join(field_value) if isinstance(field_value, list) else field_value
-				server_info.append(' - %s: %s' % (var, value))
-
-		if server_info:
-			text = "contact addresses for %s are" % self.target
-			for count in range(server_info.__len__()):
-				text += "\n" + server_info[count]
-		else:
-			text = "%s has no contact addresses configured." % self.target
-
-		return text
-
-
-# class handeling XMPPError exeptions
-class HandleError:
-	def __init__(self, error, msg, key, target="target missing"):
-		self.error = error
-		self.message = msg
-		self.key = key
-		self.target = target
-
-	def build_report(self):
-		condition = self.error.condition
-		keyword = self.key[1:]
-
-		text = "There was an error requesting " + self.target + '\'s ' + keyword + " : " + condition
-
-		return text

classes/servercontact.py

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import defusedxml.ElementTree as Et
+
+
+# XEP-0157: Contact Addresses for XMPP Services
+class ServerContact:
+	"""
+	plugin to process the server contact addresses from a disco query
+	"""
+	def __init__(self):
+		# init all necessary variables
+		self.possible_vars = ['abuse-addresses',
+							'admin-addresses',
+							'feedback-addresses',
+							'sales-addresses',
+							'security-addresses',
+							'support-addresses']
+
+		self.contact = None
+		self.target, self.opt_arg = None, None
+
+	def opt_arg_abbreviation(self):
+		"""
+		optional argument abbreviation function
+		if the provided string > 2 characters the most likely key will be chosen
+		:return: completes the opt_arg to the most likely one
+		"""
+		# if opt_argument is smaller then 2 pass to prohibit multiple answers
+		if len(self.opt_arg) < 2:
+			pass
+
+		abbr = str(self.opt_arg)
+		possible_abbr = ["abuse-addresses", "admin-addresses", "feedback-addresses", "sales-addresses",
+			"security-addresses", "support-addresses"]
+
+		# searches the best match in the list of possible_abbr and completes the opt_arg to that
+		self.opt_arg = [s for s in possible_abbr if s.startswith(abbr)][0]
+
+	def process(self):
+		# optional argument abbreviation
+		self.opt_arg_abbreviation()
+
+		# get etree from base xml
+		iq = Et.fromstring(str(self.contact))
+
+		# check if query is a valid result query
+		if iq.find('{http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info}query'):
+			# only init result dict if result query is present
+			result = dict()
+
+			# extract query from iq
+			query = iq.find('{http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info}query')
+
+			# extract jabber:x:data from query
+			xdata = query.findall('{jabber:x:data}x')
+
+			# iterate over all nodes with the xdata tag
+			for node in xdata:
+
+				# iterate over all child elements in node
+				for child in node:
+
+					# if one opt_arg is defined return just that one
+					if self.opt_arg in self.possible_vars:
+						if child.attrib['var'] == self.opt_arg:
+							# add section to result dict and append info
+							result[child.attrib['var']] = list()
+							for value in child:
+								result[child.attrib['var']].append(value.text)
+
+					# if node has a var attribute that matches our list process
+					elif child.attrib['var'] in self.possible_vars:
+						# add section to result dict and append info
+						result[child.attrib['var']] = list()
+						for value in child:
+							result[child.attrib['var']].append(value.text)
+
+			return result
+
+	def format(self, query, target, opt_arg):
+		self.contact = query
+
+		self.target = target
+		self.opt_arg = opt_arg
+
+		result = self.process()
+
+		# if result is present continue
+		if result:
+			text = "contact addresses for %s are\n" % self.target
+
+			# if opt_arg is present and member of possible_vars change text line
+			if self.opt_arg in self.possible_vars:
+				text = "%s for %s are\n" % (self.opt_arg, self.target)
+
+			for key in result.keys():
+				addr = ' , '.join(result[key])
+				text += "- %s : %s\n" % (key, addr)
+		else:
+			text = "%s has no contact addresses configured." % self.target
+
+			# if opt_arg is present and member of possible_vars but the key is empty change text line
+			if self.opt_arg in self.possible_vars:
+				text = "%s for %s are not defined." % (self.opt_arg, self.target)
+
+		return text

