lloid

A turnip tracker for Discord

I hacked this together quickly so that we'd be ready for the turnip rush later this week. It lets Discord users declare your turnip price, so that people can queue up for visits. There's a delay between codes being handed out, so it's perfect if you have a ton of people clamoring to get into your town. A lot of code was ported over from an IRC bot I made that tracked turnip prices, so if you're exploring the code, you may find some functionality that isn't really being used... but which I might someday.

Running:

1. You'll need Python 3.5 at minimum (I haven't tested it on that; I'm on 3.6.9).
2. Install the dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt.
3. On the platform you want to run it, place lloidbot.py, turnips.py, and a file called .env
4. The .env file contains a set of config variables that are used to run the bot.
   These are the following:
   • TOKEN: The bot's token, which can be found here
   • ANNOUNCE_ID: The ID of the channel to post price announcements in. These can by obtained by right-clicking the channel and selecting "Copy ID"
   • QUEUE_INTERVAL: The amount of seconds it takes for one position in the queue to resolve. If not set, it will default to 600 seconds.
   • SENTRY_DSN: The DSN used to connect with Sentry for error reporting.
5. Run python -m lloidbot

Testing: Run python -m unittest.

Tweaking: I haven't made this thing highly configurable but you can change the queue delay time by changing the env variable QUEUE_INTERVAL to the number of seconds you want. The channel it joins is based on the env variable ANNOUNCE_ID. I, uh, haven't supported it being on multiple channels or Discords yet. The bot can pin and unpin listings, but I haven't actually tested this out because it doesn't have permissions to do so on the Discord I'm on. Just comment out those lines if you wanna give it a try.

Usage:

1. If your Nooklings are buying turnips at a high price: a. PM Lloid the following: host [price] [optional dodo] [optional gmt offset] b. The dodo code and gmt offset are not optional if it's your first time to set turnip prices. c. Lloid will then post in #turnips d. PM the bot the word 'close' without the quotes to delist your prices and send an apology to everyone still waiting in line. Examples: New user, Nooklings buying turnips at 150 bells, Dodo code is DODOX, and timezone is GMT+8: host 150 DODOX 8 Already declared a price/dodo code/timezone before, but you had network problems so you had to get a new Dodo code. host 150 DODOY Moved to another country, so you have a new timezone. host 150 DODOZ -5 Same play session, but prices changed to 20 bells so you have to update the listing: host 20

2. If you saw a high price being posted in #turnips: a. React with the raccoon emoji. Lloid will make the initial reaction to help out. b. You'll be queued along with anyone else who reacted. Codes will be dispensed in 5 minute intervals (by default), but it may be less if your community is responsible about informing the bot when they've finished their turnip hawking. c. If you got a code, sold your turnips, and left the airport, then please do everyone a favor and message Lloid 'done' without the quotes. This will wake it up from sleeping and let the next person in early instead of having them wait the full five minutes. d. If you have yet to get a code and you find that you have pressing business to attend to, you can remove yourself from the queue by unreacting.