ResponderBot

A simple framework for defining a text-based interface

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'responder_bot'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install responder_bot

Check out the examples directory for detailed usage examples. This gem is a bit complicated to put the usage inline here.

Here's a simple example to illustrate the idea at it's core.

class SimpleResponder < ResponderBot::Handler
  handle_response do |reply|
    reply.quit { "Ok, thanks for playing!" }
    reply.likert { "I'm glad you feel that way." }
    reply.yes { "Awesome, thanks." }
  end
end

SimpleResponder.new("1").handle_response!
# => "I'm glad you feel that way."

SimpleResponder.new("Yes!").handle_response!
# => "Awesome, thanks."

This example is super trivial, but don't worry, it gets better.

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/shreve/responder_bot.

I am particularly looking for feedback on

1. Default matchers (ResponderBot.default_matchers)
2. New types of matchers

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.