Football (Soccer fútbol fußball 足球 ) @lemmy.world UndercoverUlrikHD @programming.dev 2mo ago

LiveThreadBot is now live

Update: To add or remove women's game's, you now need to add -w to the command. E.g. -football -w Barcelona - Liverpool or -remove -football -w Barcelona - Liverpool This is due to edge cases where men's and women's team share name and play against the same opponent on the same day. Women's match thread will also be marked with [Women's game] in the title.

As some of you may have seen, the community now has a match thread bot to help with automating creation and updating match threads.

The bot takes a request in the format -football [email protected] Barcelona - Real Madrid and will look up to 6 days ahead for an upcoming match and add it to a queue. ~15 minutes before kick off it will make a post that it will continuously update with available score, stats and commentary.

To make a request you can either tag the bot or reply to one of the bot's comments. See the comments for an interaction example.

The bot will work in any community federated with lemmy.world so if you want to create a live thread in e.g. c/gunners you could make a request like this -football [email protected] Arsenal - Tottenham Hotspur

Do note that the bot requires approval from a mod or admin to post in a community. So unless you're a mod/admin, you'll need to ask them to approve the bot via -mod_action whitelist [email protected] or become a trusted user that can bypass the block -mod_action trust [email protected] [email protected]

For a more detailed and technical overview of the bot's capabilities, please check the readme in the gitlab repo: https://gitlab.com/UlrikHD/lemmy-match-thread-bot

Example output of a live thread: https://lemmy.ml/post/18633476

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@[email protected] -football Sheffield Wednesday - Norwich City
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Northampton Town - Kettering Town
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
This is a really neat bot, I hope c/football has enough traffic to create some good discussion in the match threads!
I like how we're the example and I didn't even know about this bot till now. Might consider using this. Does it do women's football as well?
- If the game is casted on espn it is supported, which should be most professional leagues.
  
  Hmmm, don't see our next UWCL game on there. Maybe cuz it's qualifiers still.
Great, thanks!
@[email protected] -football [email protected] Switzerland - Spain
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16.0 min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -mod_action trust [email protected] [email protected]
- https://sopuli.xyz/u/blaze is now a trusted user in [email protected]. The user can now request live threads without being rate limited or requiring whitelisted community access.
  
  -mod_action ban [email protected] [email protected]
btw: from last match thread of ours, not sure if this is a bug on your end or ESPN's, but Jorginho's mononym seems to be causing a tiny bug
- Thanks for the report, will fix it soon 👌
@[email protected] -help
- Hello! I am a bot that can create live threads on lemmy.
  
  I can be called by either tagging me in a comment or by replying to me.
  
  Usage:
  
  For all (optional) community@instance inputs, if none given, will assume the community the message is sent from.
  
  -football community@instance(optional {home team} - {away team} - Sets up a game in the queue for live-thread creation. Thread is created ~16.0 min before kick-off. Defaults to [email protected] if no community is given.
  
  -remove {-sport} {community@instance}(optional) {home team} - {away team} - Removes a game queued for live-thread creation. Only available for requester, mods and admins.
  
  -queue {-sport} {community@instance}(optional) - Lists the current live threads queued for posting.
  
  -mod_action {command} {input} - Various mod actions to set rules for the bot.
  
  admin_action {command} {input}
  
  -message {message} - Sends a message to bot maintainer
  
  Mod commands:
  
  rules {community@instance}(optional) - Shows the rules applied to the community.
  
  blacklist {community@instance}(optional) - Will no longer interact with community.
  
  remove_blacklist {community@instance}(optional) - Will interact with the community again.
  
  whitelist {community@instance}(optional) - Opens up the bot to post in the community.
  
  remove_whitelist {community@instance}(optional) - Removes the community from the whitelist.
  
  trust {username@instance} {community@instance}(optional) - Removes rate limit restrictions for the user, all mods are trusted users for their communities.
  
  untrust {username@instance} {community@instance}(optional) - Removes the trusted status for the user, can not apply to mods in their communities.
  
  ban {username@instance} {community@instance}(optional) - The user can no longer interact with the bot in the given community.
  
  unban {username@instance} {community@instance}(optional) - The user is removed from the ban list for the given community.
  
  Admin commands:
  
  Same as mod commands, however admins can also add commands to their entire instance by using the format {-@instance}. Do note that community specific commands overrule instance-wide commands.
  
  Source Code: https://gitlab.com/UlrikHD/lemmy-match-thread-bot
  
  -football Republic of Ireland - England
  
  -football Croatia - Poland
  
  -football France - Belgium
@[email protected] -football Manchester City - Fulham
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
can you guys add my Turkish Süper Lig community to allowed communities? I can add live threads to there if I can. [email protected]

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
- Good to see a nice a community for the SuperLig!
  
  Thanks, I'm glad too, for having a bot that works with Süper Lig :)
- You can whitelist the community (if you're a moderator or admin) with the command -mod_action whitelist [email protected]
  
  Edit: you also don't need to whitelist it to have it post threads there if you're a mod. If you're a mod you can make a request and it will post even if not whitelisted for general use.
  
  Oh I thought the whitelist stuff was operated by bot owner. Makes sense now, thx.
@[email protected] -football Manchester United - Tottenham Hotspur
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Trabzonspor - Besiktas
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16.0 min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -mod_action whitelist [email protected]
- Bot whitelisted for [email protected]. The bot can now post live threads in this community without requiring elevated privileges.
@[email protected] -queue -football
- Football_game queued up for posting in [email protected]:
  
  Match-up Date
  
  paris saint-germain - brest 2024-09-14T19:00:00Z
  
  real sociedad - real madrid 2024-09-14T19:00:00Z
  
  girona - barcelona 2024-09-15T14:15:00Z
@[email protected] -football -queue
- Unknown request, please reply with -help for a list of available commands. Reason given: Unexpected format on request, expected a single spaced out dash separating the two teams.
  
