Autoresponder is a Django project that hosts static Google Chat/Hangouts bots.

I originally created it to avoid unnoticed messages to my forwarding accounts, but it's also found use with employees and small business owners.

The hosted version is available at https://gchat.simon.codes.

Autoresponder can also be self-hosted.

First, install the dependencies and connect your account:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python standalone_bot.py auth

You only need to run this once. The OAuth credentials will be written to your current working directory.

Then, start the bot:

$ python standalone_bot.py run my-email@gmail.com 'my autoresponse'

To further customize your bot, modify the constructor params for AutoRespondBot in standalone_bot.py

Email notifications are not currently supported when self-hosting (#7).

• gchatautorespond/apps/autorespond: main django app
• gchatautorespond/lib/chatworker: manages chat bots
• test: tests
• ops: ansible config (3rd party roles vendorized)
• secrets: prod secrets (managed with transcypt)
• assets: served with nginx (django locally)

To create a new dev environment:

• create a new virtualenv
• pip install -r test_requirements.txt
• DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=gchatautorespond.settings_dev python manage.py migrate

Then:

• run locally: DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=gchatautorespond.settings_dev python manage.py supervisor
• run tests: DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=gchatautorespond.settings_dev ./manage.py test test/