IRCWebHooks

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+# IRC Web Hook Bot
+This is a simple IRC bot that posts the content of POST requests it receives.
+
+It runs a small webserver, and connects to an IRC server.
+
+## How to install
+Download the code, then run `make`, `sudo ./bot`.
+
+Root access is required to make use of low port numbers, but you can run the webserver on any port.
+
+If you want to change any settings, edit `src/config.h`, then run `make clean install`
+
+## How to use
+By default the bot will join the channels specified in the config.
+To get it to join more channels, private message the bot in the server and send `JOIN #channel`.
+
+You can also use `LEAVE #channel` to get it to leave.
+
+It will by default send notifications to all channels it is joined to.
+
+Only allowed users can control the bot from IRC. 
+You can specify users by an ident or a vhost in the config.      
+You may specify as many as you like by separating them with a comma
+
+
+
+Only want it to message one channel, or a specific user?
+
+Send the webhook to the channel name, e.g. `https://webhook.barryserver.net/channel`, or `https://webhook.barryserver.net/@Barry`.
+
+`@` specified that you want to message a user.
+
+## How to call a webhook
+The bot reads from POST data, specifically the data sent in `content`.
+This content is plaintext, not URL encoded.
+
+So, assuming your WEB_AUTH is set to "user:password", `curl -k -X POST -u user:password -d 'content=Hello, World!' https://webhook.barryserver.net/@Barry` will send `Hello, World!` directly to the user with the nick `Barry`.