New at RC and want to meet new people? Lunchbot is a simple opt-in Zulip bot that assigns randomized lunch groups.
Join the 'lunchbot' stream to opt-in. On days when RC is open Lunchbot will privately message you after 11am to verify you want to be part of a lunch group. Around noon Lunchbot posts the lunch groups for that day in the 'lunchbot' stream.
Sometimes lunchbot needs to run on non standard dates. To handle this you can set ENV['ZULIP_LUNCHBOT_DATE_OVERRIDES'] to a comma separated list of dates prefixed by "+" or "-" in the format "2017-07-03". See .env.sample for examples.
Add the expected variables to ENV. An easy way to do this is to cp .env.sample .env and edit .env to have the correct values. Then you can source .env before running python bot.py.
This project runs on AWS Lambda. It uses Cloudwatch cron events to trigger the function lambda_handler in bot.py. The secrets are stored in Lambda environment variables. Look at .env.sample to see the variables that are required. Note: zulip-beta requires something to be set for ENV["HOME"] and by default a Lambda does not have ENV["HOME"]. Setting HOME to an empty string will allow it to run.
The project is uploaded to Lambda as a zip, bin/package_lambda.sh is included to make creating package.zip easy. It expects virtualenv to be available on your system.
- Have Lunchbot make restaurant recommendations from a curated list compiled by RCers (it would be extra nice to take into account dietary restrictions)
- Have options for lunch groups (example: some people want to be in a small group others want to be in a large group)
- Find out which days RC is open (maybe based on the calendar?)