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Echo Bot - C

Requirements

• This readme describes the process for compiling on linux, if you are on another platform your steps might vary. If you figgured out how to do it on your platform feel free to sumbit a pr to add your method to this readme.
• You need libdeltachat,git, cmake, gcc and pkg-config also rustup if you compile libdeltachat on your own

Installing libdeltachat from source

git clone https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust
cd deltachat-core-rust
cmake -B build . && cmake --build build && sudo cmake --install build

Info: To uninstall, run sudo xargs -d\\n rm -f <build/install_manifest.txt in the same directory

Usage

Compile

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
gcc main.c -o main $(pkg-config --cflags --libs deltachat) -lpthread

Run

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib addr=$yourEmail mailpw=$yourPassword ./main

Format code

clang-format -i main.c

You might need to install clang-format first.

Quirks

There is no way to terminate it currently. I wanted to propose a SIGTERM handler, but realized doing it properly is more difficult than it should be: deltachat/deltachat-core-rust#2280 So for the purpose of example it's easier to assume the bot will be running forever.

~ link2xt on #13 (comment)

Useful Links

• Documentation https://c.delta.chat/