This bot creates random numbers from two given integers. It responds in two ways:

• Subreddit Triggers
• Reddit-Wide Mentions (the bot must have an active Reddit gold subscription)

Subreddit Triggers work by posting a comment in a watched subreddit. When a trigger word starts a line in the comment, it will be picked up by the bot. Syntax:

triggerword low high

Reddit-Wide Mentions work by posting a comment anywhere on Reddit with the following syntax:

/u/username low high
+/u/username low high

For example:

triggerword 1000 99999
triggerword2 -100 1000
/u/username 0 100
+/u/username 1 moon

This bot was originally created for dogecoin giveaways, so "moon" is equivalent to 384400, the distance in KMs to the moon.

This bot requires the following:

• Python 2.7.x
• The Python PRAW library (easy_install PRAW)
• An operating system that supports random.SystemRandom (most major operating systems are supported)

First clone this repository.

Copy bot.ini.dist to bot.ini and change the settings however you see fit.

For example, if I wanted to support calls like the following on the /r/radmathforthewin or /r/ilovemathohyeah subreddits:

givemearandombetween 5 1000

You would use the following configuration file:

[General]
url = Bot URL, or some other unique string here
summary = A summary of your bot by your username
reddit_username = randnumbot
reddit_password = bot-password
subreddit_triggers = givemearandombetween
subreddits = radmathforthewin,ilovemathohyeah

Note that this would also respond to the following requests across Reddit:

/u/randnumbot 0 1000
+/u/randnumbot 1 5

To start the bot in an OS with the Bash shell (Linux, etc...), just fire up bot-monitor.sh.

For other environments, you can launch it with

python ./bot.py 

bot-monitor.sh keeps the bot running if it dies, so I recommend creating something similar in your chosen OS.

I plan on using GitHub to manage issues, so file away.