Winston

Winston is a bot. He's here to help. He's like J.A.R.V.I.S., but less alive.

Winston Is Not Some Toy, Okay Nerds?

Running

• Install dependencies: npm install keybase-bot pdfkit feedparser request codetheweb/tuyapi
• Create bot-paper-key.txt (line 1: the username, line 2: the paperkey)
• Create (empty) directory images/
• create config.js (example is provided, real values are only needed if controlling lights)
• node winston.js

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PNG to PDF

• monitors channel png2pdf
• attachments are saved to /images
• when convert is sent: all files in /images are made into a PDF, in alphabetical order; the PDF (called homework.pdf) is sent and the images are deleted

XKCD

• monitors channel xkcd
• a simple IFTT recipe sends xkcd? when the RSS feed is updated, using the Keybase webhookbot
• when xkcd? is sent, the RSS feed is checked; any comic posted within 15 minutes is downloaded and sent

Lights

• Light strip is controlled via IFTT
• Power strip is controlled via API (see setup instructions at https://github.com/codetheweb/tuyapi/blob/master/docs/SETUP.md)
• IFTT Webhook URLs and TuyAPI object should be stored in config.js (an example is provided)

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onsite, in progress