Method: Chatterbot::UI#get_api_key

Defined in:
lib/chatterbot/ui.rb

#get_api_key ⇒ Object

Ask the user to get an API key from Twitter.



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# File 'lib/chatterbot/ui.rb', line 103

def get_api_key
  
  green "****************************************"
  green "****************************************"
  green "****        API SETUP TIME!         ****"
  green "****************************************"
  green "****************************************"      


  puts "\n\nWelcome to Chatterbot. Let's walk through the steps to get a bot running.\n\n"


  #
  # At this point, we don't have any API credentials at all for
  # this bot, but it's possible the user has already setup an app.
  # Let's ask!
  #
  
  puts "Hey, looks like you need to get an API key from Twitter before you can get started.\n\n"
  
  app_already_exists = ask_yes_no("Have you already set up an app with Twitter?")

  if app_already_exists
    puts "Terrific! Let's get your bot running!\n\n"
  else
    puts "OK, I can help with that!\n\n"
    send_to_app_creation
  end

  
  print "\n\nPaste the 'Consumer Key' here: "
  STDOUT.flush
  config[:consumer_key] = STDIN.readline.chomp.strip

  print "Paste the 'Consumer Secret' here: "
  STDOUT.flush
  config[:consumer_secret] = STDIN.readline.chomp.strip


  puts "\n\nNow it's time to authorize your bot!\n\n"
  
  if ! app_already_exists && ask_yes_no("Do you want to authorize a bot using the account that created the app?")
    puts "OK, on the app page, you can click the 'Create my access token' button to proceed.\n\n"

    print "Paste the 'Access Token' here: "
    STDOUT.flush
    config[:access_token] = STDIN.readline.chomp.strip


    print "\n\nPaste the 'Access Token Secret' here: "
    STDOUT.flush
    config[:access_token_secret] = STDIN.readline.chomp.strip

  
    # reset the client so we can re-init with new OAuth credentials
    reset_client

    # at this point we should have a fully validated client, so grab
    # the screen name
    @screen_name = client.user.screen_name rescue nil
  else
    reset_client
  end
    
  
  #
  # capture ctrl-c and exit without a stack trace
  #
rescue Interrupt => e
  exit
end