VK is library that allows to create chatbots for vk easy and fast

Quickstart

Easiest hi-bot

from VK import Bot


bot = Bot(api_token)

@bot.command('hi')
def echo(message):
    return 'Hi'

bot.start()

Documentation

Bot - main class

Parameters

• access_token - string to access api
• bot_admin - id of user, that will gain maximum access for bot`s commands
• session - GroupSession object to access api (will be created automatically if not passed)
• event_server - CallBackServer or LongPollServer that will pass events to bot (LongPollServer will bew created automaticly)
• log_file - name of log_file (will bew created at /log directory)
• log_level

Commands

Bot.command() - decorator for the functions that will be converted to a Command object

Parameters

• name - the main name of command (by default the name of function)
• aliases - the alternative names of command
• access_level - the minimum access level of access to run command
• message_if_deny - string, that will be replied to message, if access_level less then access_level
• use_doc - weather or not use the documentation of function in auto-generated documentation

Commands can be declared both synchronous and asynchronous

bot.command()
def hi():
    return 'Hi!'

bot.command()
async def bye():
    return 'Bye-bye!'

You can add message argument to the command-function to gain access to the message, that called the command

bot.command()
def hi(message):
    return f'Hi, {message.sender}!'

Also, you can reply to the message manually

bot.command()
async def hi(message):
    await message.reply('Hi, {message.sender}!')

Framework will automatically use the returned string as text of message to reply and ignore all other returned objects (including None)

AccessLevel

There are 3 access levels now

1. USER - every user in conversations
2. ADMIN - admins of conversation and any user in private chat with bot
3. BOT_ADMIN - user, that was declared as bot_admin

Regex (Experimental)

You can write functions, that will be automatically called if message matches given pattern

bot.regex('.*hi.*')
async def regex_hi(message):
    await message.reply('Your message contains hi')