RemindMeBot

This is a complete reworking of the original RemindMe bot I made using python (hosted over here)

I feel like this bot will be better able to parse messages and scheduling replies

Feel free to contribute if you want!

Running personal version

You'll need to set your database settings in db.yml. Examples are provided for MySQL and SQLite configs (db.ex_mysql.yml and db.ex_sqlite.yml, respectively). For a bare bones SQLite setup do this:

cp db.ex_sqlite.yml db.yml

When running the bot you need to specify an instance and provide a mastodon access token on the command line

Something like:

TOKEN='your_access_token_here' INSTANCE='https://your_cool_instan.ce' bundle exec ruby main.rb

Features

scheduling reminders (see Time Input Specifications below)
canceling reminders that have yet to go off
saving/restoring to a (MySQL/MariaDB/SQLite) database

Time input specifications

As of right now the bot is only able to parse times that come in certain formats:

HH:MM:SS PM TZD (seconds field is optional, as are minutes. AM/PM is needed if specifiying 12 hour time)
N seconds (or days/hours/weeks/minutes)

To make the status to the bot feel more like natural language you can also supply something like:

in N seconds
at HH:MM TZD

it will still parse out to the correct time

TODO

command to repeat a reminder
newlines not returned properly in reminder status?
make bot less spammy with !help message