RemindMeBot Info v2.0

https://www.reddit.com/r/RemindMeBot/comments/c5l9ie/remindmebot_info_v20/

created by Watchful1 on 26/06/2019 at 04:40 UTC*

282 upvotes, 189 top-level comments (showing 25)

The bot has been updated to version 2.1. See the new post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/RemindMeBot/comments/e1bko7/remindmebot_info_v21/

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Welcome to the newly redesigned RemindMeBot!

u/RemindMeBotWrangler agreed to let me take over the bot since he didn't have time to keep it up anymore. I have fully rewritten the code to be more stable, faster and with a couple extra features.

*Parsing library:** The old bot used the parsedatetime[1] library, which is no longer updated. The new version uses dateparser[2], which is much more comprehensive, supporting things like timezones, and even foreign languages.

1: https://github.com/bear/parsedatetime

2: https://github.com/scrapinghub/dateparser

*Cakeday:** You can now message the bot "Cakeday!" and it will send you a notification each year on your cakeday, until you tell it to stop.

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*What is RemindMeBot?**

RemindMeBot is a reddit bot that lets you set a reminder for a certain amount of time, via a comment or private message, and then sends you a reminder message at your targeted time. Use it if you want to check back on a thread for updates, or remember to do something a week from now.

*RemindMeBot commands**

Only the RemindMe! command can be done in a comment, all others must be private messaged to the bot.

1. **RemindMe! 3 days** Create a reminder for the specified amount of time. This can be done by posting a comment, or private messaging the bot. You can include a message by adding it surrounded by [] or "". If you are private messaging the bot, a message is recommended so you remember what the notification is about.

2. **MyReminders!** Replies with a list of your reminders, including links to delete them.

3. **Remove! 123** Cancels the specified reminder. The numbers are automatically filled in when you click the message link from the MyReminders message list.

4. **RemoveAll!** Cancel all of your reminders.

5. **Delete! 123** Delete a comment from the RemindMeBot. The numbers are automatically filled in when you click a delete link in the comment. This only works if you are the person the bot was replying to.

6. **Cakeday!** Set up a reminder each year on your cakeday.

*Date Options**

If the time is: 2014-06-01 01:37:35 UTC

┌────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│          Time Option           │          New Time           │
╞════════════════════════════════╪═════════════════════════════╡
│ RemindMe! One Year             │ 2015-06-01 01:37:35 UTC     │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! 3 Months             │ 2014-09-01 01:37:35 UTC     │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! One Week             │ 2014-06-08 01:37:35 UTC     │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! 1 Day                │ 2014-06-02 01:37:35 UTC     │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! 33 Hours             │ 2014-06-02 10:37:35 UTC     │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! 10 Minutes           │ 2014-06-01 01:47:35 UTC     │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! August 25th, 2014    │ 2014-08-25 01:37:35 UTC     │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! 25 Aug 2014          │ 2014-08-25 01:37:35 UTC     │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! 5pm August 25        │ **2014-08-25 17:00:00 UTC** │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! Next Saturday        │ **2014-06-14 09:00:00 UTC** │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! Tomorrow             │ **2014-06-02 09:00:00 UTC** │
├────────────────────────────────┼────────────��────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! Next Thursday at 4pm │ **2014-06-12 16:00:00 UTC** │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! Tonight              │ **2014-06-01 21:00:00 UTC** │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! at 4pm               │ **2014-06-01 16:00:00 UTC** │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! 2 Hours After Noon   │ **2014-06-01 14:00:00 UTC** │
├────────────────────────────────┼���────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! eoy                  │ **2014-12-31 09:00:00 UTC** │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! eom                  │ **2014-06-30 09:00:00 UTC** │
├────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ RemindMe! eod                  │ **2014-06-01 17:00:00 UTC** │
└────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

*Message links**

RemindMeBot makes use of prefilled message links, like this one[3]. From my research, these links work correctly in the browser on the classic site, the redesign, the mobile web site, and every single reddit app, except the official iOS reddit app. If you are on iOS, you can open the link in your mobile browser, switch to a different reddit app, or wait till you're on a computer browser.

3: https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=Test&message=Test

If you think links like these should work in the iOS app, feel free to make a post about it in r/redditmobile.

*Chat support**

The reddit API currently does not support the chat. There are ways around this so bots can use the chat even though the API doesn't support it, but they are a bit harder to use. I'll hopefully be able to add support soon. The bot currently has 13600 unread chat notifications, so it sounds like it will be a popular feature.

*Source**

The bot is open source:

https://github.com/Watchful1/RemindMeBot

Comments

Comment by spongebob_cool_pants at 27/06/2019 at 18:31 UTC

7 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Does the bot notify the OP that people have set reminders if they do it via PM?

Comment by Watchful1 at 29/06/2019 at 23:09 UTC

1 upvotes, 3 direct replies

This is now live running under the main account. I'm keeping an eye on it, but let me know if you see any issues.

Comment by [deleted] at 22/07/2019 at 18:33 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Good bot

Comment by [deleted] at 26/06/2019 at 06:55 UTC

2 upvotes, 2 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 28/06/2019 at 06:42 UTC

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Comment by [deleted] at 28/06/2019 at 20:41 UTC

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Comment by [deleted] at 02/07/2019 at 01:01 UTC

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Comment by [deleted] at 02/07/2019 at 14:40 UTC

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Comment by [deleted] at 08/07/2019 at 17:22 UTC

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Comment by JohannesVanDerWhales at 20/07/2019 at 17:18 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Is there a way to remind of a specific link through messages so you don't have to spam the original thread?

Comment by Observes at 27/07/2019 at 18:16 UTC

2 upvotes, 2 direct replies

How exactly do I pm the remind me bot to also remind me?

Comment by EstoyMejor at 26/06/2019 at 20:15 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

ReminderTest! 28.06.2018 06:30am CEST

Does this work?

Comment by [deleted] at 26/06/2019 at 23:19 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 30/06/2019 at 07:04 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 06/07/2019 at 00:42 UTC*

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Some feedback if you don't mind.

I just received a reminder, link was like this: `https://www.reddit.com/message/messages/[id-here]`

Well turns out that on mobile (Reddit is Fun) it doesn't work right away. I'm send to the in-app browser where I have to login again...

Me, I'm lazy, so I just checked the id and went looking for it in my messages.

Turns out it led me to a message *I* sent to the RemindMeBot. Then I had to click on the Reddit link I previously sent to see what I wanted to be reminded of.

So anyway what I'm trying to say is, doesn't it seem like we're jumping through hoops, here?

Couldn't the bot parse the PM for a link and sent it back to me when the time comes?

Just a thought, make of that what you will. And thank you for your work! :-)

Edit: I do realize that as is it's convenient if you want to leave yourself a text message, but maybe it's worthy of a condition?

If link exists -> send link at given time

Else -> send link to message at given time (or maybe just plain text?)

Something like that.

Comment by [deleted] at 13/07/2019 at 04:35 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

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Comment by retardedshitfucker at 13/07/2019 at 16:46 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

tbh I think it should also work with remindme! and !remindme without being case sensitive