VK Bot, v1.3.0

Error in a message processing

Extendable VK group bot.

Add a flood protection, an error response and improve a logging.

listen inbox messages via the long polling technology;
process messages by the specified outer command:
- serialize a message object (see below for details) to the JSON format;
special responses:
- request of a join to the group;
- preliminary response about a receiving of a message for a processing;
- special response on an error in a message processing;
respond only to a last message from several messages received simultaneously;
attachments:
- support attachments in a response (see below for details);
- automatically load attachments from a command response;
- cache loaded attachments:
  - search in a cache by:
    - attachment path;
    - attachment basename.

Pull updates from the repository:

$ cd vk-bot
$ git pull --rebase origin master

Install new dependencies and rebuild the project:

$ npm install

Update the symlink to the package folder:

$ sudo npm link

$ vk-bot --version
$ vk-bot --help
$ vk-bot [--config PATH | -c PATH]

Options:

Environment variables:

VK_BOT_TOKEN — VK API access token;
VK_BOT_GROUP — ID or screen name of the group;
VK_BOT_COMMAND — messages process command;
VK_BOT_CACHE — file where to persist cached attachments (default: ~/.vk-bot/attachments.json);
VK_BOT_INEXACT_CACHE — search attachments in a cache only by its basenames (allowed: TRUE);
VK_BOT_LOG — file where to persist a log (default: ~/.vk-bot/logs/app.log);
VK_BOT_COLORFUL_LOG — colorize log messages (allowed: TRUE);
VK_BOT_PRELIMINARILY — preliminary response about a receiving of a message for a processing (default: Hello! Your message is being processed. Please, wait.);
VK_BOT_REQUIRE_JOIN — require join to the group before start a conversation (allowed: TRUE);
VK_BOT_JOIN_REQUEST — request of a join to the group (default: Hello! To talk to me, please, join my group.);
VK_BOT_ERROR — special response on an error in a message processing (default: I'm sorry, but error has occurred on a processing of your message. Please, try again.);
VK_BOT_ONLY_LAST — respond only to a last message from several messages received simultaneously (allowed: TRUE).