Attempt to create a python script that monitors a telegram bot URL and replies to commands for adding/removing karma.

Check more information about Telegram Bots.

• The bot will need to have access to all of your messages in order to find the words with "++" or "--"

• On first execution it will create database and start filling values

• I've a copy running on <openshift.redhat.com> at http://stampy-iranzo.rhcloud.com/ with the name @redken_bot. Invite it to your channels if you want to give it a try or click https://telegram.me/redken_bot.

• word++ to add karma
• word-- to remove karma
• /quote add username text to add a quote for given username with the following text as message
• /quote username to retrieve a random quote for that username.

The bot, once token has been used and owner set via commandline, will store that information in the database, so you can control it from a chat window

• /config show will list actual defined settings
• /config set var=value will set one of those settings with a new value
  • As of this writing (verbosity, url for api, token, sleep timeout, owner, database, run in daemon mode)
• /config delete var will delete that variable from configuration.

The bot stores stats on users/chats, remembering the chat/user name and last time seen so it can be later used for purging data not being accessed in a while

• /stats show (user|chat) will list the list of users/chats and time of last update

Bot allows to setup alias, so when karma is given to a word, it will instead add it to a different one (and report that one)

• /alias key=value Will create a new alias, so each time key++ is used, it will instead do value++
  • This operation, sums the previous karma of key and value and stores it in value so no karma is lost
  • Recursive aliases can be defined, so doing:
    • /alias lettuce=vegetable
    • /alias vegetable=food
    • lettuce++ will give karma to food.
  • Alias can be defined to groups of words so, it can be defined to have:
    • /alias friday=tgif tfsmif
    • friday++ will increase karma on tgif and tfsmif.
• /alias list Will show current defined aliases
• /alias delete key will delete a previously defined alias so each word gets karma on its own

• /quote del id to remove a specific quote id from database