DB3 - Delta Bot 3

Summary

The third rewrite of delta bot, created for reddit.com/r/changemyview. This bot will be written in NodeJS.

Contributing

• Any contributions are much appreciated
• Please keep your commits specific to one task
• Put the issue number in your commit message if it is associated with one.
• Commit messages should follow the AngularJS commit guidelines
• Before submitting any pull request, ensure that npm test passes with no errors

How to build

1. Download nvm. Mac/Linux: https://github.com/creationix/nvm Windows: https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/releases/download/1.1.1/nvm-setup.zip
2. git clone https://github.com/MystK/delta-bot-three.git
3. cd delta-bot-three
4. Mac/Linux: nvm install Windows: Look inside the .nvmrc folder to find the version. EX: 5.8.0 is the version. nvm install 5.8.0 && nvm use 5.8.0
5. Create a subreddit. after creation, ensure that "mod editing" for the subreddit's wiki is enabled, and make you bot account a moderator for the subreddit
6. Get a Reddit API key by going to https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps/ => create another app => https://i.imgur.com/xMUa521.png
7. Create a credentials.json that looks like below in ./config/credentials folder.
8. npm install -g yarn && yarn
9. Run yarn run start-debug or yarn start and it should work

credentials.json

{
  "username": "DeltaBot3",
  "password": "PASSWORDHERE",
  "clientID": "ebwS927PijoFvg",
  "clientSecret": "X3-3cVNFx3Nd8_NYUrOuvmaf7wM",
  "subreddit": "YOURnewSUBREDDIThere"
}

A special thanks to everyone who contributed

Please add yourself to this list if you've contributed:

• MystK
• roastchicken
• wyantb
• stedop
• beasta

Roadmap

The first three months ✓

• Rewrite what DeltaBot currently does and migrate all old data over.

To-Do

• Have DeltaBot automatically rescan edited comments #4.
• Solve the missing deltas issue (Quick Fix: #35, Ideal Scenario: #33).
• Implement first-time-delta PMs #14.
• Yearly Deltaboard #36.
• All-Time Deltaboard #34.
• /r/DeltaLog #17.
• DeltaBot's Stickied Comment #89.
• Admin Interface #38.
• The remaining issues in any order: https://github.com/MystK/delta-bot-three/issues