Deutschbot is originally designed for Deutsch community. But it can be used in other local communities at Steemit.
Bot basically follows pre-defined trusted curator accounts at the steem network and constantly check their upvotes and upvotes the post itself.
Features
It has two main parts.
Discord Bot
- add/remove trusted curators
- add/remove Steemit accounts to/from the blacklist
- set/get threshold for the basic score algorithm. (Every post has a score. If the score is greater than the threshold, the bot will upvote.)
Transaction Listener
Bot also has a separate transaction listener process, where it listens to curators' vote actions. If there is a post voted by trusted curators and qualified to get an upvote from the bot, it will upvote it.
After upvoting, it will post relevant information to Discord . (Post URL, related curators, voting weight. etc.)
Technology Stack
Bot only need Python3.6 and greater, and a handful of python packages listed on requirements.txt.
Installation
Make sure you have created a virtual environment with python3.6 venv. It's not required for the bot to work, however, it's highly suggested.
$ git clone https://github.com/emre/deutschbot.git
$ cd deutschbot
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ cd communitybot
$ vim settings.py # edit accordingly
Running
Discord Bot
Make sure you have edited
- BOT_TOKEN
- DB_CONNECTION_URI (Compatible w/ databases dataset supports.
in the settings.py
To run it:
$ python deutschbot.py --run discordbot
Bot commands
$help - Display this help message.
$blacklist - Blacklists a user, or removes them from the blacklist; Usage: $blacklist add username or $blacklist remove username
$curators - Puts users in the list of curators, or removes them; Usage: $curators add username or $curators remove username
$threshold - Regulate the threshold for the bot. $threshold set 100 to set it or $threshold get to current value. to trigger. 100 = 1% VP
Adding authorized users to bot
This can be done via command line.
$ python deutschbot.py --add-discord-user emre#9263
Make sure you include the discord ID.
2. Curator Bot
Running
First, make you sure you have edited:
- BOT_ACCOUNT
- BOT_POSTING_KEY
- TAGS
- HOOKS
in the settings.py.
$ python deutschbot.py --run curate
This will start listening transactions on the network. If trusted curator votes on something, bot will calculate a score and if the score is greater then the threshold, it will upvote the post.
After upvoting, it will also post to discord about it.
Starting from a specific block
By default, curator bot will start listening from the last block generated. If you need to start it from a
specific block height, you should run the bot as:
$python deutschbot.py --run curate --start-block 12312333
Feel free to use it for your local community and let me know if you have any issues or feature ideas. Also, See 
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