All specific functions have been moved into specific modules. Code is clearer now.

admin.py

+#encoding: utf-8
+"""
+Monitoring methods.
+"""
+
+import re
+import sqlite3
+
+import config
+from logs import Log
+from messages import messages
+from utils import get_cursor, get_url, is_moderator
+
+class Admin():
+    def admin(self, user, msg):
+        """
+        Manage moderation.
+        A sub-command should be behind the !~admin command.
+        """
+        Log.debug("admin command")
+        # Searching for a command after admin keyword
+        command = re.search("[~!]admin (list|add|del|timer)", msg)
+        if command:
+            command = command.group(1)
+            if command == "list":
+                return self.admin_list(user)
+            elif command == "add":
+                return self.admin_add(user, msg)
+            elif command == "del":
+                return self.admin_del(user, msg)
+            elif command == "timer":
+                return self.admin_timer(user)
+
+    def admin_list(self, user):
+        """
+        List actual moderators.
+        """
+        Log.debug("admin_list command")
+        if is_moderator(user):
+            connection = sqlite3.connect(config.sqlite_db)
+            names = []
+            for row in connection.execute("SELECT name FROM moderator"):
+                names.append(row[0].encode("utf-8"))
+            return messages["admin_list"] % ", ".join(sorted(names))
+        else:
+            return messages["not_moderator"]
+
+    def admin_add(self, user, msg):
+        """
+        Add some new moderators if not existing yet.
+        """
+        Log.debug("admin_add command")
+        if is_moderator(user):
+            try:
+                names = []
+                connection = sqlite3.connect(config.sqlite_db)
+                result = re.search("[!~]admin add (([^,]+, ?)+)?(.*)", msg)
+                if result.group(1):
+                    names = [name.strip() for name in result.group(1).split(",") if name.strip() != ""]
+                names.append(result.group(3))
+                # Do not add actual moderators
+                moderators = []
+                for row in connection.execute("SELECT name FROM moderator"):
+                    moderators.append(row[0].encode("utf-8"))
+                names = list(set([name for name in names if name not in moderators]))
+                if names:
+                    # Converting set in list of tuples
+                    values = [(name,) for name in names]
+                    connection.executemany("INSERT INTO moderator (name) VALUES (?)", values)
+                    connection.commit()
+                    return messages["admin_add"] % ", ".join(names)
+                else:
+                    return messages["admin_add_empty"]
+            except Exception:
+                return ""
+        else:
+            return messages["not_moderator"]
+
+    def admin_del(self, user, msg):
+        """
+        Delete a moderator from list.
+        """
+        Log.debug("admin_del command")
+        if is_moderator(user):
+            try:
+                names = []
+                result = re.search("[!~]admin del (([^,]+, ?)+)?(.*)", msg)
+                if result.group(1):
+                    names = [name.strip() for name in result.group(1).split(",") if name.strip() != ""]
+                names.append(result.group(3))
+                names = list(set(names))
+                Log.debug(names)
+                connection = sqlite3.connect(config.sqlite_db)
+                for name in names:
+                    connection.execute("DELETE FROM moderator WHERE name=?", (name, ))
+                connection.commit()
+                return messages["admin_del"] % ", ".join(names)
+            except Exception:
+                return ""
+        else:
+            return messages["not_moderator"]
+
+    def admin_timer(self, user):
+        """
+        Relaunch a timer.
+        """
+        Log.debug("admin_timer command")
+        if is_moderator(user):
+            return "REACTOR"
+        else:
+            return messages["not_moderator"]