classes/uptime.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+# XEP-0012: Last Activity
+class LastActivity:
+	"""
+	query the server uptime of the specified domain, defined by XEP-0012
+	"""
+	def __init__(self):
+		# init all necessary variables
+		self.last_activity = None
+		self.target, self.opt_arg = None, None
+
+	def process(self, granularity=4):
+		seconds = self.last_activity['last_activity']['seconds']
+		uptime = []
+
+		# touple with displayable time sections
+		intervals = (
+			('years', 31536000),  # 60 * 60 * 24 * 365
+			('weeks', 604800),  # 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
+			('days', 86400),  # 60 * 60 * 24
+			('hours', 3600),  # 60 * 60
+			('minutes', 60),
+			('seconds', 1)
+		)
+
+		# for every element in possible time section process the seconds
+		for name, count in intervals:
+			value = seconds // count
+			if value:
+				seconds -= value * count
+				if value == 1:
+					name = name.rstrip('s')
+				uptime.append("{} {}".format(value, name))
+		result = ' '.join(uptime[:granularity])
+
+		# insert values into result string
+		text = "%s is running since %s" % (self.target, result)
+
+		return text
+
+	def format(self, query, target, opt_arg):
+		self.last_activity = query
+
+		self.target = target
+		self.opt_arg = opt_arg
+
+		reply = self.process()
+		return reply

classes/version.py

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+# XEP-0072: Server Version
+class Version:
+	"""
+	process and format a version query
+	"""
+	def __init__(self):
+		# init all necessary variables
+		self.software_version = None
+		self.target, self.opt_arg = None, None
+
+	def format_result(self):
+		# list of all possible opt_arg
+		possible_opt_args = ["version", "os", "name"]
+
+		name = self.software_version['name']
+		version = self.software_version['version']
+		os = self.software_version['os']
+
+		# if opt_arg is given member of possible_opt_args list return that element
+		if self.opt_arg in possible_opt_args:
+			text = "%s: %s" % (self.opt_arg, self.software_version[self.opt_arg])
+
+		# otherwise return full version string
+		else:
+			text = "%s is running %s version %s on %s" % (self.target, name, version, os)
+
+		return text
+
+	def format(self, query, target, opt_arg):
+		self.software_version = query['software_version']
+
+		self.target = target
+		self.opt_arg = opt_arg
+
+		reply = self.format_result()
+		return reply

classes/xep.py

@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import os
 import requests
-import defusedxml.ElementTree as ET
+import defusedxml.ElementTree as Et
 
 
 class XEPRequest:
-	def __init__(self, msg, xepnumber):
-		"""
-		class which requests the header of the referenced xep
-		:param xepnumber: number int or str to request the xep for
-		"""
-		self.message_type = msg['type']
-		self.muc_nick = msg['mucnick']
+	"""
+	class which requests the header of the referenced xep
+	"""
+	def __init__(self):
+		# init all necessary variables
+		self.reqxep, self.opt_arg = None, None
 
-		self.reqxep = str(xepnumber)
 		self.xeplist = None
 		self.acceptedxeps = list()
 
@@ -21,30 +19,40 @@ class XEPRequest:
 		"""
 		query and save the current xep list to reduce network bandwidth
 		"""
-		try:
-			with open(".etag") as file:
+		# check if etag header is present if not set local_etag to ""
+		if os.path.isfile("./common/.etag"):
+			with open("./common/.etag") as file:
 				local_etag = file.read()
-		except FileNotFoundError:
+		else:
 			local_etag = ""
 
 		with requests.Session() as s:
+			# head request the xeplist.xml
 			s.headers.update({'Accept': 'application/xml'})
 			head = s.head("https://xmpp.org/extensions/xeplist.xml")
 			etag = head.headers['etag']
 
