Social Metricbot
A metric bot for social networks like Mastodon, Bluesky (bsky), but not 𝕏 (formerly Twitter). If mentioned with 'please' on a tweet containing imperial units, will reply with converted metric units for your convenience.
Active bots
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🇺🇸 metricbot.de on 🌀 Bluesky
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🇺🇸 @metricbot@botsin.space on 🐘 Mastodon
Inactive bots
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🇺🇸 @metricbot1 on 🐦 Twitter
Due to unusable API (constraints as well as SDK quality).
How to use
If you spot a tweet with metric units in it, create a reply and mention @metricbot1 please or @metricbot1 convert please.
For Mastodon, use @metricbot@botsin.space please or @metricbot@botsin.space convert please.
Features
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find tweets with imperial units.
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can convert units to metrics and reply.
Currently implemented units
Table 1. Supported metric conversions in alphabetical order| Input Unit | Output Unit(s) | Example Input | Example output |
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Calories (cal) |
Kilojoule (kJ) |
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Cups (cup) |
Millilitres (ml) |
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Fluid Ounce (fl.oz.) |
Millilitres (ml) |
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Foots and Inches ('/"/ft) |
Centimetres (cm), Metres (m), Kilometres (km) |
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Gallons |
Litres (L), cubic metres (m²) |
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Horse Power (hp) |
Kilowatts (kW) |
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Miles |
Kilometres (km) |
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Pints (pt) |
Litres (L), Millilitres (ml) |
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Pounds (lb) |
Kilograms (kg) |
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Tablespoons (tbsp) |
Grams (g) |
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Teaspoons (tsp) |
Grams (g) |
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Temperature: Degree Fahrenheit (°F) |
Temperature: Degree Celsius (°C) |
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Weighted Ounce (oz.) |
Grams(g) |
No idea what makes the Celsius temperature more metric than Fahrenheit, but Fahrenheit is a very convenient unit.
Configuration
See Wiki:Configuration.
How to start
You can start this OpenLiberty docker container like this:
docker run \
-p 9080:9080 \
-e IO_GITHUB_BMARWELL_SOCIAL_METRICBOT_H2_DB=jdbc:h2:file:/var/opt/metricbot.db \
-name metricbot \
io.github.bmarwell.social.metricbot/social-metricbot-app-ol-docker:latest