fun.py

+#encoding: utf-8
+"""
+Fun commands.
+"""
+
+from random import choice
+
+def fun(user, channel, message):
+    """
+    This function is there to add some fun commands which could be not used easily.
+    """
+    # Specific answer to Deltree, the animal's joke
+    if user.lower()=="deltree" and msg=="\_o< ~ Coin ~ >o_/":
+        animal = choice([
+            {
+                "left": """><((('>""",
+                "right": """<')))><""",
+                "sound": "blub",
+            },
+            {
+                "left": """=^..^=""",
+                "right": """=^..^=""",
+                "sound": "meow",
+            },
+            {
+                "left": """ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ""",
+                "right": """ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ""",
+                "sound": "wouf",
+            },
+            {
+                "left": """\_o<""",
+                "right": """>o_/""",
+                "sound": "coin",
+            },
+            {
+                "left": """^(*(oo)*)^""",
+                "right": """^(*(oo)*)^""",
+                "sound": "grouïk",
+            },
+            {
+                "left": """~~(__^·>""",
+                "right": """<·^__)~~""",
+                "sound": "yiik",
+            },
+        ])
+        return messages["coin_deltree"] % (
+            animal["left"],
+            animal["sound"],
+            animal["sound"],
+            animal["right"],
+        )
+    return ""

logs.py

+#encoding: utf-8
+"""
+Utilities classes.
+"""
+
+import time
+
+import config
+
+class Log(object):
+    """
+    Simple utility class to log easily.
+    """
+    @classmethod
+    def log(cls, message):
+        """
+        Logging message with timestamp.
+        """
+        actual_time = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", time.localtime())
+        with open(config.LOG_FILE, 'a') as file_handle:
+            try:
+                file_handle.write("%s: %s\n" % (actual_time, message.encode("utf-8")))
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                file_handle.write("%s: %s\n" % (actual_time, message))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def debug(cls, message):
+        """
+        Manage DEBUG level of logging.
+        """
+        if config.LOG_LEVEL >= config.DEBUG:
+            cls.log("%s: %s" % ("DEBUG", message))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def warning(cls, message):
+        """
+        Manage WARNING level of logging.
+        """
+        if config.LOG_LEVEL >= config.WARNING:
+            cls.log("%s: %s" % ("WARNING", message))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def info(cls, message):
+        """
+        Manage INFO level of logging.
+        """
+        if config.LOG_LEVEL >= config.INFO:
+            cls.log("%s: %s" % ("INFO", message))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def error(cls, message):
+        """
+        Manage ERROR level of logging.
+        """
+        if config.LOG_LEVEL >= config.ERROR:
+            cls.log("%s: %s" % ("ERROR", message))
+

messages.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ messages = {
     """Bonjour, je suis le bot de la Quadrature du Net, vous pouvez me demander de l'aide si besoin. (wantzel help)""",
 
     "help":
-    """Mes commandes sont : ~help ~rp(cpam) ~status ~kill ~stats et ~admin.
+    """Mes commandes sont : ~help ~rp(cpa) ~status ~kill ~stats et ~admin.
     Pour plus d'informations, voir ici: https://wiki.laquadrature.net/Wantzel
     Pour obtenir de l'aide sur une commande en particulier, il suffit de taper ~help <commande>""",
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ messages = {
 
     "help_rp":
     """Cette commande sert à ajouter un article à la Revue de Presse (https://wiki.laquadrature.net/Revue_de_presse)
-    L'utilisation se fait sous la forme: ~rp <url de l'article à ajouter>""",
+    L'utilisation se fait sous la forme: ~rp(cpa) <url de l'article à ajouter>""",
 
     "help_status":
     """Cette commande sert à retrouver les informations concernant un article ajouté à la Revue de Presse (https://wiki.laquadrature.net/Revue_de_presse)

