Random Meme Poster

Node v16.

Cron job to post a randomly selected meme (any picture really) to a messaging app.
Images are moved to already-sent to avoid duplicate posting. halverneus/static-file-server is used to publicly share the memes folder for Slack to download.

Supported: Slack, Discord.

# Configure Slack webhook etc
cp .env.sample .env

# Schedule meme-posting!
docker-compose up --build -d

Permissions

If you get a 403 Forbidden for server:4001/cat.jpg:

chmod -R 755 memes_folder

Output

Resources

• Ofelia: A docker job scheduler (aka. crontab for docker)
• Cron Docker Blog post
  • Source Code