privmsg interface to ircbot in django admin

fill out the form, send a privmsg

dr_botzo/ircbot/admin.py

@@ -1,11 +1,41 @@
-"""Manage ircbot models in the admin interface."""
+"""Manage ircbot models and admin actions in the admin interface."""
 
+import logging
+import xmlrpclib
+
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
+from django.shortcuts import render
 
+from ircbot.forms import PrivmsgForm
 from ircbot.models import Alias, BotAdmin, IrcChannel, IrcPlugin
 
 
+log = logging.getLogger('ircbot.admin')
+
+
 admin.site.register(Alias)
 admin.site.register(BotAdmin)
 admin.site.register(IrcChannel)
 admin.site.register(IrcPlugin)
+
+
+def send_privmsg(request):
+    """Send a privmsg over XML-RPC to the IRC bot."""
+
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        form = PrivmsgForm(request.POST)
+        if form.is_valid():
+            target = form.cleaned_data['target']
+            message = form.cleaned_data['message']
+
+            bot_url = 'http://{0:s}:{1:d}/'.format(settings.IRCBOT_XMLRPC_HOST, settings.IRCBOT_XMLRPC_PORT)
+            bot = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(bot_url)
+            bot.privmsg(target, message)
+            form = PrivmsgForm()
+    else:
+        form = PrivmsgForm()
+
+    return render(request, 'privmsg.html', {'form': form})
+
+admin.site.register_view('ircbot/privmsg/', "Ircbot - privmsg", view=send_privmsg, urlname='ircbot_privmsg')

dr_botzo/ircbot/forms.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""Forms for doing ircbot stuff."""
+
+import logging
+
+from django.forms import Form, CharField
+
+log = logging.getLogger('markov.forms')
+
+
+class PrivmsgForm(Form):
+
+    """Accept a privmsg to send to the ircbot."""
+
+    target = CharField()
+    message = CharField()

dr_botzo/ircbot/templates/privmsg.html

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{% extends 'adminplus/index.html' %}
+
+{% block title %}Ircbot - Privmsg{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<div id="content-main">
+    <form id="ircbot_privmsg_form" action="{% url 'admin:ircbot_privmsg' %}" method="post">
+        {% csrf_token %}
+        <table>
+            {{ form }}
+        </table>
+        <input class="submit-button" type="submit" value="Privmsg"/>
+    </form>
+</div>
+{% endblock %}