so uh what's required to make a bot for cohost

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so uh what's required to make a bot for cohost
so unless things have changed, you would need to, uh. kinda give it your account credentials or a cookie IIRC, there's no way to make an API key just yet. but beyond that you can use stuff like what @cofruitrigus has linked to put together bot posts, that's what i did to make @069 at least
Ooh while we're on the subject, this might be a silly question, but how does a bot run? Like, do you have it running on a machine, or through the cloud or what? I'm not really a tech person and this has been my number one question when looking into this.
I run it on my home server! For @069 specifically, I have a Python script that does all the stuff, a service set up through the OS that knows how to run the script, and a timer that makes it run at the correct time of day. (at least, ostensibly. Europe's DST is tripping me up bad)
I remember you mentioning that you were looking to build a bot! I'd wondered what happened there. Ah damn I was hoping there'd be a way of running a bot that didn't require me to have my own server. I'll have to keep looking and thinking. Thanks anyway!
aside from cohost.py which @cofruitrigus linked, there's also cohost.js tho that one hasn't updated in a bit.
i don't know if there's any other libraries out there for interfacing with cohost's API, and it's also not an official API with like, documentation?
nevertheless, i used cohost.py to make @dailypoem, along with windows task scheduler running a .bat to execute the file every day at 12pm (usually!)
if you need more explanation lmk!