![Postheader Logo](http://666kb.com/i/dr1tezt8ykqzgujpc.jpg) Welcome to the new part of my development blog. This blog post will be about a little gaming project I came up with. You can read in more detail what it's all about in the [introduction post](https://steemit.com/@derasmo/vorstellung-von-mir-und-meiner-projektidee). First of all thanks to everyone hwo supported me on the [introduction post](https://steemit.com/@derasmo/vorstellung-von-mir-und-meiner-projektidee). The author rewards will help in the future of this project. I've been lazy this weekend but the last two days I returned working on the bot and just finished it for some testing. [Full source can be obtained on GitHub](https://github.com/DerAsmo/deutschbot). ## talk to me Before putting the bot out in the world I wanted some discord integration so I know whats happening while it does what it does. I had some issues understanding how python handles some things. Well still don't understand it and just changed the approach. Now I can start the bot in the background without missing the console output. This is the new code for the testrun: def start_game(self): #settings duration_hours = 0 duration_minutes = 0 duration_seconds = 5 limit = 2 # 1. create post title = 'testing a bot' body = 'This post is auto generated and ment for testing pupose. You can read in more detail what it\'s all about in the [introdutction post](https://steemit.com/@derasmo/vorstellung-von-mir-und-meiner-projektidee). All rewards go to @deutschbot, because I use his code, @markus.light, because he volunteered, and @reeceypie, because @ocd resteemed a post I liked.' permlink = 'testing-a-bot-bot-bot' beneficiaries = [ {'account': '@deutschbot', 'weight': 2500}, {'account': '@markus.light', 'weight': 3750}, {'account': '@reeceypie', 'weight': 3750} ] permlink = self.post(title, body, self.bot_account, permlink=permlink, beneficiaries=beneficiaries) # 2. catch upvotes and create comments postid = "@" + self.bot_account + "/" + permlink; start = time.time() duration = duration_hours * 360 + duration_minutes * 60 + duration_seconds voters = [] permlinks ={} while time.time() < start + duration: if len(voters) < limit : votes = self.s.get_active_votes(self.bot_account, permlink) if len(votes) > 0 : # sort votes by time and cut off above limit v_votes = self.get_valid_votes(votes, limit) for vote in v_votes: if vote['voter'] not in voters: if len(voters) < 1: comment_body = vote['voter'] + 'is collecting for @mack-bot. In Addition to the users mentioned in the post @mack-bot will receive a share. Please vote if you want them to win.' comment_beneficiaries = [ {'account': '@deutschbot', 'weight': 2500}, {'account': '@markus.light', 'weight': 2500}, {'account': '@reeceypie', 'weight': 2500}, {'account': '@mack-bot', 'weight': 2500} ] else: comment_beneficiaries = [ {'account': '@deutschbot', 'weight': 2500}, {'account': '@markus.light', 'weight': 2500}, {'account': '@reeceypie', 'weight': 2500}, {'account': '@spaminator', 'weight': 2500} ] comment_body = '@' + vote['voter'] + 'is collecting for @spaminator. In Addition to the users mentioned in the post @spaminator will receive a share. Please vote if you want them to win.' self.post_to_webhooks( vote['voter'] + ' joined the game.') voters.append(vote['voter']) permlink = 'testing-a-bot-bot-bot-comment-' + len(voters) permlinks[vote['voter']] = self.post('', comment_body, self.bot_account, reply_identifier=postid, beneficiaries=comment_beneficiaries) time.sleep(5) # 3. post summary results = {} for voter in voters: votes = self.s.get_active_votes(self.bot_account, permlinks[voter]) results[voter] = len(votes) results_body = self.evaluate(results) self.post_to_webhooks(results_body) self.post('', results_body, self.bot_account, reply_identifier=postid) The code is a little bit messy and will need to be rewritten or at least cleaned up. But there will be lots of changes in the next couple of days so I don't care about it too much. I added "beneficiaries" and will for this testrun give all curation rewards to the accounts mentioned in the respective post body. If everything works as I understood it. But thats what this is for. See how things work. The post_to_webhooks() is responsible for sending messages to discord. There is a difference in Discord Apps and Webhooks. Took me a while to understand that the webhooks do not control the Discord App but the Webhook, which is not actually a "User" in the channel like the app is, but more like a pipe to the channel itself. So the App is for listening on the channel, the webhook for output to the discord. ## fingers crossed The bot started its first round and can be followed on this post. The agenda still is: >1. [create a post on command](https://steemit.com/testing/@derasmo/testing-a-bot-bot-bot) - check >2. catch upvotes on this post and create a comment with upvoters name >3. create another comment after a given time displaying upvote informations of comments created in the last step I hardcoded the permlinks so if anything goes wrong I can restart the bot without him creating a new post. In future versions the bot should pick up unresolved entry posts and continue them. Hope everything runs smooth and as expected. It's a pretty simple task but still. It's the first time I'm running the program with actually posting to steem so I don't know what I might have missed. ## coming tasks Next step is to think about how the game will proceed and evaluate what's possible and where I don't come up with a solution yet. Have a lot of ideas, the best ones might already be forgotten, so I better write them down to everyone, including myself. Already setup an environment for frontend development as well. I'm using Joomla! on XAMPP which I edit with Eclipse (Php Neon, to be precise - but that doesn't really matter). I already did a couple of projects in Joomla! so that will be an easy one. Coming closer to the point where I will need someone with serious abilitys in graphical web design. See you on steem. ## update There we go first problems appeared. Steem needs at least one Tag. Function post() initializes tags with tags=None. But that's because tags can also be submitted in the JSON part. The Error thrown when not having a tag indicates something is wrong with the permlink which doesn't help at all locating the error. ## update 2 There seems to be an [issue](https://github.com/steemit/steem-python/issues/9) with the python API which prevents setting the beneficiaries. Might have to send the rewards manually if I can't get it to work. If you can help me fixing this please tell me in the comments or on discord (@DerAsmo#9548). --- * [Devblog #1: first thoughts](https://steemit.com/blog/@derasmo/devblog-1-first-thoughts) * [Devblog #2: a simple task for a bot](https://steemit.com/blog/@derasmo/devblog-2-a-simple-task-for-a-bot) * Devblog #3: getting a tiny bit serious

Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors