Communist Quotes Bot

A Fediverse bot that posts random quotes from different communists.

You can check it out here: https://impenetrable.fortress.promo/communistquotes

Contribute Quotes

Edit the file communistquotes/marxistquotes.csv and make an MR.

Compile and Debug

To run the bot, execute the following commands:

$ cd communistquotes/
$ sudo docker build . -f src/Dockerfile -t communistquotes
$ sudo docker run -it --rm --name communistquotes communistquotes --debug

Deploy

You need a Mastodon/Pleroma account where the bot will post, and ssh access to a server where the Python bot will run. This can both running on the same server, or they can be seperate.

First, copy env.example to env, then enter the login information for your Mastodon/Pleroma bot account. Copy inventory.example to inventory, and enter your server's ssh address. Then run the following command:

$ ansible-playbook ansible.yml --become