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module Chatterbot
#
# a bunch of helper routines for bots
module Helpers
def botname=(b)
@botname = b
end
#
# The name of the currently running bot
def botname
if !@botname.nil?
@botname
elsif self.class < Bot
self.class.to_s.downcase
else
File.basename($0,".rb")
end
end
#
# Pull the username from a tweet hash -- this is different depending on
# if we're doing a search, or parsing through replies/mentions.
def from_user(s)
case s
when Twitter::Tweet
s.user.screen_name
when Twitter::User
s.screen_name
when String
s
else
s.has_key?(:from_user) ? s[:from_user] : s[:user][:screen_name]
end
end
#
# Take the incoming tweet/user name, and turn it into something suitable for replying
# to a user. Basically, get their handle and add a '@' to it.
def tweet_user(tweet)
base = from_user(tweet)
base =~ /^@/ ? base : "@#{base}"
end
#
# do some simple variable substitution. for now, it only handles
# replacing #USER# with the screen of the incoming tweet, but it
# could do more if needed
#
def replace_variables(txt, original = nil)
if ! original.nil? && txt.include?("#USER#")
username = tweet_user(original)
txt.gsub("#USER#", username)
else
txt
end
end
end
end
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