  @[email protected] -queue -football
@[email protected] -mod_action whitelist [email protected]
- Request was denied for the given reason: Bot requires user to have moderator privileges in [email protected] to perform this action.
  
  @[email protected], maybe an issue here, pisturko is a mod there
@[email protected] -queue -football [email protected]
- Seems like it works now, what did you change?
  
  TBH, nothing. Just ran the command again :)
- Football_game queued up for posting in [email protected]:
  
  Match-up Date
  
  trabzonspor - besiktas 2024-09-15T17:00:00Z
-football Real Sociedad - Real Madrid
@[email protected] -football Real Sociedad - Real Madrid
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16.0 min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football [email protected] Trabzonspor - Besiktas
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16.0 min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -queue -football [email protected]
- Football_game queued up for posting in [email protected]:
  
  Match-up Date
  
  trabzonspor - besiktas 2024-09-15T17:00:00Z
@[email protected] -football Tottenham - Arsenal
- Hmm, I should probably create a dict that links Tottenham to Tottenham Hotspur
- Haven't pushed it to repo yet, but this is currently the mapping for teams that may have their shorthand form requested instead of the name ESPN uses. Let me know if there's any other teams I should add
  
  Great!
- 'No live game found, wrong team names?'
  
  Instruction given:
  
  Football Live Thread Post to: [email protected] Home team: Tottenham Away Team: Arsenal
  
  Please verify the team names and maybe check https://www.espn.com/soccer/scoreboard for your requested game.
  
  -football Tottenham Hotspur - Arsenal
@[email protected] -football AS Monaco - FC Barcelona
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16.0 min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Manchester City - Inter Milan
- 'No live game found, wrong team names?'
  
  Instruction given:
  
  Football Live Thread Post to: [email protected] Home team: Manchester city Away Team: Inter milan
  
  Please verify the team names and maybe check https://www.espn.com/soccer/scoreboard for your requested game.
  
  @[email protected] -football Manchester City - Internazionale
@[email protected] -football FK Crvena zvezda - Benfica
- 'No live game found, wrong team names?'
  
  Instruction given:
  
  Football Live Thread Post to: [email protected] Home team: Fk crvena zvezda Away Team: Benfica
  
  Please verify the team names and maybe check https://www.espn.com/soccer/scoreboard for your requested game.
Hey, mod from c/gunners here: how do I differentiate the mens' and womens' teams in the command? Cuz we play man city with both our teams on sunday and I don't think the bot is being able to differentiate, it seems to only be finding one of the matches (probably cuz of the same team problem)
- I've added the women's team directly into the queue. I didn't account for for multiple teams having the exact same name and playing the same day against each other in the code when writing it, so I'll need fix the issue.
  
  @[email protected] -queue -football
@[email protected] -football Villareal - Barcelona
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
  
  -football Barcelona - getafe
  
  -queue -football
@[email protected] -football Cardiff City - Norwich City
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Preston North End - Norwich City
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -queue -sport [email protected]
@[email protected] -football Venezia FC - Atlanta
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Wolves - Manchester City
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Osasuna - Barcelona
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
  
  -queue
@[email protected] -football Stoke City - Norwich City
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Norwich City - Middlesbrough FC
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Manchester City - Southampton
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football England U21 - Azerbaijan U21
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
  
  -football [email protected] Scotland - Portugal
@[email protected] -football Barnsley - Stockport Country FC
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Belgium - France
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Bologna - Atalanta
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
  
  -football Barcelona - young boys
  
  -football Alavés - Barcelona
@[email protected] -football Norwich city - Leeds United
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Spain - Denmark
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Finland - England
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
-football Aston Villa - Manchester United
@[email protected] -football Norwich City - Hull City
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football AS Monaco - Montpellier HSC
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
  
  -queue -football
@[email protected] -football Ipswich Town - Aston Villa
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football Swansea City - Bristol City
- Please don't spam football requests as we don't want to drown the sub with inactive live threads. If you make a request, you should preferably be active in the live thread.
  
  Sorry. I was curious as to what it could pick up match wise. Did not mean any harm.
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football England - Greece
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
@[email protected] -football FC Porto - Manchester United
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16min before kick-off.
  
  @[email protected] -football [email protected] FC Porto - Manchester United
  
  @[email protected] -mod_action buffer_time 3600 [email protected]
@[email protected] -football [email protected] -queue Brentford - Manchester City
- @[email protected] you might want to have a look
  
  The login error seems to have its root issue in a Python Lemmy API library. I've sent a pull request to fix the issue, but it may take a week or two for the maintainer to see it.
  
  If the lemmy.world servers goes down in the meantime the bot will likely fail again, so just tag me again if the bot doesn't respond within 15 minutes.
  
  Thanks for the notifications, was a login error that kept the bot offline. Will look into fixing it.
- 'No live game found, wrong team names?'
  
  Instruction given:
  
  Football Live Thread Post to: [email protected] Home team: -queue brentford - Away Team: Manchester city
  
  Please verify the team names and maybe check https://www.espn.com/soccer/scoreboard for your requested game.
@[email protected] -football [email protected] Galatasaray - Caykur Rizespor
- 'Galatasaray - Caykur rizespor is more than 2 hours old.'
  
  Instruction given:
  
  Football Live Thread Post to: [email protected] Home team: Galatasaray Away Team: Caykur rizespor
  
  Please verify the team names and maybe check https://www.espn.com/soccer/scoreboard for your requested game.
@[email protected] -football Galatasaray - Caykur Rizespor
- Request added to the live queue, the Live Thread will be posted ~16.0 min before kick-off.