BOTify your code

[bplus]

So who knows what about code connecting to Internet and interacting with stuff on it?

Fellipe showed me this project which looks very interesting:
https://github.com/wfbarnes/sprezzo/blob/master/HELP.txt

I'd like to be ready for the Singularity or at least The Terminator.

[bplus]

Here is a for instance starter, that impresses the heck out of me.

vince, tempodiBasic, Adrian and other chess lovers might like it too.

SmallBASIC code that visits a site and copies 20 end game programs.

I wonder can be translated to QB64 and generalized to be done with simple commands to a bot.

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. 'internet grabber jasali  SmallBASIC 0.12.11 2018-02-13
2.  
3. open "chess-pgnfile.pgn" for output as #2
4. for i=1 to 20
5.   open "http://moodle.usm.md/endgame/getpgn.php?pid="+i as #1
6.   tload #1,p
7.   ?p:?#2,p
8.   close #1
9. next
10. close #2
11. pause 'for screen shot and scroll through screen
12.  
13.  

file extension name changed from pgn to txt because that is all the file is, a text file.


TLOAD loads a file in a single pop to an array or a long string. Here it looks to be single line arrays??? either that or ? (PRINT) can print an array in a pop too?? with variable typing p could be a string or an array??

I have not seen TLOAD used with Open and file handle before, I guess it is to create file names on the fly.
usually it is used as
TLOAD "thePath\theFile.theExt", myArray
without an OPEN statement.

I am not sure QB64 can do that specially off Internet???

[bplus]

Taking discussion of Bots in Chat rooms here:

I have to say, at IRC, all the bots are addressed or commanded before they do they their thing.

I don't think they go off on their own unbidden. I have not seen that.

Plus there is appreciation of bots with cool tricks or provide handy services.

[Pete]

Well, if you can put together a bot-let, to bring me coffee, by all means.

There is an annoying one that is part of IRC chat that demands I sign in or I don't get the name "Pete" to use in chat. It assigns some lame Guest35346356363343636366363636365347457474747474747568568585858568585 alias. I left, because with that many guest, who would have a chance of getting a post in edgewise?

Pete [Wait for it...]


Boom!

[bplus]

Well maybe a bot can be made to sign in for you.

[Pete]

No thanks. It would have to have my password. That's worse than my wife having my credit card [Insert horrified smiley here.]

Pete

[bplus]

Well, if you can put together a bot-let, to bring me coffee, by all means.

Someone already had that idea

https://www.google.com/search?q=amazon+coffee&client=opera&hs=GqM&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd0u79-bXZAhUFy1kKHUp-CPIQ_AUIDSgE&biw=1291&bih=671

Maybe a drone will fly it in for you too.

[Pete]

Ahhhhh. Thanks dude!