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Advanced
This will be more of a FAQ on some important notes before you embark on your next big bot project!
Default Abilities
It is possible to declare "DEFAULT" abilities that process non-command messages. This is quite close to a reply. If a user says "Hey there" and the default ability is implemented, it will process this input.
/**
* This ability has an extra "flag". It needs a photo to activate! This feature is activated by default if there is no /command given.
*/
public Ability sayNiceToPhoto() {
return Ability.builder()
.name(DEFAULT) // DEFAULT ability is executed if user did not specify a command -> Bot needs to have access to messages (check FatherBot)
.flag(PHOTO)
.privacy(PUBLIC)
.locality(ALL)
.input(0)
.action(ctx -> silent.send("Daaaaang, what a nice photo!", ctx.chatId()))
.build();
}
This ability will send a "Daaaaang, what a nice photo!" whenever the bot receives a photo. This is one use case where replies and abilities are interchangeable.
The Global Flag
There is a global flag in AbilityBot that restricts the kind of "updates" it can process. The default implementation is passthrough - it allows all updates to be processed. As an example, if you want to restrict the updates to photos only, then you may do:
@Override
public boolean checkGlobalFlags(Update update) {
return Flag.PHOTO;
}
Statistics
AbilityBot can accrue basic statistics about the usage of your abilities and replies. Simply enableStats() on an Ability builder or enableStats(<name>) on replies to activate this feature. Once activated, you may call /stats and the bot will print a basic list of statistics. At the moment, AbilityBot only tracks hits. In the future, this will be enhanced to track more stats.