+			# compare etag with local_etag if they match up no request is made
 			if local_etag == etag:
-				with open("xeplist.xml", "r") as file:
-					self.xeplist = ET.fromstring(file.read())
+				with open("./common/xeplist.xml", "r") as file:
+					self.xeplist = Et.fromstring(file.read())
+
+			# if the connection is not possible use cached xml if present
+			elif os.path.isfile("./common/xeplist.xml") and head.status_code != 200:
+				with open("./common/xeplist.xml", "r") as file:
+					self.xeplist = Et.fromstring(file.read())
+
+			# in any other case request the latest xml
 			else:
 				r = s.get("https://xmpp.org/extensions/xeplist.xml")
 				r.encoding = 'utf-8'
 				local_etag = head.headers['etag']
 
-				with open("xeplist.xml", "w") as file:
+				with open("./common/xeplist.xml", "w") as file:
 					file.write(r.content.decode())
-					self.xeplist = ET.fromstring(r.content.decode())
+					self.xeplist = Et.fromstring(r.content.decode())
 
-				with open('.etag', 'w') as string:
+				with open('./common/.etag', 'w') as string:
 					string.write(local_etag)
 
 		# populate xep comparison list
@@ -54,34 +62,57 @@ class XEPRequest:
 	def get(self):
 		"""
 		function to query the xep entry if xepnumber is present in xeplist
-		:return: nicely formatted xep header information
+		:return: formatted xep header information
 		"""
+		# all possible subtags grouped by location
+		last_revision_tags = ["date", "version", "initials", "remark"]
+		xep_tags = ["number", "title", "abstract", "type", "status", "approver", "shortname", "sig", "lastcall", "date", "version", "initials", "remark"]
+
 		# check if xeplist is accurate
 		self.req_xeplist()
 
 		result = list()
-		# if requested number is inside acceptedxeps continou
-		if self.reqxep in self.acceptedxeps:
+		# if requested number is member of acceptedxeps continue
+		if str(self.reqxep) in self.acceptedxeps:
 			searchstring = ".//*[@accepted='true']/[number='%s']" % self.reqxep
 
 			for item in self.xeplist.findall(searchstring):
-				for x in range(1,5):
-					result.append(item[x].tag + " : " + item[x].text)
+				# if the opt_arg references is member of xeptag return only that tag
+				if self.opt_arg in xep_tags:
 
+					# if the opt_arg references is member of last_revision_tags return only that subtag
+					if self.opt_arg in last_revision_tags:
+						query = item.find("last-revision").find(self.opt_arg)
+					else:
+						query = item.find(self.opt_arg)
+
+					# append opt_arg results to the result list
+					if query is not None:
+						result.append("%s : %s" % (query.tag, query.text))
+					else:
+						result.append("%s does not have a %s tag." % (self.reqxep, self.opt_arg))
+
+				# in any other case return the general answer
+				else:
+					result_opts = ["title", "type", "abstract", "status"]
+					for tag in result_opts:
+						result.append(item.find(tag).text)
+
+		# if the requested number is no member of acceptedxeps and/or not accepted return error.
 		else:
-			if self.message_type == "groupchat":
-				result.append(self.muc_nick + " : " + "XEP-" + str(self.reqxep) + " : is not available.")
-			else:
-				result.append("XEP-" + str(self.reqxep) + " : is not available.")
+			result.append("XEP-%s : is not available." % self.reqxep)
 
 		return result
 
-	def format(self):
+	def format(self, query, target, opt_arg):
+		"""
+		:param target: number int or str to request the xep for
+		:return:
+		"""
+		self.reqxep = int(target)
+		self.opt_arg = opt_arg
+
 		reply = self.get()
-		if self.message_type == "groupchat":
-			text = "%s: " % self.muc_nick
-			reply[0] = text + reply[0]
 
