This project creates a bot that feeds xkcd comics to one specific GroupMe.
- Quickly get our sample bot up and running in your groups
- Deploy the code to heroku
- Create a bot
- Configure to your bot's credentials
- Make changes to the bot
- Pull the code down to your local machine
- Bot Commands & Features
- GroupMe account
- Heroku account
- Heroku Toolbelt
Be sure to log into heroku, using your heroku credentials, then click the link below.
You should be taken to a page that looks like this:
Optionally, you can give your app a name, or instead leave it blank and let Heroku name it for you (you can change it later).
Go to: https://dev.groupme.com/session/new
Use your GroupMe credentials to log into the developer site.
Once you have successfully logged in, go to https://dev.groupme.com/bots/new
Fill out the form to create your new bot:
- Select the group where you want the bot to live
- Give your bot a name
- Paste in the url to your newly deply heroku app
http://your-app-name-here.herokuapp.com/
- (Optional) Give your bot an avatar by providing a url to an image
- Click submit
Go here to view all of your bots: https://dev.groupme.com/bots
Click on the one you just created.
On your Bot's page, copy the Bot ID
Go here to see all of your Heroku apps and select the one you just created before:
https://dashboard-next.heroku.com/apps
On your app page, click settings in the top navigation:
On your app's setting page, find the Config Vars section and click the Reveal Config Vars button:
Then click edit:
Fill out the form to add an environment variable to your app:
- In the "key" field type: BOT_ID
- In the "value" field paste your Bot ID that you copied in the previous steps
- Click the save button
Go to GroupMe and type "@xkcd hi" in the group where your bot lives to see it in action.
Within terminal, change directory to the location where you would like the files to live, then run this command:
$ heroku git:clone -a YOUR_APP_NAME_HERE
And then change directory into the new folder
$ cd YOUR_APP_NAME_HERE
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Your Commit Message"
$ git push heroku master
Then go and check your bot.
- @xkcd hi - show test message/greeting
- @xkcd help - show a list of commands
- @xkcd newest/latest/current - show the newest comic
- @xkcd random - show a random comic
- @xkcd [NUMBER] - show comic [NUMBER]
- Beside the commands above, you can set up your bot to feed the newest comic to your group in Heroku Scheduler. The code associated with Heroku Scheduler is in
./bin/scheduler.
You can freely edit your bot in bot.js file.
- This github was cloned from the original GroupMe Bot Tutorial
- The project uses Heroku Scheduler and Heroku Redis, which requires Credit Card Validation. Charges may apply if your usages exceed free limits.
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