diff --git a/use/faq.rst b/use/faq.rst index 337e102..d719678 100644 --- a/use/faq.rst +++ b/use/faq.rst @@ -260,6 +260,35 @@ Is Python installed? probably already have it installed. If it doesn't, well, now you have Python installed. +How can I make the bot announce titles of URLs (links) posted in channels +========================================================================= + +This is called the "title snarfer". You can enable it with:: + + load Web + config supybot.plugins.Web.titleSnarfer True + +If you only want it for some channels but not all, use this instead of the last command:: + + config channel #channel supybot.plugins.Web.titleSnarfer True + +Why doesn't the title snarfer announce links from a particular website (eg. Youtube)? +===================================================================================== + +Limnoria needs to fetch pages to get their title. But in order to avoid being +overloaded by users, it only fetches the beginning (the first 8kB if I recall +correctly). That's enough to find the title of most pages, but in the last years +Youtube has become so bloated it isn't. + +If you are ok with Limnoria fetching more data when users post URLs, you can use:: + + config supybot.protocols.http.peekSize 32000 + +This will make it fetch 32kB from every link, instead of the default 8kB. +This should be enough for Youtube for now. If not enough for other websites, +try increasing it further. + + Can I make Supybot silent, but still working on channel (as titlesnarfer or something)? =======================================================================================