From 3767df26f963b0a82702b0a22bcec2a49eef0ed2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gwyn <gwyn@cyberoog.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:43:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] changed how module loads

---
 Secrets.pm.example | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 bridge.pl          |  8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Secrets.pm.example

diff --git a/Secrets.pm.example b/Secrets.pm.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4047011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Secrets.pm.example
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package Secrets;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Exporter 'import';
+
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
+    TELEGRAM_TOKEN
+    TELEGRAM_USER_ID
+    NICKSERV_PASSWORD
+    IRC_CHANNEL
+);
+
+use constant TELEGRAM_TOKEN    => 'Bot Token'
+use constant TELEGRAM_USER_ID  => 123456789;
+use constant NICKSERV_PASSWORD => 'supersecretpassword';
+use constant IRC_CHANNEL       => '#lobby';
+
+1;
diff --git a/bridge.pl b/bridge.pl
index 9fa22c5..fe08ba4 100644
--- a/bridge.pl
+++ b/bridge.pl
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ use warnings;
 use POE;
 use POE::Component::IRC;
 use WWW::Telegram::BotAPI;
-require './.secrets.pm';
-
+use Secrets qw(
+    TELEGRAM_TOKEN
+    TELEGRAM_USER_ID
+    NICKSERV_PASSWORD
+    IRC_CHANNEL
+);
 my $IRC_SERVER  = '127.0.0.1';
 my $IRC_PORT    = 6667;
 my $IRC_NICK    = 'Jerry';