bot.rb is the bot itself. I've got it in such a way that it imports the modules for scrobbling and querrying wolfram alpha. This way it's not one big file and is easier to debug, add functionality etc.
- Define: Definition of a word.
@define <word to define> - Now playing: last song scrobbled to last fm.
@np <last fm username>or@npif last fm username is your irc nick. - Wolfram alpha: Query wolfram alpha.
@wa <search query> - echo: Echo a word or sentence.
@echo <word to echo> - Seen: To find out when a nick was last seen in the channel.
@seen <nick> - History: To get a short log of what has been going on in the channel (for example just after joining)
/msg nairobi_bot history - Link info: nairobi_bot will automatically give a web page title and description if they exist.
Clone repo.
Run bundle install I always delete the Gemfile.lock before running bundle install.
Files you should have (similar to mine):
- config.ru
- Gemfile
- Procfile but replace bot.rb with whatever file your bot is in.
Instructions for deploying an already working bot to heroku. (It's running locally, right?) Most is replicated from https://github.com/davidboy/herokubot but let me expound a little.
Deployment (heroku) via heroku git:
assuming you already have a git repo set up with git init
- If you have no heroku account create one and do evrything that partains pushing to heroku:
gem install heroku
Log into Heroku
heroku logincreate a new app (this is: nairobi-bot) add a new remote (this is: heroku git:remote -a nairobi-bot) - Then
heroku create --stack cedar - If your code is ready for deployment that is staged, commited etc run
git push heroku master - Then
heroku scale web=0 - Then
heroku scale bot=1 - Join the channel(s) and see your bot go.