monitor.py

+#encoding: utf-8
+"""
+Monitoring methods.
+"""
+
+import feedparser
+import sqlite3
+import time
+
+import config
+from logs import Log
+from messages import messages
+
+class Wiki():
+    def __init__(self, name, url):
+        # wiki's name
+        self.name = name
+        # base url
+        self.url = url
+        # default last_entry_published
+        self.last_entry_updated = time.strptime("2000-01-01", "%Y-%m-%d")
+        # See if there is a later last_entry_published for wiki
+        connection = sqlite3.connect(config.sqlite_db)
+        for row in connection.execute(
+            "SELECT last_entry_updated FROM wikis WHERE name=?",
+            (self.name,)
+        ):
+            self.last_entry_updated = time.strptime(
+                row[0].encode("utf-8"),
+                "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z"
+            )
+        Log.debug("Dernière mise à jour du wiki: %s" % self.last_entry_updated)
+
+    def set_last_entry_updated(self, last_entry_updated):
+        self.last_entry_updated = last_entry_updated
+        last_entry_updated = time.strftime(
+            "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z",
+            self.last_entry_updated
+        )
+        connection = sqlite3.connect(config.sqlite_db)
+        connection.execute(
+            "UPDATE wikis SET last_entry_updated=? WHERE name=?",
+            (last_entry_updated, self.name)
+        )
+        connection.commit()
+
+class Monitor():
+    def __init__(self):
+        # List of wikis to monitor
+        self.wikis = []
+        for wiki in config.wikis["mediawiki"]:
+            self.wikis.append(Wiki(wiki["name"], wiki["url"]))
+
+    def wiki_updates(self):
+        """
+        This method loops over each wiki to monitor.
+        """
+        messages = []
+        for wiki in self.wikis:
+            url = wiki.url + "api.php?days=1&limit=50&translations=filter&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atom"
+            now = time.localtime()
+            today = time.strptime("%s-%s-%s %s" % (
+                now.tm_year,
+                now.tm_mon,
+                now.tm_mday,
+                time.tzname[0]
+                ), "%Y-%m-%d %Z")
+            entries = feedparser.parse(url)['entries']
+            for entry in entries:
+                # if date of update is greater than today midnight
+                if today < entry.updated_parsed:
+                    if wiki.last_entry_updated < entry.updated_parsed:
+                        # Ecriture de la mise à jour sur le canal de travail
+                        messages.append(messages["wiki_update"] % (
+                            entry.author.encode("utf-8"),
+                            entry.title.encode("utf-8"),
+                            entry.link.encode("utf-8"),
+                        ))
+                        # Save last_entry_published
+                        wiki.set_last_entry_updated(entry.updated_parsed)
+        return messages

op.py

+#encoding: utf-8
+"""
+Channel operator methods.
+"""
+
+import re
+
+import config
+from logs import Log
+from messages import messages
+
+class Op():
+    def __init__(self):
+        # Sequence for op_mode verification (fibonacci)
+        self.op_sequence = [1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55]
+        self.op_offset = 0
+        self.op_counter = 0
+
+    def need_op_mode(self, me, params):
+        """
+        Send a message on channel RP_CHANNEL to beg an op mode to each actual operators.
+        params is an array with :
+            - params[0]:
+            - params[1]:
+            - params[2]: the channel
+            - params[3]: the list of all users on the channel
+        """
+        Log.debug("Names : %s" % params)
+        message = ""
+        if params[2]==config.RP_CHANNEL:
+            ops = [user[1:] for user in params[3].split() if user[0]=="@"]
+            if me not in params[3]:
+                # Testing based on fibonacci sequence
+                self.op_counter += 1
+                Log.debug("op_counter  : %s" % self.op_counter)
+                Log.debug("op_offset   : %s" % self.op_offset)
+                Log.debug("op_sequence : %s" % self.op_sequence[self.op_offset])
+                if self.op_counter>self.op_sequence[self.op_offset]:
+                    message = messages["please_op"] % ", ".join(ops)
+                    # Then reset op_counter
+                    self.op_counter = 0
+                    # And move the sequence further in order not to spam channel
+                    if self.op_offset<len(self.op_sequence)-1:
+                        self.op_offset += 1
+        return message
+
+    def get_op_mode(self, user, flag_set):
+        # Cleaning user name
+        user = re.search("([^!]*)!", user).group(1)
+        if flag_set:
+            # reset counter and sequence
+            self.op_counter = 0
+            self.op_offset = 0
+            # thanks to user
+            return messages["oped"] % user
+        else:
+            # bad user ;o(
+            return messages["deoped"] % user

