node-tip-bot is an open-source node.js IRC bot for tipping with altcoins. It uses node-cannacoin for integration with Cannacoin's JSON RPC API.

Installation

To install node-tip-bot simply clone this repo and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/cannacoin-project/node-tip-bot
cd node-tip-bot
npm install

After installation proceed to the configuration.

Configuration

To configure, copy the config/config.sample.yml file to config/config.yml.

connection

IRC network connection info.

• host - hostname of the IRC server
• port - port of the IRC server
• secure - use secured connection
• status_command - NickServ command to get nick's login status, ACC on freenode, STATUS on some other networks

login

IRC network connection and login info.

• nickname - bot's nickname
• username - bot's username
• realname - bot's realname
• nickserv_password - nickserv password to identify with

channels

List of channels to auto-join to.

webadmin

Web interface settings.

• enabled - enabled web admin
• port - port to bound to
• users - list of users with access to web interface in name: password format

log

Logging settings.

• file - file to log to. Set to false to disable logging to file.

rpc

JSON RPC API connection info.

• host - JSON RPC API hostname
• port - API port (by default 22555 for cannacoin)
• user - API username
• pass - API password (keep that secure)

coin

Basic coin settings.

• withdrawal_fee - fee charged on withdraw to cover up txfee, the rest goes to bot's wallet.
• min_withdraw - minimum amount of coins to withdraw
• min_confirmations - minimum amount of confirmations needed to tip/withdraw coins
• min_tip - minimum amount of coins to tip
• min_rain - minimum amount of coins to make rain
• short_name - short coin's name (eg. CCN)
• full_name - full coin's name (eg. Cannacoin)

commands

Here you can restrict some commands to work only on PM/channel.

messages

Whatever the bot says. Supports expandable variables (eg. %nick% for bot's nick). By default all config vars from rpc section are available.

How does it work?

Every nickname has it's own account in your wallet. When tipping or withdrawing, bot checks if user is registered and identified with NickServ. If so, he moves the money from one account to another, or when withdrawing, transfers coins to other wallet.

How to run it?

Before running the bot, you have to be running your coin daemon with JSON-RPC API enabled. To enable, add this to your coin daemon configuration file (eg. ~/.cannacoin/cannacoin.conf):

server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=<your username>
rpcpassword=<your super secret password>
rpcallowip=<your bot's ip address or just 127.0.0.1 if hosted on the same machine>

To run the bot simply use node bin/tipbot or npm start.

Commands

Command	Arguments	Description
balance		displays your current wallet balance
address		displays address where you can send your funds to the tip bot
withdraw	<address>	withdraws your whole wallet balance to specified address
tip	<nick> <amount>	sends the specified amount of coins to the specified nickname
rain	<amount> [max]	displays terms and conditions for using the tip bot
networkhps		displays the current network hashpersec
diff		displays the current network difficulty
help		displays configured help message (by default similiar to this one)
terms		displays terms and conditions for using the tip bot