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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+If you have a local clone of the repository, you can see a detailed list of
+changes using:
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+There is also a web interface in NotABug which can display commit history.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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+Install from Hackage:
+
+    $ cabal install funbot-ext-events
+
+Install from unpacked release tarball or source repo:
+
+    $ cd funbot-ext-events
+    $ cabal install
+
+Just play with it without installing:
+
+    $ cabal build
+    $ cabal repl
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+This file lists the user-visible interesting changes between releases. For a
+full list of changes to the source, see the ChangeLog.
+
+
+
+funbot-ext-events 0.1.0.0 -- 2015-09-19
+=======================================
+
+General, build and documentation changes:
+
+* (This is the first release, so everything is new)
+
+New APIs, features and enhancements:
+
+* (This is the first release, so everything is a new feature)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* (This is just the first release, many bugs haven't been discovered yet)
+
+Dependency changes:
+
+* (This is the first release)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# funbot-ext-events
+
+This is a Haskell library providing types and tools for interacting with
+[FunBot][funbot]'s external events. The code was extracted from FunBot itself,
+so that independent programs can interact with it using its client API.
+
+Since the provided types change every time an external event type is added or
+modified, many of this library's releases are expected to break compatibility.
+In most cases you should either use a higher-level library such as
+[funbot-client][funbot-client], or perhaps create one yourself.
+
+[funbot]:        https://notabug.org/fr33domlover/funbot.git
+[funbot-client]: https://notabug.org/fr33domlover/funbot-client.git
+
+See the .cabal file for more info and link to project website and version
+control.
+
+The official download location is the Git repository:
+
+<https://notabug.org/fr33domlover/funbot-ext-events.git>
+
+Occasionally, releases may be made to Hackage, the Haskell package repository.
+See <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/funbot-ext-events>.
+
+This library is free software, and is committed to software freedom. It is
+released to the public domain using the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. For the
+boring "legal" details see the file `COPYING`.
+
+See the file `INSTALL` for hints on installation. The file `ChangeLog` explains
+how to see the history log of the changes done in the code. `NEWS` provides a
+friendly overview of the changes for each release.
+
+## Bug and Patches
+
+See [here](https://notabug.org/fr33domlover/funbot#reporting-bugs-and-suggesting-features).
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/funbot-ext-events.cabal b/funbot-ext-events.cabal
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+name:                funbot-ext-events
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Interact with FunBot's external events.
+description:
+  This is a library providing types and tools for interacting with
+  <https://notabug.org/fr33domlover/funbot.git FunBot>'s external events. The
+  code was extracted from FunBot itself, so that independent programs can
+  interact with it, e.g. by using its client API.
+
+  Since the provided types change every time an external event type is added or
+  modified, many of this library's releases are expected to break
+  compatibility.  In most cases you should either use a higher-level library
+  such as <https://notabug.org/fr33domlover/funbot-client.git funbot-client>,
+  or perhaps create one yourself.
+homepage:            https://notabug.org/fr33domlover/funbot-ext-events/
+bug-reports:         https://notabug.org/fr33domlover/funbot-ext-events/issues/
+license:             PublicDomain
+license-file:        COPYING
+author:              fr33domlover
+maintainer:          fr33domlover@riseup.net
+copyright:           ♡ Copying is an act of love. Please copy, reuse and share.
+category:            Network, Web
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL NEWS README.md
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+source-repository head
+  type:                git
+  location:            https://notabug.org/fr33domlover/funbot-ext-events.git
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:     FunBot.ExtEvents
+  -- other-modules:       
+  -- other-extensions:    
+  build-depends:       aeson >=0.7
+                     , base  >=4.7 && <5
+                     , text
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
diff --git a/src/FunBot/ExtEvents.hs b/src/FunBot/ExtEvents.hs
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+{- This file is part of funbot-ext-events.
+ -
+ - Written in 2015 by fr33domlover <fr33domlover@rel4tion.org>.
+ -
+ - ♡ Copying is an act of love. Please copy, reuse and share.
+ -
+ - The author(s) have dedicated all copyright and related and neighboring
+ - rights to this software to the public domain worldwide. This software is
+ - distributed without any warranty.
+ -
+ - You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along
+ - with this software. If not, see
+ - <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
+ -}
+
+-- For json field names
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module FunBot.ExtEvents
+    ( Branch (..)
+    , Commit (..)
+    , Push (..)
+    , Tag (..)
+    , MergeRequest (..)
+    , NewsItem (..)
+    , Paste (..)
+    , ExtEvent (..)
+    )
+where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Monad (mzero)
+import Data.Aeson
+import Data.Aeson.Types (Parser)
+
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+
+data Branch = Branch
+    { branchName      :: String
+    , branchRepo      :: String
+    , branchRepoOwner :: String
+    }
+    deriving Show
+
+data Commit = Commit
+    { commitAuthor :: String
+    , commitTitle  :: String
+    , commitUrl    :: String
+    }
+    deriving Show
+
+data Push = Push
+    { pushBranch  :: Branch
+    , pushCommits :: [Commit]
+    }
+    deriving Show
+
+data Tag = Tag
+    { tagAuthor    :: String
+    , tagRef       :: String
+    , tagRepo      :: String
+    , tagRepoOwner :: String
+    }
+    deriving Show
+
+data MergeRequest = MergeRequest
+    { mrAuthor    :: String
+    , mrId        :: Int
+    , mrRepo      :: String
+    , mrRepoOwner :: String
+    , mrTitle     :: String
+    , mrUrl       :: String
+    , mrAction    :: String
+    }
+    deriving Show
+
+data NewsItem = NewsItem
+    { itemFeedLabel :: String
+    , itemFeedTitle :: Maybe String
+    , itemTitle     :: String
+    , itemAuthor    :: Maybe String
+    , itemUrl       :: Maybe String
+    }
+    deriving Show
+
+data Paste = Paste
+    { pasteAuthor  :: String
+    , pasteVerb    :: String
+    , pasteTitle   :: String
+    , pasteUrl     :: String
+    , pasteChannel :: String
+    }
+    deriving Show
+
+-- | An event coming from one of the external event sources.
