This repository contains the code for a Reddit bot that automatically responds to comments with statistics (win rates, popularity, etc.) about a particular Overwatch hero. Once a week, the bot also posts a weekly statistical breakdown.
This is the code that runs Overwatch_Stats_Bot. It uses PRAW (The Python Reddit API Wrapper) to access the Reddit API and automatically reply to comments. When called via the "!owstats hero-name", "!owstat hero-name", or "!herostats hero-name" commands, the bot automatically replies with the requested hero's statistics from the past month.
If the bot hasn't run yet on the current day, it gathers and archives new statistical data via get_stats.py. Additionally, if it's the first run on a Tuesday, the bot posts a weekly statistical breakdown to r/OWStatsArchive, via weekly_stats.py.
Here's an example of what an automated reply looks like:
Uses Selenium and BeautifulSoup to scrape a table of statistical data on Overbuff, then archives this data locally.
Uses archived data to post a weekly statistical breakdown. This breakdown calculates the change in win rate, pick rate, tie rate, and "on fire" percentages over the past week, from both monthly and weekly frames of reference.
This is an example praw.ini file that's required to authenticate the bot and allow usage of Reddit's API.