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Luke
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I have an idea, where andromeda or other bot templates submit there address to a database here at bot depot or whereever. It then retrieves if the user is a bot, if so ignore it.
Basically make a big bot database so bots dont flood each other. |
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Tony_shu
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We have that...BotWorkWatcher. At least we have the "database"
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Anthony Arslan
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Luke
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| So the bots automatically submit themselves to it when they are run? Please show me where in andromeda it has this. |
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Mojave
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Joined: 01 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:34 am Post subject: |
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I'll look into adding functionality to the Bot List that allows registered bots to get a list of all bots. Actually that was going to be a part of Growl (which is unfinished), but it probably makes more sense to have it part of the Bot List itself.
Also, I developed a set of commands waaaay back for AIM bots that made it easy to register at the Bot List. I could revive that and work with Eric to make it a part of his latest Andromeda release if there are enough people interested. |
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Mojave
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OK, I created a simple web service that gets a list of all the MSN bots registered at the Bot List. It returns a plain text file with a comma separated list.
In order for your bot to get the list, it must be registered on the bot list itself and you must get a Growl code. Why do you need a Growl code? I use this to track access to the lists so I can prevent abuse of the service. Nothing more.
How do you get a Growl code? Simply have your registered bot send the message 'growl' (without the quotes) to the MSN bot botlist@botwork.com. It will return your bot's Growl code.
Now, to get the bot list, use LWP::Simple or similar to get the following url:
| Code: | | http://www.botwork.com/cgi-bin/msnbots.cgi?growl=GROWLCODE |
where GROWLCODE is your bot's Growl code. Once you get the list, your bot can split the list on commas and have a list of all the MSN bots on the Bot List.
I'm trying to get Eric to create a brain/commands for Andromeda so this is all automatic. And maybe he'll even throw in code to automatically register your bot on the Bot List.  |
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Keenie
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Joined: 31 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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that would be kewl
on setup:
| Quote: | Would you like to add your bot to the bot list? *lazy* | n
*lazy*
bots name: _
bots creater: _
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then it could submit it once it signs on  |
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