Bot

Migrated to GitLab

This package has been migrated to gitlab.com/foresthoffman/bot. For any further updates beyond what is shown in the tutorial blog mentioned below, you can go get gitlab.com/foresthoffman/bot instead.

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The bot package provides a set of functions that control a basic Twitch.tv chat bot. The package also exposes an interface which can be used to create a custom chat bot. See the following series for a step-by-step tutorial on Building a Twitch.tv Chat Bot with this package.

Installation

Run go get github.com/foresthoffman/bot

Importing

Import this package by including github.com/foresthoffman/bot in your import block.

e.g.

package main

import(
    ...
    "github.com/foresthoffman/bot"
)

Usage

Basic usage:

package main

import (
	"github.com/foresthoffman/bot"
	"time"
)

func main() {

	// Replace the channel name, bot name, and the path to the private directory with your respective
	// values.
	myBot := bot.BasicBot{
		Channel:     "twitch",
		MsgRate:     time.Duration(20/30) * time.Millisecond,
		Name:        "TwitchBot",
		Port:        "6667",
		PrivatePath: "../private/oauth.json",
		Server:      "irc.chat.twitch.tv",
	}
	myBot.Start()
}

That's all, enjoy!