Can we run Lidraughts bot in heroku

[techyking07]

The title is the question

Please tell me @AttackingOrDefending

[AttackingOrDefending]

Yes. You do exactly what you would do for lichess-bot. I will make some changes explaining how to run a bot in heroku.

[AttackingOrDefending]

I pushed the changes explaining it. You can find them here.

[techyking07]

@AttackingOrDefending what is the recommended engine to make bot using heroku

[AttackingOrDefending]

You can use Scan (https://github.com/rhalbersma/scan).

[aladdinGene]

If I run this code in heroku, how can I use this for what?

[aladdinGene]

And could you tell me how to use 8x8 CBEngine in detail?

[AttackingOrDefending]

Use the steps here, to run a bot on heroku. You can't run a CBEngine in heroku because heroku uses Linux while the engines were compiled for windows.

[aladdinGene]

Thank you for your response.
I ran the code in heroku.
Then how can I use application in heroku?
I can't load page after deploy this code on heroku.
Thank you.

[AttackingOrDefending]

For an engine you can download Scan (hjetten.home.xs4all.nl/scan/scan.html). Copy or rename the file config.yml.default to config.yml. Create an account and get a bot token (github.com/AttackingOrDefending/lidraughts-bot#lidraughts-oauth). To setup the engine follow the steps github.com/AttackingOrDefending/lidraughts-bot#setup-engine. Edit the variants (supported_variants) and time controls (supported_tc) from the config.yml (use # to disable certain ones).

For hosting it on heroku:

• Move all the files from "./heroku" to "."
• In startbot.sh, change "chmod +x ./engines/engine_name" to "chmod +x ./engines/scan_linux" (rename Scan to scan_linux and use the linux version)
• Follow the last 3 steps from github.com/AttackingOrDefending/lidraughts-bot/tree/main/heroku
• Maybe you can deploy from github instead of heroku git and put the token in the environment variable but I haven't tested it.

[aladdinGene]

I already deployed the code on heroku.
After deploy on heroku, how to use it?
Thank you.

[AttackingOrDefending]

Go to Resources (https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps//resources), click "Edit dyno formation" and enable the app and click "Confirm".

[aladdinGene]

I already done and I saw this log.

I want to know how to use it.
Thank you.

[aladdinGene]

I'm going to make a checkers game AI engine using Node js or Python.
But I'm a beginner and have poor algorithm knowledge.
Do you know where is checkers game AI engine made by Python or Node js?
Thank you.

[AttackingOrDefending]

The log means that it works.

Examples of a Python checkers engine:

• https://github.com/techwithtim/Python-Checkers-AI
• https://github.com/akalverboer/python_draughts_10x10
• https://github.com/damiha/CheckersBot

[aladdinGene]

Could you tell me how to use this code after deploying on Heroku?
Thank you.

[AttackingOrDefending]

They aren't compatible with lidraughts-bot. You are going to have to modify them in order to connect them to lidraughts-bot. You can use the homemade protocol. Otherwise, you can use an engine that supports the hub or dxp protocol that you can find on the internet, like Scan which is what your bot already uses.

[aladdinGene]

I used scan from (https://github.com/rhalbersma/scan).
Then there is no error when building.
Could you send me a screenshot of compatibility with lidraughts-bot?
Thank you.

[AttackingOrDefending]

None of them are compatible with lidraughts-bot. The last one is probably the easiest to adapt, since it already uses pydraughts. See here for the file with the engine logic.

[SriMethan]

Note : - Anyone can run a bot on Heroku

But,

Finally, Heroku doesn't have any free plans, but I guess they have some eco plans or basic plans which charges only low cost to run the bot on Heroku,

If someone needs another free alternative of Heroku take a look at cloudcommunity/Free-Hosting

If someone prefers a paid alternative of Heroku take a look at cloudcommunity/Cloud-Free-Tier-Comparison

[SriMethan]

Hey!

Guess what I found!

render.com/docs/migrate-from-heroku

Completely free

Only for web not worker though

for migrating to vercel from heroku I think I found a video too if you want...

But that's only web too