AntCheckBot is a Python-based Discord bot that monitors the availability of ant colonies on various online stores and sends notifications.
AntCheckBot
AntCheckBot is a versatile, multilingual Discord bot that monitors the availability of ant species in numerous online shops and automatically notifies you as soon as your desired species become available.
The bot uses the AntCheck API and offers extensive management, blacklist, shop rating, and statistics features[1].
Features & Commands
Notifications & Management
/notification– Set up a notification for an ant species in specific regions (with validation, personal shop blacklist, and optional "force" mode)./delete_notifications– Delete multiple notifications by their ID./history– View your notifications, grouped by status (active, completed, expired)./testnotification– Test private message notifications.- Personal Shop Blacklist:
/usersetting blacklist_add shop:<Shopname>– Add a shop to your blacklist/usersetting blacklist_remove shop:<Shopname>– Remove a shop from your blacklist/usersetting blacklist_list– View your blacklist/usersetting shop_list– View all available shops (including ratings and region filter)
Statistics, System & Shop Ratings
/stats– Shows statistics about active, completed, expired, and deleted notifications as well as the top 5 most requested species (admin/mod only)./system– Displays uptime, database integrity, total number of notifications, and shop data file status (admin/mod only).- Shop Ratings: Shop ratings are automatically imported from Google Sheets and displayed.
Languages & Settings
/startup– Set the language & default channel for the server (admin/mod only)./usersetting– Manage your personal settings: language, shop blacklist, and more.
Additional Admin Commands
/reloadshops– Reload shop data (admin/mod only).
Help
/help– Lists all available commands and their descriptions.
Automated Tasks
- Regular Availability Checks: All active notifications are checked every 5 minutes, and notifications are sent when available (your blacklist is respected).
- Daily Cleanup: Notifications older than one year are archived and you are notified.
- Shop Data Reload: Shop data is automatically updated every hour.
- Shop Ratings Sync: Ratings are imported from Google Sheets every 48 hours.
- Automatic Bot Status Display: Uptime, server, and user count are shown live in the bot status.
AntCheckBot is open source, supports English, German, and Esperanto, and can easily be invited to your server!