rp.py

+#encoding: utf-8
+"""
+Press review methods.
+"""
+
+import feedparser
+import sqlite3
+import time
+
+import config
+from logs import Log
+from messages import messages
+from utils import get_cursor, get_url, is_moderator
+
+class Rp():
+    def __init__(self):
+        """
+        Initialisation of the press review utilities
+        """
+        # Date of next cleaning
+        next_week = time.localtime(time.mktime(time.localtime())+(config.MASTER_CLEANING*86400))
+        self.next_cleaning = time.strptime("%s-%s-%s %s" % (
+            next_week.tm_year,
+            next_week.tm_mon,
+            next_week.tm_mday,
+            time.tzname[0]
+        ), "%Y-%m-%d %Z")
+        # Number of press review articles actually waiting
+        self.number = None
+        # default last_entry_published for tweets
+        self.last_entry_published = time.strptime("2000-01-01", "%Y-%m-%d")
+        # See if there is a later last_entry_published for tweets
+        connection = sqlite3.connect(config.sqlite_db)
+        for row in connection.execute("SELECT last_entry_published FROM tweets"):
+            self.last_entry_published = time.strptime(
+                row[0].encode("utf-8"),
+                "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z"
+            )
+        Log.debug("Dernier tweet: %s" % self.last_entry_published)
+
+    def tweet(self):
+        """
+        Tweet some RP based on french and english feeds
+        """
+        for feed in config.feeds:
+            self.rp_to_twitter(feed)
+
+    def rp_to_twitter(self, feed):
+        """
+        By parsing the RSS feed of the press-review, we know what to tweet.
+        """
+        Log.debug("rp_to_twitter method")
+        now = time.localtime()
+        today = time.strptime("%s-%s-%s %s" % (
+            now.tm_year,
+            now.tm_mon,
+            now.tm_mday,
+            time.tzname[0]
+            ), "%Y-%m-%d %Z")
+        language = "fr"
+        if "/en/" in feed:
+            language = "en"
+        entries = feedparser.parse(feed)['entries']
+        entries.reverse()
+        Log.debug(self.last_entry_published)
+        for entry in entries:
+            # if date of publication is greater than today, midnight, and
+            # lesser than future
+            if today < entry.published_parsed < now:
+                if self.last_entry_published < entry.published_parsed:
+                    # Let's see if we can truncate the lenght of the tweet
+                    # We have 5 chars for the language, so max-length is 135
+                    title = entry.title.encode("utf-8")
+                    link = entry.link.encode("utf-8")
+                    if len(title) + min(len(link),23) > 135:
+                        # What is the number of chars we need to remove
+                        excess = len(title) + min(len(link),23) - 135
+                        title = ''.join([title[:-(excess + 2)], ' …'])
+                    tweet(messages["tweet_rp_%s" % language] % (
+                        title,
+                        link
+                    ))
+                    Log.debug(entry.published_parsed)
+                    Log.debug(entry.title)
+                    # Save last_entry_published
+                    self.last_entry_published = entry.published_parsed
+                    last_entry_published = time.strftime(
+                        "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z",
+                        self.last_entry_published
+                    )
+                    connection = sqlite3.connect(config.sqlite_db)
+                    connection.execute(
+                        "UPDATE tweets SET last_entry_published=?",
+                        (last_entry_published,)
+                    )
+                    connection.commit()
+                    # Tweet only one message in order not to spam
+                    return
+                else:
+                    Log.debug(entry.title)
+                    Log.debug(entry.published_parsed)
+
+    def count_articles(self):
+        """
+        Count number of articles not done in RP and returns new topic of the press review channel
+        if necessary.
+        """
+        Log.debug("count_articles method")
+        topic = ""
+        cursor = get_cursor()
+        cursor.execute("""SELECT COUNT(*) FROM presse
+            WHERE DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 2 MONTH)<datec
+            AND note > 2
+            AND nid = 0""")
+        rows = cursor.fetchall()
+        number = int(rows[0][0])
+        Log.debug("Found %s articles." % number)
+        if self.number != number:
+            topic = messages["topic"] % number
+        self.number = number
+        return topic
+
+    def clean_master_rp(self):
+        """
+        This method cleans known users from rp_mastering each MASTER_CLEANING days
