🎌 Otaku Bot (Slack Anime Quote Bot)

Otaku Bot is a fun Slack bot built in Go that delivers random inspirational, funny, or emotional anime quotes directly into your Slack channels — complete with character names, anime titles, and even anime poster images via the Kitsu API.

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📸 Preview

Example output from the /animequote command:

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✨ Features

• ⚡️ Slash command: /animequote
• 🎭 Random anime quotes via AnimeChan API
• 🖼️ Anime cover images fetched from Kitsu API
• 💬 Nicely formatted message using Slack Block Kit

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the Repo

git clone https://github.com/yash-death/otaku-bot.git
cd otaku-bot

2. Set up your .env

Create a .env file in the root directory:

SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-your-bot-token
SLACK_APP_TOKEN=xapp-your-app-level-token

You can get these from your Slack App dashboard.

3. Install dependencies

go mod tidy

4. Run the bot

go run main.go

The bot will connect using Slack Socket Mode and post quotes using the /animequote command.

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🧱 Project Structure

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├── main.go             # Entry point
├── commands/
│   └── animequote.go   # Quote command logic
├── utils/
│   └── kitsu.go        # Anime image fetcher (Kitsu API)
├── .env                # Environment variables

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🔮 Planned Features

• 🔘 Slack interactive buttons (Refresh, Save, More Info)
• 🗂️ Quote history storage (JSON or DB)
• 🏆 Karma system (upvote/downvote anime)
• 🧠 Slash command autocomplete

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👨‍💻 Built With

• Go
• Slack Go SDK
• AnimeChan API
• Kitsu API

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🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! If you have ideas for fun features, feel free to open an issue or submit a PR.

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📜 License

MIT License

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📫 Contact

Made with ❤️ by Yash Badoniya