Server Bot or client Bot

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I was going to build a bot that replies to some simple chat messages.

I would like it to have a standard JID as unique identifier.

Does that require me to implement it as a client (smack) connected to a server? Or, can I implement it for deployment in the Wildfire server?

Would this then be a wildfire plugin, or a server component?

Say I wanted to build a small framework, to hook into either one, to allow bots to execute as clients, or in the server. Any advice?

Many thanks in advance

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Hey Kenneth,

You can either implement that functionality in a client, an internal component or an external component. Implementing it as a client or external component will let you hook your functionality to other servers (if that is a requirement). If you need to access internal server’'s API then as an internal component is the way to go.

Regards,

– Gato

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I see, all of the above.

Using either of these I can implement a bot that users see in their contact list as

e.g. eliza@jabber.xyz.com?

Where can I read more to understand the trade-offs? The information regarding

internal APIs and portability between Jabber servers was really helpful. At this point I have no problem committing to Wildfire.

I have to address scalability for instance. Taking the two server implementation options, will it matter?

I suppose I can use Connection Managers in either case.

I suppose I impose the same load on the Wildfire Message Router in either case.

I suppose I have the choice to distribute external server components on helper servers, maybe even load balance them. You could argue that you can code this yourself in a Wildfire Plugin/Internal API, but that isn’'t the core of my question.

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Hello,

May I ask a newbie precision : is it possible to make multiple instances of a plugin into the same server ? Or is it possible to have a server instantiate multiple bots dynamically to which it will forward specific messages ?

Thanks, Guillaume

Message was edited by: gdenis

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Good question !!.

I don’'t know, but I have had to do multiples bots in several apps in C++ because is the only form that I know to have a bot in each one of the chatrooms.