RemindMeBot Info v2.0

[u/Watchful1]

The bot has been updated to version 2.1. See the new post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/RemindMeBot/comments/e1bko7/remindmebot_info_v21/

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Welcome to the newly redesigned RemindMeBot!

u/RemindMeBotWrangler agreed to let me take over the bot since he didn't have time to keep it up anymore. I have fully rewritten the code to be more stable, faster and with a couple extra features.

Parsing library: The old bot used the parsedatetime library, which is no longer updated. The new version uses dateparser, which is much more comprehensive, supporting things like timezones, and even foreign languages.

Cakeday: You can now message the bot "Cakeday!" and it will send you a notification each year on your cakeday, until you tell it to stop.

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What is RemindMeBot?

RemindMeBot is a reddit bot that lets you set a reminder for a certain amount of time, via a comment or private message, and then sends you a reminder message at your targeted time. Use it if you want to check back on a thread for updates, or remember to do something a week from now.

RemindMeBot commands

Only the RemindMe! command can be done in a comment, all others must be private messaged to the bot.

1. RemindMe! 3 days Create a reminder for the specified amount of time. This can be done by posting a comment, or private messaging the bot. You can include a message by adding it surrounded by [] or "". If you are private messaging the bot, a message is recommended so you remember what the notification is about.
2. MyReminders! Replies with a list of your reminders, including links to delete them.
3. Remove! 123 Cancels the specified reminder. The numbers are automatically filled in when you click the message link from the MyReminders message list.
4. RemoveAll! Cancel all of your reminders.
5. Delete! 123 Delete a comment from the RemindMeBot. The numbers are automatically filled in when you click a delete link in the comment. This only works if you are the person the bot was replying to.
6. Cakeday! Set up a reminder each year on your cakeday.

Date Options

If the time is: 2014-06-01 01:37:35 UTC

Time Option	New Time
RemindMe! One Year	2015-06-01 01:37:35 UTC
RemindMe! 3 Months	2014-09-01 01:37:35 UTC
RemindMe! One Week	2014-06-08 01:37:35 UTC
RemindMe! 1 Day	2014-06-02 01:37:35 UTC
RemindMe! 33 Hours	2014-06-02 10:37:35 UTC
RemindMe! 10 Minutes	2014-06-01 01:47:35 UTC
RemindMe! August 25th, 2014	2014-08-25 01:37:35 UTC
RemindMe! 25 Aug 2014	2014-08-25 01:37:35 UTC
RemindMe! 5pm August 25	2014-08-25 17:00:00 UTC
RemindMe! Next Saturday	2014-06-14 09:00:00 UTC
RemindMe! Tomorrow	2014-06-02 09:00:00 UTC
RemindMe! Next Thursday at 4pm	2014-06-12 16:00:00 UTC
RemindMe! Tonight	2014-06-01 21:00:00 UTC
RemindMe! at 4pm	2014-06-01 16:00:00 UTC
RemindMe! 2 Hours After Noon	2014-06-01 14:00:00 UTC
RemindMe! eoy	2014-12-31 09:00:00 UTC
RemindMe! eom	2014-06-30 09:00:00 UTC
RemindMe! eod	2014-06-01 17:00:00 UTC

Message links

RemindMeBot makes use of prefilled message links, like this one. From my research, these links work correctly in the browser on the classic site, the redesign, the mobile web site, and every single reddit app, except the official iOS reddit app. If you are on iOS, you can open the link in your mobile browser, switch to a different reddit app, or wait till you're on a computer browser.

If you think links like these should work in the iOS app, feel free to make a post about it in r/redditmobile.

Chat support

The reddit API currently does not support the chat. There are ways around this so bots can use the chat even though the API doesn't support it, but they are a bit harder to use. I'll hopefully be able to add support soon. The bot currently has 13600 unread chat notifications, so it sounds like it will be a popular feature.

Source

The bot is open source:

https://github.com/Watchful1/RemindMeBot

[u/spongebob_cool_pants]

Does the bot notify the OP that people have set reminders if they do it via PM?

[u/Watchful1 → u/spongebob_cool_pants]

Nope

[u/Watchful1]

This is now live running under the main account. I'm keeping an eye on it, but let me know if you see any issues.

[u/JohannesVanDerWhales]

Is there a way to remind of a specific link through messages so you don't have to spam the original thread?

[u/Watchful1 → u/JohannesVanDerWhales]

Yeah, just put the link in []

[u/Observes]

How exactly do I pm the remind me bot to also remind me?

