The bot generates a list of recommendations based on the MyAnimeList account. Recommendations are obtained through scraping from this site: https://anime.ameo.dev/

The bot can also show a random quote, picture or gif using various APIs.

The bot executes all commands using the corresponding buttons in the menu.

• Quote - Random quote.
• PicRandom - Random picture.
  • SFW
    • Get picture
  • NSFW
    • Get picture
  • I WANT EVERYTHING!
    • Get SFW pic
    • Get NSFW pic
• B..baka! - Random "baka" gif.
• Anime Recommendations - Recommendations. When clicked, it will ask for a nickname for "MyAnimeList". Has its own submenu:
  • Next - Show next recommendation.
  • Update recs - Update list of recommendations.
  • Main Menu - Return to the main menu.

Commands in this instruction are provided for Linux. If you are using Windows, you can find similar commands in the command block (under the step-by-step instructions) after the '#' comment marker.

0. You must have firefox installed.
1. Clone this repository to your local machine.
2. Create a virtualenv (This step is optional, but highly recommended to avoid dependency conflicts) python3 -m venv .venv (You don't need to run it again) . .venv/bin/activate (You must run this every time you open the project in a new shell)
3. Install requirements.
4. Create an .env file in the root of project directory (there is a .envExample file for you to use as a template.) and add your Telegram bot API token https://t.me/BotFather BOT_TOKEN=bot-token-here
5. Run bot.py from project directory. python3 -m anirecombot.bot

$ git clone https://github.com/GSPVK/AniRecomBot/
$ cd AniRecomBot
$ python3 -m venv .venv # on windows run "py -m venv .venv"
$ . .venv/bin/activate # on windows run ".venv/Scripts/activate"
(.venv) $ pip install -r requirements.txt
# Create a .env file, as described in step 4
(.venv) $ python3 -m anirecombot.bot # on windows run "py -m anirecombot.bot"