+        """
+        if time.localtime()>self.next_cleaning:
+            # Cleaning users
+            connection = sqlite3.connect(config.sqlite_db)
+            connection.execute("UPDATE rpator SET score=score-1")
+            connection.execute("DELETE FROM rpator WHERE score<1")
+            connection.commit()
+            # Date of next cleaning
+            next_week = time.localtime(time.mktime(time.localtime())+(MASTER_CLEANING*86400))
+            self.next_cleaning = time.strptime("%s-%s-%s %s" % (
+                next_week.tm_year,
+                next_week.tm_mon,
+                next_week.tm_mday,
+                time.tzname[0]
+            ), "%Y-%m-%d %Z")
+
+    def status(self, user, msg):
+        """
+        Retrieving status of the article in rp database.
+        """
+        url = get_url(msg)
+        Log.debug("url: %s" % url)
+        if not url:
+            return ""
+
+        # Looking for such an article in database
+        cursor = get_cursor()
+        # We need to be able to retrieve an url with "http" or "https"
+        if url.startswith("https"):
+            url2 = "http" + url[5:]
+        else:
+            url2 = "https" + url[4:]
+        cursor.execute("""
+            SELECT cite, nid, note
+            FROM presse
+            WHERE url = %s
+            OR url = %s""",
+            (url, url2)
+        )
+        rows = cursor.fetchall()
+        if not rows:
+            return messages["status_unknown_article"] % user
+        message = "%s: note %s / " % (user, rows[0][2])
+        if rows[0][0] & 1:
+            message += "cite LQdN / "
+        if rows[0][0] & 2:
+            message += "parle de LQdN / "
+        if rows[0][0] & 4:
+            message += "archivé / "
+        if rows[0][1] > 0:
+            message += "publié (https://laquadrature.net/node/%s) / " % rows[0][1]
+        else:
+            message += "non publié / "
+        return message[:-3]
+
+    def kill(self, user, msg):
+        """
+        Kill an article by setting its score to -100.
+        """
+        Log.debug("kill command")
+        if is_moderator(user):
+            url = get_url(msg)
+            Log.debug("url: %s" % url)
+            if url == "":
+                return message
+            elif url == "http":
+                return messages["rp_http"] % user
+            # Looking for such an article in database
+            cursor = get_cursor()
+            # We need to be able to retrieve an url with "http" or "https"
+            if url.startswith("https"):
+                url2 = "http" + url[5:]
+            else:
+                url2 = "https" + url[4:]
+            cursor.execute("""
+                SELECT id, note
+                FROM presse
+                WHERE url = %s
+                OR url = %s""",
+                (url, url2)
+            )
+            rows = cursor.fetchall()
+            if not rows:
+                return messages["kill_none"] % url
+            else:
+                cursor.execute("UPDATE presse SET note=-100 WHERE id=%s", (rows[0][0], ))
+                return messages["kill_done"] % url
+        return messages["not_moderator"]
+
+    def stats(self):
+        """
+        Returns stats on articles in press review.
+        """
+        Log.debug("stats command")
+        cursor = get_cursor()
+        periods = [1, 3, 7, 15]
+        notes = [0, 3, 4]
+        notnull = 0
+        somethingatall = 0
+        for note in notes:
+            notnull = 0
+            period_result = ""
+            for period in periods:
+                cursor.execute("""
+                    SELECT COUNT(id) AS cid
+                    FROM presse
+                    WHERE nid=0
+                    AND datec>(NOW()-INTERVAL %s DAY)
+                    AND note>=%s""",
+                    (period, note)
+                )
+                rows = cursor.fetchall()
+                if rows[0][0] > 0:
+                    period_result = period_result + "%sj:%s, " % (period, rows[0][0])
+                    notnull = 1
+                    somethingatall = 1
+            if notnull:
+                return "note>=%s: " % note + period_result[:-2]
+        if somethingatall == 0:
+            return messages["stats_bravo"] % periods[-1]
+
+    def rp(self, command, user, channel, msg):
+        """
+        Adding the article in rp database.
+        """
+        cite = 0
+        note = 1
+        answer = False
+        url = get_url(msg)
+        Log.debug("url: %s" % url)
+        if not url:
+            return ""
+
+        # Managing flags
+        # LQdN is quoted
+        if "c" in command:
+            cite += 1
+        # the article speak about LQdN
+        if command.count("p") > 1:
+            cite += 2
+        # Archive this article
+        if "a" in command:
+            cite += 4