Redis storage plugin for errbot

About

Errbot is a python chatbot, this storage plugin allows you to use it with Redis databases as a persistent storage.

Installation

1. Install redis library
2. Then you need to add this section to your config.py:

BOT_EXTRA_STORAGE_PLUGINS_DIR='/path/to/err-storage'
STORAGE = 'Redis'
STORAGE_CONFIG = {
    'host': 'localhost',
    'port': 6379,
    'db': 0,
    'password': 'xyz123',
}

STORAGE_CONFIG will send any option specified as an argument to redis.StrictRedis.

3. Start your bot in text mode: errbot -T to give it a shot.

Running Tests

To run the automated test suite:

1. Create and activate a Python virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate

2. Install the dependencies and testing requirements:

   pip install -r requirements.txt errbot pytest tox fakeredis

3. Run the tests using pytest directly:

   pytest

   Or run both tests and style checks using tox:

   tox