ZulipReminder Bot

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Installation

1. Set necessary configuration options in .env file. Template can be found in .env_template

Server variables

• REMINDER_BOT_HOST: host, by default "127.0.0.1"
• REMINDER_BOT_PORT: port, by default 9175

Zulip config

• REMINDER_BOT_ZULIPCHAT: url of Zulip chat, e.g. https://my-organization.zulipchat.com
• REMINDER_BOT_EMAIL: email which was used to register in bot in Zulip chat
• REMINDER_BOT_API_KEY: api key of the bot, which can be found in bot settings of the corresponding Zulip chat.
• REMINDER_BOT_TOKEN: bot token, which you should receive from zulip server. To do it, run julia extras/echo.jl and send message from zulip. In the output you'll see token.

2. Logging and database options should be set in configuration.jl. Example of configuration can be found in conf_template.jl. Currently only postgresql is supported.

3. Initialize database with

julia --project=. migrations.jl

4. Run server with

julia --project=. reminderserver.jl

5. Enjoy

Commands

Currently following commands are supported

1. <where> <when> <what>: set a reminder.
   • where is optional, should be either me or here. In latter case bot sends a message to the topic where reminder was set. If where is omitted reminder bot sends message privately to the person who set the reminder.
   • when can be either in relative form X days Y hours Z minutes or in an absolute form 2020-10-01 23:15:00. In relative forms single or plural form of month, week, day, hour, minute, second are allowed as well as positive and negative values of X, Y, Z. In absolute form date is mandatory, but hours, minute or second part can be omitted.
   • what is a message that should be shown by reminder bot.
2. list: show all current reminders of a user.
3. remove <id>: remove your reminder with the id <id>. Multiple <id> can be given comma separated.
4. timezone <value>: set timezone for current user. If <value> is omitted, then current setting is used. Value should be in a form Europe/Amsterdam, America/New_York and the like.
5. help: this message

Examples of usage:

• me 2 days drink coffee (send private message in two hours)
• 1 day -2 hour redo things (send message tomorrow, two hours earlier than today's current time)
• 2021-12-31 12:00 Happy New Year (send private message on the midnight of 31 December 2021)
• here 1 hour Say something (send message to the stream in 1 hour) """