 		text = '\n'.join(reply)
-
 		return text

common/misc.py

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import validators
+from common.strings import StaticAnswers
+
+
+def deduplicate(reply):
+	"""
+	list deduplication method
+	:param list reply: list containing non unique items
+	:return: list containing unique items
+	"""
+	reply_dedup = list()
+	for item in reply:
+		if item not in reply_dedup:
+			reply_dedup.append(item)
+
+	return reply_dedup
+
+
+def validate(keyword, target):
+	"""
+	validation method to reduce malformed querys and unnecessary connection attempts
+	:param keyword: used keyword
+	:param target: provided target
+	:return: true if valid
+	"""
+	# if keyword in domain_keywords list
+	if keyword in StaticAnswers().keys('domain_keywords'):
+		# if target is a domain / email return True
+		if validators.domain(target) or validators.email(target):
+			return True
+
+	# check if keyword is in number_keyword list
+	elif keyword in StaticAnswers().keys('number_keywords'):
+		# if target only consists of digits return True
+		return target.isdigit()
+
+	# if keyword is in no_arg_keywords list return True
+	elif keyword in StaticAnswers().keys("no_arg_keywords"):
+		return True
+
+	# if the target could not be validated until this return False
+	return False
+
+
+#
+class HandleError:
+	"""
+	simple XMPP error / exception class formating the error condition
+	"""
+	def __init__(self, error, key, target):
+		# init all necessary variables
+		self.text = error.text
+		self.condition = error.condition
+		self.key = key
+		self.target = target
+
+	def report(self):
+		# return the formatted result string to the user
+		text = "%s. %s %s resulted in: %s" % (self.text, self.key, self.target, self.condition)
+
+		return text

common/strings.py

@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ class StaticAnswers:
 			'version':	'!version domain.tld  -- receive XMPP server version',
 			'uptime':	'!uptime domain.tld -- receive XMPP server uptime',
 			'contact':	'!contact domain.tld -- receive XMPP server contact address info',
-			'xep': 		'!xep XEP Number -- recieve information about the specified XEP'}
+			'xep': 		'!xep XEP Number -- recieve information about the specified XEP'
+		}
 		self.possible_answers = {
 			'1': 'I heard that, %s.',
 			'2': 'I am sorry for that %s.',
-			'3': '%s did you try turning it off and on again?'}
+			'3': '%s did you try turning it off and on again?'
+		}
 		self.error_messages = {
 			'1': 'not reachable',
 			'2': 'not a valid target'
@@ -29,14 +31,13 @@ class StaticAnswers:
 			"number_keywords": ["!xep"]
 		}
 
-	def keys(self, arg="", keyword='keywords'):
-		if arg == 'list':
-			try:
-				return self.keywords[keyword]
-			except KeyError:
-				return self.keywords['keywords']
-		else:
-			return self.keywords
+	def keys(self, key=""):
+		# if specific keyword in referenced return that
+		if key in self.keywords.keys():
+			return self.keywords[key]
+
+		# in any other case return the whole dict
+		return self.keywords["keywords"]
 
 	def gen_help(self):
 		helpdoc = "\n".join(['%s' % value for (_, value) in self.helpfile.items()])

main.py

@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
-	Slixmpp: The Slick XMPP Library
-	Copyright (C) 2010  Nathanael C. Fritz
-	This file is part of Slixmpp.
+	James the MagicXMPP Bot
+	build with Slick XMPP Library
+	Copyright (C) 2018 Nico Wellpott
 
 	See the file LICENSE for copying permission.
 """
-import asyncio
 import slixmpp
 import ssl
-import validators
 import configparser
 import logging
 
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from slixmpp.exceptions import XMPPError
 
-from classes.strings import StaticAnswers
-from classes.functions import Version, LastActivity, ContactInfo, HandleError
+import common.misc as misc
+from common.strings import StaticAnswers
+from classes.servercontact import ServerContact
+from classes.version import Version
+from classes.uptime import LastActivity
 from classes.xep import XEPRequest
 
 
@@ -28,11 +29,19 @@ class QueryBot(slixmpp.ClientXMPP):
 		self.ssl_version = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2
 		self.room = room
 		self.nick = nick
+		self.use_message_ids = True
+
+		self.functions = {
+			"!uptime": LastActivity(),
+			"!contact": ServerContact(),
+			"!version": Version(),
+			"!xep": XEPRequest()
+		}
 
 		# session start event, starting point for the presence and roster requests
 		self.add_event_handler('session_start', self.start)
 
