My own bot...

Discussion in 'Programming' started by scutari7, Mar 2, 2010.

  1. #1
    Hello guys, I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right section but I have a few questions.
    I know this is possible but I'm just wondering how hard it is to actually pull off.

    Basically, I want to be able to have a bot, that can post videos on my vbulletin board, and search for relevant content.
    For example, let's say it's movie trailers, then I want that bot to be able to keep up with the latest movie trailers, and post them as a thread, and the trailer within the body.

    If you guys are familiar with footytube, they use this type of technology, which I think is unique and clever.
    But can any of you tell me more or less how you go on about approaching such a task?
    Thanks.
     
    scutari7, Mar 2, 2010 IP
  2. NeoCambell

    NeoCambell Peon

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    First make the bot code to crawl www and then make it specific to crawl targeted contents. There are certain open source bots that can be used as a starting point . Search it on the net.
     
    NeoCambell, Mar 5, 2010 IP
  3. QuackWare

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    You might want to set it up to a cron job if your familiar with those. Also there are several free vbulletin bots available that you can base your program off of.
     
    QuackWare, Mar 5, 2010 IP
  4. extraspecial

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    Yeah I also need bots that backup my websites, answer my emails, create blogs and post articles and even send a detailed report to my iPhone...
     
    extraspecial, Mar 8, 2010 IP
  5. nice12

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    It is not as difficult as you think. Websites backup for example is very simple task.
     
    nice12, Mar 8, 2010 IP