Sunday, 28 September 2025
My Chatbot for this blog
Certainly! To help you create a **chatbot in Ruby** for interacting with a site like **revoltvideo.blogspot.ie**, let's clarify a few things:
- **Ruby** is a backend language. For a chatbot, you typically want a web server that receives messages (from a user interface or chat widget) and responds.
- **Blogger/Blogspot** sites like *revoltvideo.blogspot.ie* usually do **not** support custom server-side code, so you can't run Ruby code directly on the site itself.
- However, you **can** build a Ruby backend (for example, using Sinatra), then use JavaScript to connect your blog to your Ruby backend via AJAX calls.
### Step 1: Ruby Chatbot Backend (Sinatra Example)
First, let's make a simple chatbot using [Sinatra](http://sinatrarb.com/):
```ruby
# chatbot_server.rb
require 'sinatra'
require 'json'
# Simple rule-based chatbot logic
def chatbot_response(message)
case message.downcase
when /hello|hi|hey/
"Hello! How can I help you with Revolt Video?"
when /video/
"Looking for videos? Check out the latest posts!"
when /help/
"I'm here to assist. Ask me about videos, posts, or anything on this site."
else
"Sorry, I don't understand. Can you rephrase?"
end
end
post '/chat' do
content_type :json
data = JSON.parse(request.body.read)
user_message = data["message"] || ""
{ reply: chatbot_response(user_message) }.to_json
end
get '/' do
"Chatbot server is running."
end
```
**To run:**
```sh
gem install sinatra
ruby chatbot_server.rb
```
This will start a server (default at `http://localhost:4567`).
---
### Step 2: Frontend Integration (on Blogspot)
Since Blogspot doesn't allow you to run Ruby code, you'll need to use **JavaScript** to send requests from your blog's HTML/JS to your Ruby backend.
**Example HTML/JS snippet to add to your blog's sidebar or post:**
```html
```
**Replace** `YOUR-RUBY-SERVER-IP` with your actual server address (publicly accessible if you want users to chat).
---
### Notes
- This is a **minimal example**; for production, handle CORS, security, error checking, etc.
- You can expand `chatbot_response` for more advanced logic or use a gem like [rasa](https://rasa.com/) or integrate with GPT APIs.
- If you want a more advanced chat UI, consider using a chat widget library and posting to your Ruby backend.
---
**Summary:**
- You can't run Ruby on Blogspot directly, but you can build a Ruby chatbot API and connect your blog to it using JavaScript.
If you want a more advanced bot or need help deploying the Ruby server, let me know!
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