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Google Wave: Up and Running
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Google Wave: Up and Running

by Andres Ferrate
March 2010
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
8h 23m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Quick! Let’s Code a Robot!

In this brief exercise we’ll be developing a simple Python-based robot that responds to blips added by participants. Our Oracle Bot, which we’ll deploy to App Engine, will listen for blips that end with a question mark. Any time a participant submits a blip that ends in a question mark, the Oracle Bot will respond with one of several answers chosen at random. Our goal is to create a playful robot that allows people to ask “the Oracle” all kinds of questions.

You can view the code for this example in its entirety without any breaks in Appendix A. The code is also available on Google Project Hosting: http://code.google.com/p/oracle-bot.

Set Up the App Engine Application

Once you’ve set up an App Engine account, you’ll want to create a new application that will host the robot. For this sample robot, I will use oracle-bot as an application name. That means that my robot will be hosted at http://oracle-bot.appspot.com and that oracle-bot@appspot.com will be its contact address in the Google Wave Client. Because App Engine application names are unique, you should set up your own application to use a different name.

Warning

App Engine currently restricts users to 10 registered applications, including Google Wave robots. Be careful and choose wisely when adding ...

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