+data ExtEvent
+    = GitPushEvent Push
+    | GitTagEvent Tag
+    | MergeRequestEvent MergeRequest
+    | NewsEvent NewsItem
+    | PasteEvent Paste
+    deriving Show
+
+instance FromJSON Branch where
+    parseJSON (Object o) =
+        Branch <$>
+        o .: "name" <*>
+        o .: "repo" <*>
+        o .: "user"
+    parseJSON _          = mzero
+
+instance ToJSON Branch where
+    toJSON (Branch name repo owner) = object
+        [ "name" .= name
+        , "repo" .= repo
+        , "user" .= owner
+        ]
+
+instance FromJSON Commit where
+    parseJSON (Object o) =
+        Commit <$>
+        o .: "author" <*>
+        o .: "title" <*>
+        o .: "url"
+    parseJSON _          = mzero
+
+instance ToJSON Commit where
+    toJSON (Commit author title url) = object
+        [ "author" .= author
+        , "title"  .= title
+        , "url"    .= url
+        ]
+
+instance FromJSON Push where
+    parseJSON (Object o) =
+        Push <$>
+        o .: "branch" <*>
+        o .: "commits"
+    parseJSON _          = mzero
+
+instance ToJSON Push where
+    toJSON (Push branch commits) = object
+        [ "branch"  .= branch
+        , "commits" .= commits
+        ]
+
+instance FromJSON Tag where
+    parseJSON (Object o) =
+        Tag <$>
+        o .: "author" <*>
+        o .: "ref" <*>
+        o .: "repo" <*>
+        o .: "user"
+    parseJSON _          = mzero
+
+instance ToJSON Tag where
+    toJSON tag = object
+        [ "author" .= tagAuthor tag
+        , "ref"    .= tagRef tag
+        , "repo"   .= tagRepo tag
+        , "user"   .= tagRepoOwner tag
+        ]
+
+instance FromJSON MergeRequest where
+    parseJSON (Object o) =
+        MergeRequest <$>
+        o .: "author" <*>
+        o .: "id" <*>
+        o .: "repo" <*>
+        o .: "user" <*>
+        o .: "title" <*>
+        o .: "url" <*>
+        o .: "action"
+    parseJSON _          = mzero
+
+instance ToJSON MergeRequest where
+    toJSON mr = object
+        [ "author" .= mrAuthor mr
+        , "id"     .= mrId mr
+        , "repo"   .= mrRepo mr
+        , "user"   .= mrRepoOwner mr
+        , "title"  .= mrTitle mr
+        , "url"    .= mrUrl mr
+        , "action" .= mrAction mr
+        ]
+
+instance FromJSON NewsItem where
+    parseJSON (Object o) =
+        NewsItem <$>
+        o .: "feed-label" <*>
+        o .: "feed-title" <*>
+        o .: "title" <*>
+        o .: "author" <*>
+        o .: "url"
+    parseJSON _          = mzero
+
+instance ToJSON NewsItem where
+    toJSON (NewsItem fLabel fTitle title author url) = object
+        [ "feed-label" .= fLabel
+        , "feed-title" .= fTitle
+        , "title"      .= title
+        , "author"     .= author
+        , "url"        .= url
+        ]
+
+instance FromJSON Paste where
+    parseJSON (Object o) =
+        Paste <$>
+        o .: "author" <*>
+        o .: "verb" <*>
+        o .: "title" <*>
+        o .: "url" <*>
+        o .: "channel"
+    parseJSON _          = mzero
+
+instance ToJSON Paste where
+    toJSON (Paste author verb title url chan) = object
+        [ "author"  .= author
+        , "verb"    .= verb
+        , "title"   .= title
+        , "url"     .= url
+        , "channel" .= chan
+        ]
+
+text :: Parser T.Text -> T.Text -> Parser T.Text
+text parser expected = do
+    got <- parser
+    if got == expected
+        then return got
+        else mzero
+
+instance FromJSON ExtEvent where
+    parseJSON (Object o) =
+        let kind = text $ o .: "type"
+        in  kind "push"  *> (GitPushEvent      <$> o .: "data") <|>
+            kind "tag"   *> (GitTagEvent       <$> o .: "data") <|>
+            kind "mr"    *> (MergeRequestEvent <$> o .: "data") <|>
+            kind "news"  *> (NewsEvent         <$> o .: "data") <|>
+            kind "paste" *> (PasteEvent        <$> o .: "data")
+    parseJSON _          = mzero
+
+instance ToJSON ExtEvent where
+    toJSON (GitPushEvent commits) = object [ "type" .= ("push" :: T.Text)
+                                           , "data" .= commits
+                                           ]
+    toJSON (GitTagEvent tag)      = object [ "type" .= ("tag" :: T.Text)
+                                           , "data" .= tag
+                                           ]
+    toJSON (MergeRequestEvent mr) = object [ "type" .= ("mr" :: T.Text)
+                                           , "data" .= mr
+                                           ]
+    toJSON (NewsEvent item)       = object [ "type" .= ("news" :: T.Text)
+                                           , "data" .= item
+                                           ]
+    toJSON (PasteEvent paste)     = object [ "type" .= ("paste" :: T.Text)
+                                           , "data" .= paste
+                                           ]
