Changelog - Version 4.6 (2024-08-25)

New Features

• WebSocket Notifications: Introduced the ability for the bot to send real-time notifications to the WebSocket server.
  • Supports events such as TTS, walk-ons, game deaths, stream status changes, weather updates, Twitch follows, cheers, subscriptions, and raids.
  • Each event triggers specific actions and updates, enhancing interactivity and responsiveness.
• Currency Conversion: Added support for converting currencies within chat using the new convert command.
  • Integrated EXCHANGE_RATE_API to handle currency conversion requests.

• Channel Point Rewards: Integrated Twitch channel point rewards into the bot’s functionality.

• Midnight Task Scheduler: Introduced a scheduler to handle daily tasks automatically at midnight.
  • Ensures routine updates and processes are run consistently.

Code Enhancements

• New Imports: Added imports for socketio, UnitRegistry, and urllib.parse.urlencode to improve WebSocket connections, unit conversions, and URL encoding.
• Event Logging: Introduced event_log to capture significant bot events separately from other logs.
• Spam Detection: Implemented spam_pattern to detect and filter common spam messages.
• Channel Point Rewards Handling: Added functions to manage and process Twitch channel point rewards.
• Tipping Services Connection: Enhanced connection handling for tipping services, integrating them into WebSocket notifications.
• General Code Cleanup: Performed various optimizations and cleanups across the codebase for improved readability and maintainability.

Database Changes

• New Tables:
  • bot_points: Tracks user points, including user_id, user_name, and points.
  • bot_settings: Manages point-related settings, including point_name, point_amount_chat, point_ammount_follower, point_amount_subscriber, point_amount_cheer, point_amount_raid, subscriber_multiplier, and excluded_users.

Other Improvements

• Streamlining Log Setup: Updated the log setup process to include the new event_log.
• Error Handling: Improved error handling across various modules, particularly in WebSocket interactions.
• Version Update: The bot’s version has been updated from 4.5.2 to 4.6, indicating the latest stable release.