drdoogie.rb - Vote Trail Bot Update

Fixes

• Added exponential back-off for errors.
• When handling blocks in mode: head, just retrying without reporting an error.

New Features

• global
  • mode
    • head - the last block
    • irreversible - (default) the block that is confirmed by 2/3 of all block producers and is thus irreversible!

Features

• YAML config.
  • scale_votes - scale votes in %
  • max_age - only vote if the post is under this number in minutes
  • allow_upvote - trail upvotes
  • allow_downvote - trail downvotes
  • enable_comments - vote for comments
  • skip_tags - do not vote if the post contains any of these tags
  • only_tags - only vote if the post includes at least one of these tags

Overview

Dr. Doogie (drdoogie.rb) is a voting bot that will trail the votes of other accounts in order to then mirror their voting pattern.

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Install

To use this Radiator script:

Linux

$ sudo apt-get install ruby-full git openssl libssl1.0.0 libssl-dev
$ gem install bundler

macOS

$ gem install bundler

I've tested it on various versions of ruby. The oldest one I got it to work was:

ruby 2.0.0p645 (2015-04-13 revision 50299) [x86_64-darwin14.4.0]

First, clone this gist and install the dependencies:

$ git clone https://gist.github.com/d57c9bc744f05ada01d173521c01df8a.git drdoogie
$ cd drdoogie
$ bundle install

Then run it:

$ ruby drdoogie.rb

Check here to see an updated version of this script:

https://gist.github.com/inertia186/d57c9bc744f05ada01d173521c01df8a

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Upgrade

Typically, you can upgrade to the latest version by this command, from the original directory you cloned into:

$ git pull

Usually, this works fine as long as you haven't modified anything. If you get an error, try this:

$ git stash --all
$ git pull --rebase
$ git stash pop

If you're still having problems, I suggest starting a new clone.

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Troubleshooting

Problem: What does this error mean?

drdoogie.yml:1: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting end-of-input

Solution: You ran ruby drdoogie.yml but you should run ruby drdoogie.rb.

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Problem: Everything looks ok, but every time drdoogie tries to post, I get this error:

`from_base58': Invalid version (RuntimeError)

Solution: You're trying to vote with an invalid key.

Make sure the .yml file voters item have the correct account name and WIF posting key.

Problem: The node I'm using is down.

Is there a list of nodes?

Solution: Yes, special thanks to @ripplerm.

https://ripplerm.github.io/steem-servers/

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See my previous Ruby How To posts in: #radiator #ruby

Get in touch!

If you're using drdoogie, I'd love to hear from you. Drop me a line and tell me what you think! I'm @inertia on STEEM and SteemSpeak.

License

I don't believe in intellectual "property". If you do, consider drdoogie as licensed under a Creative Commons License.