messenger-cartoon-bot

A Facebook Messenger bot that sends cartoon updates from Instagram.

Getting Started

You can either run the bot on Glitch or on your local machine.

Run on Glitch

https://glitch.com/~messenger-cartoon-bot

Run on local machine

• Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/wli75/messenger-cartoon-bot.git

• Install dependencies, build and run the project

npm install
npm run build
npm start

Demo

Command	Description
get started	Triggered by the "Get Started" button. Sends a greeting message.
help	Display a list of available commands.

Command	Description
show subscription	List Instagram accounts you're subscribed for cartoon updates.
subscribe [account]	Subscribe to an Instagram account for cartoon updates.
unsubscribe [account]	Unsubscribe from an Instagram account for cartoon updates.

Command	Description
notification [on/off]	Turn on/off cartoon update notification. By default, it's on.
update	Check if there are cartoon updates. This is useful if notification is off.

Command	Description
unsupported command	Sends a "I don't understand" message.

Technologies used

dependencies

Package	Description
express	Node.js web framework
request	HTTP request library
inversify	Dependency injection framework
better-sqlite3	Sqlite database
puppeteer	Web-scraping
winston	Logging library
morgan	HTTP request logging middleware for node.js

devDependencies

Package	Description
typescript	JavaScript compiler/type checker
eslint	Linter
prettier	Ensure consistent code format
jest	Testing library