Extra Things

This file is meant to say a few extra things that are to small to be in other files

debugging

MeowerBot.py uses logging as its logger. Its a standard practice to log to a file and stdout (standard out).

import logging

logging.basicConfig(
        level=logging.DEBUG,
        handlers=[
                logging.FileHandler("debug.log", encoding='utf8'),
                logging.StreamHandler()
        ]
)

# websockets spams alot more stuff, so its disabled.
logging.getLogger("websockets.client").setLevel(logging.INFO)

You can also use the :ref:` error` callback to send a message on error, but you dont get the command that caused the error.

The Help Cog

The help cog is a cog that adds a help command to your bot. It is a standard practice to load that cog into bots.

from MeowerBot.ext.help import Help

bot.register_cog(Help())

The websocket

MeowerBot.py uses a custom websockets.client wrapper. The bot class subclasses it.

The exported interfaces are:

MeowerBot.cl.Client.sendPacket()

everything there except MeowerBot.cl.Client.sendPacket() is not considered public; Because of that, it can be changed at any time.

Publishing your bot

The best way to publish a meower bot is to put it on the meower community organization as people can audit the code, helping with finding issues, and rule breaks before they ever occur.