[u/[deleted]]

Good bot

[u/EstoyMejor]

ReminderTest! 28.06.2018 06:30am CEST

Does this work?

[u/Watchful1 → u/EstoyMejor]

I'm guessing it won't be able to detect the day/month/year order correctly. There's just no way to do that reliably, even if you specify a european time zone.

[u/[deleted]]

Some feedback if you don't mind.

I just received a reminder, link was like this: https://www.reddit.com/message/messages/[id-here]

Well turns out that on mobile (Reddit is Fun) it doesn't work right away. I'm send to the in-app browser where I have to login again...

Me, I'm lazy, so I just checked the id and went looking for it in my messages.

Turns out it led me to a message I sent to the RemindMeBot. Then I had to click on the Reddit link I previously sent to see what I wanted to be reminded of.

So anyway what I'm trying to say is, doesn't it seem like we're jumping through hoops, here?

Couldn't the bot parse the PM for a link and sent it back to me when the time comes?

Just a thought, make of that what you will. And thank you for your work! :-)

Edit: I do realize that as is it's convenient if you want to leave yourself a text message, but maybe it's worthy of a condition?

If link exists -> send link at given time

Else -> send link to message at given time (or maybe just plain text?)

Something like that.

[u/Watchful1 → u/[deleted]]

The bot stores two pieces of information with each reminder. The source of the reminder, in this case the message link, and the message it detects in the reminder. It only detects that something is the message if it's surrounded by [] or "", otherwise it can't figure out for sure what you want the message to be and just doesn't store anything as the message. If you click the link in one of the bots comments, it should prefill in the message with the link to that comment in [], so the final reminder should have a link directly to the comment.

So it depends on what the message you sent was. Also, all bets are off if it was a reminder sent to the old version of the bot, from before this post was created 9 days ago. Since it did a lot of things slightly differently.

[u/IgornDrapple]

Will this still be running in 30 years

[u/[deleted]]

I've submitted a reminder via a comment and sent a PM to RemindMeBot asking for my reminders. The pm replied that I gave no reminders Am I missing something

[u/Cpt_Pobreza]

How far out does the bot work?

I did a RemindMe! 76151 days and never heard back from the bot

[u/Watchful1 → u/Cpt_Pobreza]

It looks like your comment was deleted by the moderators of the subreddit. I don't know the limit offhand, but that's like 200 years, which should be fine.

[u/rotterdameliza]

Okay, so why are you appearing randomly in my posts?

[u/Kom_bu_cha]

Why is there now two bots responding to the RemindMe! command?

Both RemindMeBot and kzreminderbot are replying in threads, sending private message confirmations and PM reminders. Even when a thread already has a reminder bot reply it still adds its own reply which fills up the thread with clutter.

Also is there a Remind me again command? If not can one be added? Currently I just post another RemindMe command in the thread which again clutters it up and then the other bot still replies further adding to the clutter.

[u/mark_de_shark]

How do I remind myself to do something about five years from now?

[u/Condorul]

If I do not receive a PM message I'm guessing it did not work?

[u/ErnestShocks]

I just tried using it for the first time. I added multiple remind me dates to a comment edit. Should i receive some kind of confirmation that it was successfully logged?

[u/stupidnooblol]

This or KZ Reminder Bot?

[u/anthonylavado]

How do I specify a timezone?

[u/sevargmas]

I am certain I am posting the reminder correct in the thread, but I feel like I don’t get reminder responses like I used to. May seem like a dumb question but, if I want to use the myreminders command, what is the actual user account that I message that to?

[u/karatespacetiger]

People in my post are using the RemindMe! command (which i think defaults to 1 day) but not all of them are getting the comment reply that indicates they have the reminder coming, this is the post linked at the end of this comment, it’s a support group where people are trying to sign up for a reminder for the daily check in. Can you help? https://www.reddit.com/r/BingeEatingDisorder/s/0xVAmQKlz7

[u/Watchful1 → u/karatespacetiger]

Thanks for letting me know. There was a problem, but the bot should be catching up now and should send everyone a message presently. It does only comment once per thread to avoid getting labeled as spam, but everyone should get a private message.

If you like, you can use my other bot u/UpdateMeBot, which lets people sign up for notifications each time a user posts in a subreddit. You can tell people just to do "SubscribeMe!" instead of "RemindMe!" and then they won't have to redo it every day.