This bot reads a text file to post a random response when the keyboard is entered. However, It's sending in all caps when the txt file is written in proper grammar.
Sorry if I'm completely ignorant. I'm in early stages of learning and this is kind of my building block. This code isnt mine but I'm modifying it for my use.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import praw
import random
import config
class Bot:
def __init__(
self,
client_id,
client_secret,
username,
password,
user_agent,
path_to_quotes,
subreddit_name,
trigger
):
self.client_id = client_id
self.client_secret = client_secret
self.username = username
self.password = password
self.user_agent = user_agent
self.path_to_quotes = path_to_quotes
self.subreddit_name = subreddit_name
self.trigger = trigger.lower()
with open(self.path_to_quotes) as f:
self.quotes = [q.upper() for q in f.read().split('\n') if q]
self.number_quotes = len(self.quotes)
self.reddit = praw.Reddit(
client_id=self.client_id,
client_secret=self.client_secret,
user_agent=self.user_agent,
username=self.username,
password=self.password
)
self.subreddit = self.reddit.subreddit(self.subreddit_name)
self.reset_buffer()
def reset_buffer(self):
self.used_quotes = []
self.unused_quotes = list(range(self.number_quotes))
def get_quotes(self):
return self.quotes
def contains_trigger(self, comment):
return self.trigger in str(comment.body).lower()
def get_random_quote(self, comment):
if not self.unused_quotes:
self.reset_buffer()
random_int = random.choice(self.unused_quotes)
random_quote = self.quotes[random_int]
author = '/u/' + str(comment.author)
random_quote = random_quote.replace('!USERNAME', author)
self.unused_quotes.remove(random_int)
self.used_quotes.append(random_int)
return random_quote
def welcome_message(self):
print('Posting as /u/' + self.username, 'on /r/' + self.subreddit_name)
print('Trigger word is', self.trigger)
print('Use <Ctrl> + c to exit')
def start_stream(self):
self.welcome_message()
for comment in self.subreddit.stream.comments():
trigger_status = self.contains_trigger(comment)
same_author = str(comment.author).lower == config.username.lower()
if trigger_status and not same_author:
random_quote = self.get_random_quote(comment)
comment.reply(random_quote)
def main():
bot = Bot(
client_id = config.client_id,
client_secret = config.client_secret,
username = config.username,
password = config.password,
user_agent = config.user_agent,
path_to_quotes = config.path_to_quotes,
subreddit_name = config.subreddit_name,
trigger = config.trigger
)
bot.start_stream()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
This part here is your problem:
with open(self.path_to_quotes) as f:
self.quotes = [q.upper() for q in f.read().split('\n') if q]
q.upper() takes whatever is in q, and makes it uppercase. You want this instead:
with open(self.path_to_quotes) as f:
self.quotes = [q for q in f.read().split('\n') if q]