Help table generator

plugins/9gag.lua

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ function run(msg, matches)
 end
 
 return {
-    description = "send random image from 9gag", 
+    description = "9GAG for telegram", 
-    usage = "!9gag",
+    usage = "!9gag: Send random image from 9gag",
     patterns = {"^!9gag$"}, 
     run = run 
 }

plugins/giphy.lua

@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ function run(msg, matches)
 end
 
 return {
-  description = "Sends you a laughable gif",
+  description = "GIFs from telegram with Giphy API",
-  usage = "",
+  usage = {
+    "!gif (term): Search and sends GIF from Giphy. If no param, sends a trending GIF.",
+    "!giphy (term): Search and sends GIF from Giphy. If no param, sends a trending GIF."
+    },
   patterns = {
     "^!gif$",
     "^!gif (.*)",

plugins/google.lua

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ function run(msg, matches)
 end
 
 return {
-   description = "Searches Google",
+   description = "Searches Google and send results",
-   usage = "!google terms",
+   usage = "!google [terms]",
    patterns = {
       "^!google (.*)$",
       "^%.[g|G]oogle (.*)$"

plugins/help.lua

@@ -1,17 +1,66 @@
+-- Generate an HTML table for GitHub
+function html_help()
+  local text = [[<table>
+    <thead>
+      <tr>
+        <td><strong>Name</strong></td>
+        <td><strong>Description</strong></td>
+        <td><strong>Usage</strong></td>
+      </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody>]]
 
-function run(msg, matches)
+  for k,v in pairs(plugins_names()) do
+    t = loadfile("plugins/"..v)()
+    text = text.."<tr>"
+    text = text.."<td>"..v.."</td>"
+    text = text.."<td>"..t.description.."</td>"
+    text = text.."<td>"
+    if (type(t.usage) == "table") then
+      for ku,vu in pairs(t.usage) do
+        text = text..vu.."<br>"
+      end
+    else
+      text = text..t.usage
+    end
+    text = text.."</td>"
+    text = text.."</tr>"
+  end
+  text = text.."</tbody></table>"
+  return text
+end
+
+function telegram_help( )
   local ret = ""
   for k, dict in pairs(plugins) do
-  	if dict.usage ~= "" then
+    if dict.usage ~= "" then
-    	ret = ret .. dict.usage .. " -> " .. dict.description .. "\n"
+      if (type(dict.usage) == "table") then
-	end
+        for ku,vu in pairs(dict.usage) do
+          ret = ret..vu.." "
+        end
+      else
+        ret = ret..dict.usage
+      end
+      ret = ret .. " -> " .. dict.description .. "\n"
+    end
   end
   return ret
 end
 
+function run(msg, matches)
+  if matches[1] == "!help md" then
+    return html_help()
+  else
+    return telegram_help()
+  end
+end
+
 return {
     description = "Lists all available commands", 
-    usage = "!help",
+    usage = {"!help", "!help md"},
-    patterns = {"^!help$"}, 
+    patterns = {
+      "^!help$",
+      "^!help md$"
+    }, 
     run = run 
 }

plugins/invite.lua

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ end
 
 return {
     description = "Invite other user to the chat group", 
-    usage = "!invite name [user_name], !invite id [user_id]",
+    usage = {
+      "!invite name [user_name]", 
+      "!invite id [user_id]" },
     patterns = {
       "^!invite (name) (.*)$",
       "^!invite (id) (%d+)$"

plugins/plugins.lua

@@ -100,14 +100,17 @@ function run(msg, matches)
 end
 
 return {
-	description = "Enables, disables and reloads plugins", 
+	description = "Enables, disables and reloads plugins. Privileged users only.", 
-	usage = "!plugins, !plugins enable [plugin], !plugins disable [plugin], !plugins reload",
+	usage = {
+		"!plugins: list all plugins", 
+		"!plugins enable [plugin]",
+		"!plugins disable [plugin]",
+		"!plugins reload" },
 	patterns = {
 		"^!plugins$",
 		"^!plugins? (enable) (.*)$",
 		"^!plugins? (disable) (.*)$",
-		"^!plugins? (reload)$"
+		"^!plugins? (reload)$" }, 
-		}, 
 	run = run,
 	privileged = true
 }