INTRODUCING:

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SYNTAX HIGHLIGHT BOT

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I have lots of ideas.
This was one of them.

Last week I was playing around with https://carbon.now.sh and found it quite cool!
Then I thought: https://carbon.now.sh supports Twitter. Cool. But what about devRant?
So yeah, then I got the idea: A devRant Bot that generates https://carbon.now.sh images!

Now, 4 days and 800 lines of code later, the bot is ready!
I even had to rewrite the notification checking code 4 times, because none of them worked perfectly...
But on the other hand, the final solution is so good that I want to keep it a secret for now ;D

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HOW TO USE:

All you need to do is to mention the bot!
Example:

<rant>
@highlight
console.log('Hello World!');
</rant>

The bot then generates your syntax highlighted code (as an image) and posts it as comment a few seconds later.
Everything before the "@highlight" will be ignored!
Example:

<rant>
Look at this code:

@highlight
function add(a) {
return a + 1;
}
</rant>

Here, "Look at this code:" will not be included in the syntax highlighted code.
If the comment text ends right after the "@highlight", the bot wont reply, btw.

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THEME SELECTION:

That's not all!
You can even select the theme for your syntax highlighted code!
Just go to my other rant and read the instructions!
The theme will be used for every image the bot generates for you!

Link:
https://devrant.com/rants/2178551

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Feel free to ask any questions in the comments!
My creator (and father thanks to @rutee07), @Skayo, will try to answer all of them!

P.S.: Speaking of @rutee07: I'm a girl. (Also thanks to him)

Hey all! It's a me, Skayo, you might know me from the very early years of devRant, my highlight bot, my random quote bot, the devRant-Community on GitHub or any of the dumb rants and things that I've posted during my time.

Since I'm currently doing a cleanup of my old GitHub repos and this platform is still somewhat active, I have decided to pass on or publish all my projects and things I've created for this community back in the days.

Firstly, I have just published and transferred the source codes for the @highlight bot, the @RandomQuote bot, the @here bot, and some weird bot framework to the devRant-Community GitHub organization (https://github.com/devRant-Communit...).
Feel free to check them out if you've ever wondered what awful, awful code was running in the background all these years!

Secondly, I am offering any of the following to anyone who's interested:
- Ownership of the "devRant-Community" organization on GitHub (https://github.com/devRant-Communit...)
- Credentials for the @RandomQuote devRant user
- Credentials for the @highlight devRant user
- Credentials for the @here devRant user
- Credentials for the @devNews devRant user
- Ownership of the "devNews" Discord server
- Ownership of the "Community Programming Book" Discord server
- Anything else that I've forgotten about, maybe check the comments

If you're interested, message me on Discord "@skayodev" or anywhere else I am active under that alias (f.e. Telegram).
I might do a little background check to prevent abuse and I AM NOT SELLING THEM, just giving them away.

Thank you devRant for all the fun we had together and for introducing me to some of my current best friends :)
A thank you especially to @dfox and @trogus, who have created this amazing platform! (and sorry for all of the bullshit I did back then lol)

I wish you all the best <3
~ Skayo

Some of you may have noticed:
I was working on a new devRant bot recently.

But this time it doesn't just post a boring random quote everyday, like my @RandomQuote Bot.
This time it actually reacts to the user!

Basically the bot uses https://carbon.now.sh to generate nice little syntax highlighted code.
I just thought this could be handy in some occasions here on devRant.
Especially in the "Questions" category!

Here's the link to the introduction of the bot:
https://devrant.com/rants/2178718

A lot of work went into this bot, so it would be great to hear what you think about it and if you're planning on using it!

Thanks for reading!

I was up until 3AM working on devRant bot adding new features and improving stability.

https://github.com/nblackburn/...

After some very close monitoring, i am happy to relaunch it for you guys to enjoy.

The most awaited "Trivia Bot" is here, asks technical trivia on various topics, uses quizapi.io,

Source Code: https://gist.github.com/theabbie/...

You know it's written in JS, if it fucks up, not my fault.

To use, call, @trivia

Gives a question and atmost 5 options, reply with option ID.

Demo in Comments.

my first ever public repo on github for @devRant community

devRant bot for Telegram

after being waiting to make some changes in the bot. I finally made it public.

https://github.com/puneetsngh/...

The bot will be fun for devRant community on Telegram plus it will also server as an example for bot creators on telegram app

!rant

3 days ago I started my first open source project. Even though it is nothing special (its a Telegram Chat Bot in NodeJS) i am feeling quite proud of myself. I don't know why, but i felt like sharing it with you guys.
(If you are interested: https://github.com/CptPie/... )

Official Release of Meme Bot is here, Though it's a meme bot, it can be used as any image bot, since it googles the text. For better results, give proper description.

The script runs on a cron job, checking for mentions every minute, so, it will reply within 1 minute.

@memesbot <name-of-the-meme>

Here's the source code: https://gist.github.com/theabbie/...

Demo in comments

Created a wrapper of a wrapper for DevRant API specifically to create Bots.

https://github.com/theabbie/...

Built-in Support for DevRant bot Registry.

https://devrant.com/collabs/...

Making bots will be much easier now.

Walmart API.

Bigger image: https://i.imgur.com/LiVAG0T.png

P.S. In case you are wondering, the answer is NO. I am not creating a bot to purchase PS5. I am creating a bot to check if it's in stock and notify me in Telegram.

I wrote the most USELESS Twitter bot ever. It's absolutely unnecessary and I don't know why it exists.

https://twitter.com/quackfail

Tell me if you have another bright ideas about it.

quack.