administration.lua: kicking via tg is much faster than kicking via API

control.lua: added /script command

bindings.lua

@@ -187,11 +187,18 @@ function bindings:sendPhotoID(chat_id, file_id, caption, reply_to_message_id, di
 
 end
 
-function bindings.curlRequest(curl_command)
- -- Use at your own risk. Will not check for success.
-
-	io.popen(curl_command)
-
+function bindings.curlRequest(curl_command, give_output)
+	if give_output then
+		local s = io.popen(curl_command):read('*all')
+		local tab = JSON.encode(s)
+		if not tab then return false end
+		if not tab.ok then
+			return false, tab.description
+		end
+		return tab
+	else
+		io.popen(curl_command)
+	end
 end
 
 function bindings:sendPhoto(chat_id, photo, caption, reply_to_message_id, disable_notification)

bot.lua

@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ function bot:init() -- The function run when the bot is started or reloaded.
 	end
 
 	-- Fetch bot information. Try until it succeeds.
-	repeat self.info = bindings.getMe(self) until self.info
+	repeat
+		print('Fetching bot information...')
+		self.info = bindings.getMe(self)
+	until self.info
 	self.info = self.info.result
 
 	-- Load the "database"! ;)

plugins/administration.lua

@@ -242,9 +242,7 @@ function administration:update_desc(chat)
 end
 
 function administration:kick_user(chat, target, reason)
-	if not bindings.kickChatMember(self, chat, target) then
-		drua.kick_user(chat, target)
-	end
+	drua.kick_user(chat, target)
 	utilities.handle_exception(self, target..' kicked from '..chat, reason)
 end
 
@@ -1037,11 +1035,11 @@ function administration.init_command(self_)
 				else
 					administration.kick_user(self, msg.chat.id, target.id, 'hammered by '..msg.from.id)
 					self.database.blacklist[target.id_str] = true
-					--for k,v in pairs(self.database.administration.groups) do
-						--if not v.flags[6] then
-							--administration.kick_user(self, k, target.id)
-						--end
-					--end
+					for k,v in pairs(self.database.administration.groups) do
+						if not v.flags[6] then
+							drua.kick_user(k, target.id)
+						end
+					end
 					local output = target.name .. ' has been globally banned.'
 					if group.flags[6] == true then
 						group.bans[target.id_str] = true
@@ -1114,6 +1112,7 @@ function administration.init_command(self_)
 				end
 				table.insert(self.database.administration.activity, msg.chat.id_str)
 				bindings.sendReply(self, msg, 'I am now administrating this group.')
+				drua.channel_set_admin(msg.chat.id, self.info.id, 2)
 			end
 		},
 

plugins/control.lua

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ local utilities = require('utilities')
 
 function control:init()
 	control.triggers = utilities.triggers(self.info.username):t('reload'):t('halt').table
+	table.insert(control.triggers, '^/script')
 end
 
 function control:action(msg)
@@ -30,6 +31,18 @@ function control:action(msg)
 	elseif msg.text:match('^'..utilities.INVOCATION_PATTERN..'halt') then
 		self.is_started = false
 		bindings.sendReply(self, msg, 'Stopping bot!')
+	elseif msg.text:match('^'..utilities.INVOCATION_PATTERN..'script') then
+		local input = msg.text:match('^'..utilities.INVOCATION_PATTERN..'script\n(.+)')
+		if not input then
+			bindings.sendReply(self, msg, 'usage: ```\n/script\n/command <arg>\n...\n```', true)
+			return
+		end
+		input = input .. '\n'
+		for command in input:gmatch('(.-)\n') do
+			command = utilities.trim(command)
+			msg.text = command
+			bot.on_msg_receive(self, msg)
+		end
 	end
 
 end

utilities.lua

@@ -144,14 +144,12 @@ function utilities.build_name(first, last)
 end
 
 function utilities:resolve_username(input)
-
 	input = input:gsub('^@', '')
 	for _,v in pairs(self.database.users) do
 		if v.username and v.username:lower() == input:lower() then
 			return v
 		end
 	end
-
 end
 
 function utilities:user_from_message(msg, no_extra)