-		# register handler to recieve both groupchat and normal message events
+		# register receive handler for both groupchat and normal message events
 		self.add_event_handler('message', self.message)
 
 	def start(self, event):
@@ -43,125 +52,111 @@ class QueryBot(slixmpp.ClientXMPP):
 		self.get_roster()
 
 		# If a room password is needed, use: password=the_room_password
-		for rooms in self.room.split(sep=","):
-			self.plugin['xep_0045'].join_muc(rooms, self.nick, wait=True)
+		if self.room:
+			for rooms in self.room.split(sep=","):
+				logging.debug("joining: %s" % rooms)
+				self.plugin['xep_0045'].join_muc(rooms, self.nick, wait=True)
 
-	def validate_domain(self, wordlist, index):
-		"""
-		validation method to reduce malformed querys and unnecessary connection attempts
-		:param wordlist: words separated by " " from the message
-		:param index: keyword index inside the message
-		:return: true if valid
-		"""
-		# keyword inside the message
-		argument = wordlist[index]
-
-		# check if argument is in the argument list
-		if argument in StaticAnswers().keys(arg='list'):
-			# if argument uses a domain check for occurence in list and check domain
-			if argument in StaticAnswers().keys(arg='list', keyword='domain_keywords'):
-				try:
-					target = wordlist[index + 1]
-					if validators.domain(target):
-						return True
-				except IndexError:
-					# except an IndexError if a keywords is the last word in the message
-					return False
-
-			# check if number keyword is used if true check if target is assignable
-			elif argument in StaticAnswers().keys(arg='list', keyword='number_keywords'):
-				try:
-					target = wordlist[index + 1]
-					return True
-				except IndexError:
-					# except an IndexError if target is not assignable
-					return False
-			# check if argument is inside no_arg list
-			elif argument in StaticAnswers().keys(arg='list', keyword="no_arg_keywords"):
-				return True
-			else:
-				return False
-		else:
-			return False
-
-	def deduplicate(self, reply):
-		"""
-		deduplication method for the result list
-		:param list reply: list containing strings
-		:return: list containing unique strings
-		"""
-		reply_dedup = list()
-		for item in reply:
-			if item not in reply_dedup:
-				reply_dedup.append(item)
-
-		return reply_dedup
-
-	@asyncio.coroutine
-	def message(self, msg):
+	async def message(self, msg):
 		"""
 		:param msg: received message stanza
 		"""
-		# init empty reply list
-		reply = list()
+		data = {
+			'words': list(),
+			'reply': list(),
+			'queue': list()
+		}
 
 		# catch self messages to prevent self flooding
 		if msg['mucnick'] == self.nick:
 			return
+
 		elif self.nick in msg['body']:
 			# add pre predefined text to reply list
-			reply.append(StaticAnswers(msg['mucnick']).gen_answer())
+			data['reply'].append(StaticAnswers(msg['mucnick']).gen_answer())
 
-		# building the queue
-		# double splitting to exclude whitespaces
-		words = " ".join(msg['body'].split()).split(sep=" ")
-		queue = list()
-
-		# check all words in side the message for possible hits
-		for x in enumerate(words):
-			# check word for match in keywords list
-			for y in StaticAnswers().keys(arg='list'):
-				# if so queue the keyword and the postion in the string
-				if x[1] == y:
-					# only add job to queue if domain is valid
-					if self.validate_domain(words, x[0]):
-						queue.append({str(y): x[0]})
+		data = self.build_queue(data, msg)
 
 		# queue
-		for job in queue:
-			for key in job:
-				keyword = key
-				index = job[key]
+		for job in data['queue']:
+			keys = list(job.keys())
+			keyword = keys[0]
 
-				if keyword == '!help':
-					reply.append(StaticAnswers().gen_help())
-					continue
+			target = job[keyword][0]
+			opt_arg = job[keyword][1]
+			query = None
 
-				try:
-					target = words[index + 1]
-					if keyword == '!uptime':
-						last_activity = yield from self['xep_0012'].get_last_activity(target)
-						reply.append(LastActivity(last_activity, msg, target).format_values())
+			if keyword == '!help':
+				data['reply'].append(StaticAnswers().gen_help())
+				continue
 
