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Add Bots?

The robot CleanTXT is a very handy robot to have on your contacts as well, as it not only deletes empty blips like Sweepy, but also fixes grammar and spelling errors. Perhaps it could be added to the list as a replacement/enhancement of Sweepy?--AtomFury 06:34, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Yep, CleanTXT is a big upgrade to Sweepy, thanks! Will swap in today --GinaTrapani 18:38, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I tested this BOT. It´s great, but only for ENGLISH language. It substitutes the "e" to "e.". In portuguese, "e" is "and". Can imagine the mistakes? Please, put some advice about it. --Rodin 07:27, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
This problem was corrected by the CleanTXT's author. --Rodin 23:37, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Also, another robot that might be useful (at least in the current stage of Google Wave) is Inbeddable (inbeddable@appspot.com). All you have to do is copy and paste a link of an image (must be either .png, .jpg, .gif at this point) and Inbeddable embeds the image in the blip you are editing. I know this can already be done either with the HTML gadget or with a browser with Google Gears, but it's faster for people that can't install Google Gears on the computer they're using. (like myself). --AtomFury 04:05, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Inbeddable is also a good one, THANKS. --GinaTrapani 19:33, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Usage Notes?

Should some mention be made of the special usage circumstances for some bots? For instance, Sweepy needs to be added at the creation of a Wave (Polly, too, as far as I can tell) in order to function properly. If users don't know about these special circumstances, they may think the bot doesn't work when they introduce it too late in a Wave. --Terry 02:17, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Good point, will add a Usage Note to the bots where special circumstances apply.--GinaTrapani 19:35, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

You have written: "It will not link names in blips posted before it was added to the wave." If you sees a robot doing something on all existing blips when added please tell me, I think this is an API limit, its not currently possible to do a recursive walk trough all blips in a wave. Most bots operates either on blip submitted aka pressing Done in a blip or shift+enter and/or the initial blip of a wave. In capability.xml if using Java you could change the context to self/parent/sibling/children, but not all blips. --Terje Pedersen / InitialBLIP.com / http://wtr.im/NEXyuLo0G 08:08, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

TwitUsernames

  • The Wave team have fixed the problem with the profile image of the bot disappearing as shown in your screenshot
  • TwitUsernames have been upgraded to support the new lists feature of Twitter
    • @InitialBLIP/lists - links to the lists page
    • @InitialBLIP/resources - links to a specific list

--Terje Pedersen / InitialBLIP.com / http://wtr.im/NEXyuLo0G 08:18, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

(Paragraph to ADD proposal) Rolling one's own Bots

With a little coding knowledge, it is possible to write one's own bots.

First option, is to use the API provided by Google and follow the tutorial. It is clear and well designed but can be complex for non-professionnals.

Second option is to use a framework built on top of this API. Several tests have shown that writing a bot that reacts to latest blip's text is a matter of less than 10 minutes. It can be found at http://code.google.com/p/wadrobotframework

A generator now creates all the plumbing files for you.

What your robots will do is up to you !

3rd Party Robot Galleries

Here are some links to some 3rd party listings of robots and gadgets:

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