LmaoBot

Dank meme bot for Chatango

How to Make Bot

Use python >=3.8.1 and chatango-lib

Look at requirements.txt to get see what libraries you need. The current bot is async.py and uses a modified version of chatango-lib: LmaoLover/chatango-lib

This library uses asyncio and has many advantages over the old version, but requires working in async style.

Python exceptions

Every error in python will crash your bot and you can't always tell what errors will happen. Use try/except blocks to log errors instead of crashing.

try:
  ...
except Exception as e:
  logError(room.name, "twitter", message.body, e)

Infinite Bot

Your bot will still crash at some point so start your script in an infinite bash loop.

while true
do
    echo "Starting bot..."
    python3 /root/lmaobot/bot.py
    sleep 1
done

If your bot crashes too much then don't do this.

Docker

If you use docker then you don't have to install python libraries manually on your system.

docker build -t lmaobot .

# Edit this script then run the bot
./run_bot.sh

# Stop or restart later
docker restart lmao
docker stop lmao

LmaoBot Features

MEMEs not included

You need to supply your own files like lmao_memes.txt. They are loaded into the code and used like this: memes['lmao']

config.yaml for connection info

username: UserName
password: mypassword
rooms:
    prod:
        - animechat
        - sportchat
    dev:
        - devchat

Use environment variable BOT_PROD to connect to real chat rooms.

BOT_PROD=1 python3 bot.py

rooms.yaml for groups

You want to do different things in different chats so make groups in rooms.yaml then use in the code chat['memers']

memers:
    - coolchat
    - lmaochat
serious:
    - courtroomusa
mod:
    - lmaochat

wolframalpha search

Using ??. Provide your api key in wolfram.yaml:

app_id: ...