minor improvements

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 plugins/administration.lua
+plugins/CUSTOM.lua

bindings.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-- bindings.lua
+-- Bindings for the Telegram bot API.
+-- https://core.telegram.org/bots/api
+
+assert(HTTPS)
+assert(JSON)
+
 local BASE_URL = 'https://api.telegram.org/bot' .. config.bot_api_key
 
 if not config.bot_api_key then

config.lua

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ return {
 	admin_name = 'John Smith',
 	log_chat = nil,
 	about_text = [[
-I am otouto, the plugin-wielding, multi-purpose Telegram bot written by topkecleon.
+I am otouto, the plugin-wielding, multi-purpose Telegram bot.
 
 Send /help to get started.
 

plugins/apod.lua

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ local action = function(msg)
 		url = url .. '&date=' .. URL.escape(input)
 		date = date .. input
 	else
-		date = date .. os.date("%Y-%m-%d")
+		date = date .. os.date("%F")
 	end
 
 	date = date .. '*\n'
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ local action = function(msg)
 		return
 	end
 
-	--local weburl = 'http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap' .. date_url .. '.html'
+	local img_url = jdat.hdurl or jdat.url
-	--output = date .. '[' .. jdat.title  .. '](' .. weburl .. ')\n'
+	output = date .. '[' .. jdat.title  .. '](' .. img_url .. ')\n'
-	output = date .. '[' .. jdat.title  .. '](' .. jdat.hdurl .. ')\n'
 
 	if jdat.copyright then
 		output = output .. 'Copyright: ' .. jdat.copyright

utilities.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 -- utilities.lua
 -- Functions shared among plugins.
 
+HTTP = require('socket.http')
+HTTPS = require('ssl.https')
+JSON = require('dkjson')
+
  -- get the indexed word in a string
 get_word = function(s, i)
 
@@ -152,4 +156,42 @@ handle_exception = function(err, message)
 		print(output)
 	end
 
+end
+
+ -- Okay, this one I actually did copy from yagop.
+ -- https://github.com/yagop/telegram-bot/blob/master/bot/utils.lua
+download_file = function(url, filename)
+
+	local respbody = {}
+	local options = {
+		url = url,
+		sink = ltn12.sink.table(respbody),
+		redirect = true
+	}
+
+	local response = nil
+
+	if url:match('^https') then
+		options.redirect = false
+		response = { HTTPS.request(options) }
+	else
+		response = { HTTP.request(options) }
+	end
+
+	local code = response[2]
+	local headers = response[3]
+	local status = response[4]
+
+	if code ~= 200 then return false end
+
+	filename = filename or os.time()
+
+	local file_path = '/tmp/'..filename
+
+	file = io.open(file_path, 'w+')
+	file:write(table.concat(respbody))
+	file:close()
+
+	return file_path
+
 end