Real-Time Board Watcher - Python(3) version This is a configurable script that monitors new posts from 4chan board(s) in various ways with support for daemonisation and JSON output. For a list of dependencies read DEPS. NOTE: This is designed as a `backend' and not intended for human-readable output; unless you like reading JSON. NOTE2: By default comments and subjects are not saved (SLV_NOTEXT), I will make this configurable from the command eventually but look at changing StripLevel in the script to change what information is lossily compressed for now. -- Script -- Usage: python3 rtbw.py Supported options: --buffer : Specify a file buffer instead of using memory, can be useful if you plan on keeping large records/archives. (Uhh, it's a little unstable at the moment sorry) --daemon : Start in daemon mode (see below). --api : Change the 4chan API url. Can be used to specify the SSL API instead of the plaintext one. The default value is http://api.4chan.org/%s/ (`%s' is required for the board) --debug: Set the debug flag. Various changes, most useful for starting the daemon without forking. -- Daemon control -- The daemon listens only on an AF_UNIX socket. Specify the socket file when starting the daemon. (NOTE: It must not exist already) To control the daemon use rtbwctl.py. All output is in JSON and most commands have no output. There is no need to keep a PID file since the script forks itself and can be shut down internally. (unless --debug flag is on) Usage: python3 rtbwctl.py Supported options: --data : get and get-clear commands require a minimum post number. Specify 0 for everything. Other commands do not require this. Supported commands: get: Return all posts after the specified post. clear: Purge whole buffer. get-clear: Return all posts and purge the buffer atomically. (You should use this insted of just get and then clear to prevent race conditions) stop: Shut down the daemon. pause: Keep listening but stop archiving. resume: Restart after a pause info: Return JSON object containing info about the daemon. There are also a bunch of scripts for quick starting and controlling the daemon (conf/* contains config for these) In production at https://flanchan.moe/rtbw/