gsruby/examples/response-bot...

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=begin
    Simple bot that checks for mentions and do something

    USAGE:
    - Edit the variables node, user and password
    - Edit filename, this is a plain text file used to
      store the ID of last notice proccesed
    - Add 'ssl_insecure: true' if your instance uses a 
      self-signed cert
    - Finally, you can setup this script in a cron job
      for publish automatically, the following example checks 
      for new mentions each 15 min
        $ crontab -e
        */15 * * * * cd /path/to/script/dir && ruby ./response-bot.rb
=end

require 'gsruby'

node = 'https://yourinstance.tld'
user = 'your_username'
passwd = 'your_password'
filename = 'last.txt'
max_replies = 500 # Maximum number of notices for request (be careful)

# Creates a new GNU Social object
session = GNUSocial::Client.new(node,user,passwd, ssl: true)

# Open a file for read/write the las notice that we have read
if File.exist?(filename)
    file = File.open(filename,'r+')
else
    file = File.open(filename,'w+')
end

# Try to read, if fails continues without last notice
begin
    last = file.readline
rescue EOFError
    last = nil
end

# Request unread notices and do something with it
session.mentions(since: last, count: max_replies).notices do |notice|
    # Delete the following line and do something more cool
    session.reply("Received: #{notice.text}", notice)
end

# Update the file with the last notice proccesed
file.rewind
file.write(session.mentions.newest_notice.id)
file.close