twitch-chat-bot

A hackety chat bot I wrote for my twitch stream. I wanted to learn asyncio and this felt like a decent project to dive in on.

setup

1. Set up a configuration file

   {
     "username": "...",
     "channel": "...",
     "oauth_token": "...",
     "client_id": "...",
     "youtube_api_key": "...",
     "youtube_playlists": {
       "explains": {
         "playlist_id": "PLWBKAf81pmOaP9naRiNAqug6EBnkPakvY",
         "github": "https://github.com/anthonywritescode/explains"
       },
       "faq": {
         "playlist_id": "PLWBKAf81pmOZEPeIV2_pIESK5hRMAo1hR"
       }
     },
     "airnow_api_key": "..."
   }

   • username: the username of the bot account
   • channel: the irc channel to connect to, for twitch this is the same as the streamer's channel name
   • oauth_token: follow the directions here to get a token
   • client_id: set up an application for your chat bot here
   • youtube_api_key: set up an API key for a YouTube account to fetch playlist videos here
   • youtube_playlists: a dictionary of YouTube playlists that can be searched via commands
   • airnow_api_key: api key for https://airnowapi.org

2. Use python3.8 or newer and install the dependencies in requirements.txt

   virtualenv venv -ppython3.8
   venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run! venv/bin/python -m bot

implemented commands

!help

List all the currently supported commands

anthonywritescode: !help
anthonywritescodebot: possible commands: !help, !ohai, !uptime

!ohai

Greet yo self

anthonywritescode: !ohai
anthonywritescodebot: ohai, anthonywritescode!

!uptime

Show how long the stream has been running for

anthonywritescode: !uptime
anthonywritescodebot: streaming for: 3 hours, 57 minutes, 17 seconds

PING ...

Replies PONG to whatever you say

anthonywritescode: PING
anthonywritescodebot: PONG
anthonywritescode: PING hello
anthonywritescodebot: PONG hello

!discord

Show the discord url

anthonywritescode: !discord
anthonywritescodebot: We do have Discord, you are welcome to join: https://discord.gg/xDKGPaW

!followage [username]

Show how long you or a user you specified have been following the channel

not_cool_user: !followage
anthonywritescodebot: not_cool_user is not a follower!

cool_user: !followage
anthonywritescodebot: cool_user has been following for 3 hours!

some_user: !followage another_user
anthonywritescodebot: another_user has been following for 5 years!

!joke

Get a joke

anthonywritescode: !joke
anthonywritescodebot: The best thing about a Boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.