-					elif keyword == "!version":
-						version = yield from self['xep_0092'].get_version(target)
-						reply.append(Version(version, msg, target).format_version())
+			try:
+				if keyword == "!uptime":
+					query = await self['xep_0012'].get_last_activity(jid=target)
 
-					elif keyword == "!contact":
-						contact = yield from self['xep_0030'].get_info(jid=target, cached=False)
-						reply.append(ContactInfo(contact, msg, target).format_contact())
+				elif keyword == "!version":
+					query = await self['xep_0092'].get_version(jid=target)
 
-					elif keyword == "!xep":
-						reply.append(XEPRequest(msg, target).format())
+				elif keyword == "!contact":
+					query = await self['xep_0030'].get_info(jid=target, cached=False)
 
-				except XMPPError as error:
-					reply.append(HandleError(error, msg, key, target).build_report())
+			except XMPPError as error:
+				logging.info(misc.HandleError(error, keyword, target).report())
+				data['reply'].append(misc.HandleError(error, keyword, target).report())
+				continue
+
+			data["reply"].append(self.functions[keyword].format(query=query, target=target, opt_arg=opt_arg))
 
 		# remove None type from list and send all elements
-		if list(filter(None.__ne__, reply)) and reply:
-			reply = self.deduplicate(reply)
+		if list(filter(None.__ne__, data['reply'])) and data['reply']:
+
+			# if msg type is groupchat prepend mucnick
+			if msg["type"] == "groupchat":
+				data["reply"][0] = "%s: " % msg["mucnick"] + data["reply"][0]
+
+			# reply = misc.deduplicate(data['reply'])
+			reply = data["reply"]
 			self.send_message(mto=msg['from'].bare, mbody="\n".join(reply), mtype=msg['type'])
 
+	def build_queue(self, data, msg):
+		# building the queue
+		# double splitting to exclude whitespaces
+		data['words'] = " ".join(msg['body'].split()).split(sep=" ")
+		wordcount = len(data["words"])
+
+		# check all words in side the message for possible hits
+		for x in enumerate(data['words']):
+			# check for valid keywords
+			index = x[0]
+			keyword = x[1]
+
+			# match all words starting with ! and member of no_arg_keywords
+			if keyword.startswith("!") and keyword in StaticAnswers().keys("no_arg_keywords"):
+				data['queue'].append({keyword: [None, None]})
+
+			# matching all words starting with ! and member of keywords
+			elif keyword.startswith("!") and keyword in StaticAnswers().keys("keywords"):
+				# init variables to circumvent IndexErrors
+				target, opt_arg = None, None
+
+				# compare to wordcount if assignment is possible
+				if index + 1 < wordcount:
+					target = data["words"][index + 1]
+
+				if index + 2 < wordcount:
+					if not data["words"][index + 2].startswith("!"):
+						opt_arg = data["words"][index + 2]
+
+				# only add job to queue if domain is valid
+				if misc.validate(keyword, target):
+					logging.debug("Item added to queue %s" % {str(keyword): [target, opt_arg]})
+					data['queue'].append({str(keyword): [target, opt_arg]})
+
+		# deduplicate queue elements
+		data["queue"] = misc.deduplicate(data["queue"])
+
+		return data
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	# command line arguments.
@@ -170,12 +165,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 						const=logging.ERROR, default=logging.INFO)
 	parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', help='set logging to DEBUG', action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
 						const=logging.DEBUG, default=logging.INFO)
-	parser.add_argument('-D', '--dev', help='set logging to console', action='store_const', dest='logfile', const="",
-						default='bot.log')
+	parser.add_argument('-D', '--dev', help='set logging to console', action='store_const', dest='logfile',
+						const="", default='bot.log')
 	args = parser.parse_args()
 
 	# logging
-	logging.basicConfig(filename=args.logfile, level=args.loglevel, format='%(levelname)-8s %(message)s')
+	logging.basicConfig(filename=args.logfile, level=args.loglevel, format='%(levelname)s: %(asctime)s: %(message)s')
 	logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 	# configfile