mod_muc_bot: Add a README

author: Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date: Mon, 24 May 2021 16:35:47 +0200
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+---
+summary: Module for improving the life of bot authors
+---
+
+This module makes it easier to write MUC bots by removing the
+requirement that the bot be online and joined to the room.
+
+All the bot needs to do is send a message and this module handles the
+rest.
+
+# Configuration
+
+Example configuration in Prosody:
+
+```lua
+Component "muc.example.com" "muc"
+
+modules_enabled = {
+    "muc_bot",
+}
+known_bots = { "bot@example.com" }
+bots_get_messages = false
+ignore_bot_errors = true
+```
+
+# Sending messages
+
+Simply send a stanza like this from your bot:
+
+```xml
+<message type="groupchat" to="channel@muc.example.com">
+  <body>Beep boop, I'm a bot!</body>
+  <nick xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/nick">Botty</nick>
+</message>
+```
+
+## Use with mod_rest
+
+Using [mod_rest] to interact with MUC suffers from the same need to join
+with an online resource, so this module helps with that as well!
+
+```bash
+curl https://xmpp.example.com/rest/message/groupchat/room@muc.example.com \
+    -d body="beep boop" \
+    -d nick="Botty"
+```
+