LaunchBot

LaunchBot is a Reddit bot designed to respond to user comments with information about upcoming rocket launches. It utilizes the Reddit API, along with data from TheSpaceDev's Launch Library 2 API, to provide users with details about Rocket Lab's next rocket launch.

It is currently operational under the reddit username u/LaunchBot

Features

• Customized Responses: Searches for the latest launch in a specific location, or for a specific rocket based on the user's comment
• Live Reddit Integration: Continually monitors specified subreddits for user comments containing queries about rocket launches.
• API Interaction: Retrieves data from TheSpaceDev's Launch Library 2 API
• Regex Pattern Matching: Identifies relevant phrases in user comments using regular expressions.
• Time Conversion: Displays launch window details in both NZT and UTC.
• Cloud Deployment: LaunchBot is currently operational and deployed to an AWS EC2 instance for 24/7 operations.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/LaunchBot.git
   

2a. Install Dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

or

2b. Manually install Dependencies

pip3 install praw

python -m pip3 install requests

pip3 install pytz

3. Configure your praw.ini file and place in repository folder (example)

Running

python3 LaunchBot.py

Testing

Unit tests are provided to ensure the functionality and correctness of the bot. Run the tests using:

python -m unittest TestLaunchBot.py

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues or pull requests if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for improvements. I made this as a fun project to develop my python skills, so I would appreciate any comments/feedback!