# Sopel IRC Bot

**Category:** Standalone_Bot
**Original Author:** Unknown

## Description
Sopel is a standalone IRC bot written in Python that provides a wide range of features for managing and interacting with IRC channels, including command execution, event handling, and module loading.

## Key Features
- Manages IRC channels through commands like joining, parting, kicking, and oping users.
- Loads and executes modules defined in `.py` files to extend functionality.
- Supports configuration through a `config.py` file for custom settings.
- Provides various command-line tools for building and releasing the bot.

## File Analysis
- **checkstyle.sh** — Script for linting Python source code.
- **ci_build.sh** — Build script for running tests in both Python 2.7 and 3.x environments.
- **conftest.py** — Pytest configuration file to ignore certain test files.
- **pytest_run.py** — Entry point for running pytest from the command line.
- **setup.py** — Setup script for packaging and distributing Sopel using setuptools.
- **sopel.py** — Main entry point of the bot, invoking `run_script.main()`.
- **release.sh** — Script for releasing a new version of Sopel to PyPI and setting up documentation on a server.
- **update_db.py** — Migration script for updating database schema from older versions to 5.0.
- **makerpm.py** — Script for creating an RPM package for Sopel.
- **make.bat** — Batch file for Sphinx documentation build.
- **conf.py** — Configuration file for Sphinx documentation generation.
- **__init__.py** — Initialization module providing version information and basic setup.
- **bot.py** — Core bot functionality, including IRC connection management and event handling.
- **coretasks.py** — Module containing core tasks for the bot to handle standard IRC events.
- **db.py** — Database operations using SQLite and JSON serialization.
- **formatting.py** — Provides formatting functions for IRC messages.
- **irc.py** — IRC protocol utility module with basic connection and message handling.
- **loader.py** — Module responsible for loading and managing Sopel modules.
- **logger.py** — Logging configuration and handler for sending logs to IRC channels.
- **module.py** — Decorators and utilities for defining and executing commands, events, and other bot actions.
- **run_script.py** — Entry point script for running the bot with command-line arguments.
- **test_tools.py** — Testing utilities for Sopel modules.
- **trigger.py** — Trigger handling and parsing module.
- **web.py** — Web-related functions for interacting with web applications or websites.
- **admin.py** — Admin commands and configuration section.
- **adminchannel.py** — Channel management commands for admins.
- **announce.py** — Module to send announcements to all channels the bot is in.
- **bugzilla.py** — Bug reporting module using XML parsing.
- **calc.py** — Calculator module with basic arithmetic operations.
- **clock.py** — Time-related functionality including timezone handling and countdowns.
- **countdown.py** — Countdown timer module.
- **currency.py** — Currency exchange rate lookup module.
- **dice.py** — Dice rolling module for random number generation.
- **etymology.py** — Etymology lookup module using web scraping.
- **find.py** — Spelling correction and replacement module.
- **find_updates.py** — Module to check for updates from a specified URL.
- **help.py** — Help command providing documentation for other commands.
- **ip.py** — GeoIP lookup module.
- **ipython.py** — Interactive Python console for the bot.
- **isup.py** — Website status checker using isup.me API.
- **lmgtfy.py** — Let me Google that for you module.
- **meetbot.py** — Meeting logging and management module.
- **movie.py** — Movie information lookup module.
- **ping.py** — Greeting and interjection handling module.
- **rand.py** — Random number generation module.
- **reddit.py** — Reddit-related commands and information retrieval.
- **reload.py** — Module reloader for admin use.
- **remind.py** — Reminder management module.
- **safety.py** — URL safety check using VirusTotal API.
- **search.py** — Web search functionality.
- **seen.py** — Command to see when a user was last seen in the IRC channel.
- **spellcheck.py** — Spell checking and correction module.
- **tell.py** — Tell and ask command for sending messages later.
- **tld.py** — Top-level domain information lookup.
- **translate.py** — Translation module using web APIs.
- **unicode_info.py** — Codepoint information lookup.