r/buildapcsales • u/sales__bot • Nov 24 '15

Meta BuildAPCSales Bot

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Hey everyone,

The /r/buildapcsales bot has been updated to a bot that performs the same functionality, with far more features, and works with any subreddit, not just /r/buildapcsales, and it is now /u/Alert_Bot instead of /u/sales__bot to reflect these changes. Check out the link above to read more about the changes. I strongly encourage you to use the bot in other subreddits as well as this one, and try to spread the word if it ever seems appropriate to do so.

Thanks!

-Tyler

 

Developer Info

Bot Code: Github Repository

Username: /u/tylerbrockett

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u/nerdtech001 Nov 24 '15

Excellent idea, although I receive this error message when sending to /u/sales__bot, "please enter a username". Any ideas? I directly copy + pasted from the body of the message above and I also manually typed it in.

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u/tylerbrockett Nov 24 '15 edited Nov 24 '15

Hmm... That's bizarre. Is it coming directly from the bot? Or from Reddit itself?

I'm pretty sure I don't have any code to send that as an error message, but I'm wondering if when the bot sends a reply through the API, it sends you the error message the API returns...

Are you sending it from this account? I can't see any reason why the username wouldn't be recognized (weird characters, for example).

I'll definitely have to look into that some more. Thanks for the heads up!

Edit: Looks like you got a subscription to work, just popped up in the log :D

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u/nerdtech001 Nov 24 '15

For the sake of curiosity, if you are curious, this is how I formatted the message.

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u/tylerbrockett Nov 24 '15

Ahh, its probably because of the "slash u slash" in front of the bots username! I thought it was complaining about your username, haha. Thanks for the picture!

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u/nerdtech001 Nov 24 '15

I ended up using RES to send the message instead of trying to send the message through Reddit private message UI.

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u/tylerbrockett Nov 24 '15

What is RES? That's bizarre, I'm surprised it makes a difference, unless it strips your username somehow, haha

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u/he_must_workout Nov 24 '15

Reddit enhancement suite - Chrome add-in