Adapter from hubot to an A.L.I.C.E pandorabot

pandora.coffee

# Chat with hubie.
#
# hubie <anything>
#
# don't forget to set HUBOT_PANDORA_BOTID = <botid>

QS = require "querystring"

module.exports = (robot) ->

  robot.hear /hubie[,\s]+(.*)/i, (msg) ->
    user = msg.message.user.name
    query = msg.match[1]

    if query
      botid = process.env.HUBOT_PANDORA_BOTID
      if !botid
        msg.send "Please set the HUBOT_PANDORA_BOTID"
        return

      data = QS.stringify botid: botid, custid: user, input: query

      msg.http('http://www.pandorabots.com')
        .path("/pandora/talk-xml")
        .header("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
        .post(data) (err, resp, body) ->
          Parser = require("xml2js").Parser
          (new Parser).parseString body, (err, json)->
            if (!json)
              msg.send "Uh, oh, my brain is not connected. :("
              return

            msg.send(json.that)

Hi Mike

How can I get a PANDORA_BOTID? I tried their website and send a request but only got a response asking me to try playground first and does not look like what you used in this gist.

Found bot id in the website url but it's still not working for me

http://demo.vhost.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=b0dafd24ee35a477