twitch-bot/wiki/Templating.md

Templating

Generally speaking the templating uses Golang text/template template syntax. All fields with templating enabled do support the full synax from the text/template package.

Variables

There are certain variables available in the strings with templating enabled:

• channel - Channel the message was sent to, only available for regular messages not events
• msg - The message object, used in functions, should not be sent to chat
• permitTimeout - Value of permit_timeout in seconds
• username - The username of the message author

Functions

Within templates following functions can be used:

• built-in functions in text/template engine
• functions from sprig function collection
• functions mentioned below

Examples below are using this syntax in the code block:

! Message matcher used for the input message
> Input message if used in the example
# Template used in the fields
< Output from the template

arg

Takes the message sent to the channel, splits by space and returns the Nth element

Syntax: arg <index>

Example:

> !bsg @tester
# {{ arg 1 }} please refrain from BSG
< @tester please refrain from BSG

botHasBadge

Checks whether bot has the given badge in the current channel

Syntax: botHasBadge <badge>

Example:

# {{ botHasBadge "moderator" }}
< true

channelCounter

Wraps the counter name into a channel specific counter name including the channel name

Syntax: channelCounter <counter name>

Example:

# {{ channelCounter "test" }}
< 5

concat

Join the given string parts with delimiter (⚠ this replaces the sprig concat function: sprig concat is not available!)

Syntax: concat <delimiter> <...parts>

Example:

# {{ concat ":" "test" .username }}
< test:luziferus

counterValue

Returns the current value of the counter which identifier was supplied

Syntax: counterValue <counter name>

Example:

# {{ counterValue (concat ":" .channel "test") }}
< 5

displayName

Returns the display name the specified user set for themselves

Syntax: displayName <username> [fallback]

Example:

# {{ displayName "luziferus" }} - {{ displayName "notexistinguser" "foobar" }}
< Luziferus - foobar

fixUsername

Ensures the username no longer contains the @ or # prefix

Syntax: fixUsername <username>

Example:

# {{ fixUsername .channel }} - {{ fixUsername "@luziferus" }}
< luziferus - luziferus

formatDuration

Returns a formated duration. Pass empty strings to leave out the specific duration part.

Syntax: formatDuration <duration> <hours> <minutes> <seconds>

Example:

# {{ formatDuration (streamUptime .channel) "hours" "minutes" "seconds" }} - {{ formatDuration (streamUptime .channel) "hours" "minutes" "" }}
< 5 hours, 33 minutes, 12 seconds - 5 hours, 33 minutes

followAge

Looks up when from followed to and returns the duration between then and now

Syntax: followAge <from> <to>

Example:

# {{ followAge "tezrian" "luziferus" }}
< 15004h14m59.116620989s

followDate

Looks up when from followed to

Syntax: followDate <from> <to>

Example:

# {{ followDate "tezrian" "luziferus" }}
< 2021-04-10 16:07:07 +0000 UTC

group

Gets matching group specified by index from match_message regular expression, when fallback is defined, it is used when group has an empty match

Syntax: group <idx> [fallback]

Example:

! !command ([0-9]+) ([a-z]+) ([a-z]*)
> !command 12 test
# {{ group 2 "oops" }} - {{ group 3 "oops" }}
< test - oops

inList

Tests whether a string is in a given list of strings (for conditional templates).

Syntax: inList "search" "item1" "item2" [...]

Example:

! !command (.*)
> !command foo
# {{ inList (group 1) "foo" "bar" }}
< true

jsonAPI

Fetches remote URL and applies jq-like query to it returning the result as string. (Remote API needs to return status 200 within 5 seconds.)

Syntax: jsonAPI "https://example.com/doc.json" ".data.exampleString" ["fallback"]

Example:

! !mycmd
> !mycmd
# {{ jsonAPI "https://example.com/doc.json" ".data.exampleString" }}
< example string

lastQuoteIndex

Gets the last quote index in the quote database for the current channel

Syntax: lastQuoteIndex

Example:

# Last Quote: #{{ lastQuoteIndex }}
< Last Quote: #32

pow

Returns float from calculation: float1 ** float2

Syntax: pow <float1> <float2>

Example:

# {{ printf "%.0f" (pow 10 4) }}%
< 10000

randomString

Randomly picks a string from a list of strings

Syntax: randomString "a" [...]

Example:

# {{ randomString "a" "b" "c" "d" }}
< a

recentGame

Returns the last played game name of the specified user (see shoutout example) or the fallback if the game could not be fetched. If no fallback was supplied the message will fail and not be sent.

Syntax: recentGame <username> [fallback]

Example:

# {{ recentGame "luziferus" "none" }} - {{ recentGame "thisuserdoesnotexist123" "none" }}
< Metro Exodus - none

streamUptime

Returns the duration the stream is online (causes an error if no current stream is found)

Syntax: streamUptime <username>

Example:

# {{ formatDuration (streamUptime "luziferus") "hours" "minutes" "" }}
< 3 hours, 56 minutes

seededRandom

Returns a float value stable for the given seed

Syntax: seededRandom <string-seed>

Example:

# Your int this hour: {{ printf "%.0f" (multiply (seededRandom (concat ":" "int" .username (now "2006-01-02 15"))) 100) }}%
< Your int this hour: 17%

tag

Takes the message sent to the channel, returns the value of the tag specified

Syntax: tag <tagname>

Example:

# {{ tag "login" }}
< luziferus

variable

Returns the variable value or default in case it is empty

Syntax: variable <name> [default]

Example:

# {{ variable "foo" "fallback" }} - {{ variable "unsetvar" "fallback" }}
< test - fallback

Upgrade from v2.x to v3.x

When adding sprig function collection some functions collided and needed replacement. You need to adapt your templates accordingly:

• Math functions (add, div, mod, mul, multiply, sub) were replaced with their sprig-equivalent and are now working with integers instead of floats. If you need them to continue to work with floats you need to use their float-variants.
• now does no longer format the current date as a string but return the current date. You need to replace this: now "2006-01-02" becomes now | date "2006-01-02".
• concat is now used to concat arrays. To join strings you will need to modify your code: concat ":" "string1" "string2" becomes lists "string1" "string2" | join ":".
• toLower / toUpper need to be replaced with their sprig equivalent lower and upper.