fdb-spider-interface/fdb_spider_interface.py

import os
from rocketchat.api import RocketChatAPI
import configparser
import json
import requests
import yaml
import dateutil.parser
import subprocess

config = configparser.ConfigParser()
config.read('config.ini')

botname = config['Chat']['username']
botpassword = config['Chat']['password']
server_url = config['Chat']['URL']
room_id = config['Chat']['room_id']
bot_user_id = config['Chat']['bot_user_id']
spider_directory = config['Spider']['spider_directory']

# here comes the functions to talk to gpt


# For local streaming, the websockets are hosted without ssl - http://
HOST = 'localhost:5000'
URI = f'http://{HOST}/api/v1/chat'
#URI = f'http://{HOST}/api'

# http://192.168.9.197:5000/api/v1/chat

# For reverse-proxied streaming, the remote will likely host with ssl - https://
# URI = 'https://your-uri-here.trycloudflare.com/api/v1/chat'


if __name__ == '__main__':




    def name2id(name):
        # get all the rooms
        import os
        
        room_list = []
        rooms = os.listdir('rooms')
        for room in rooms:
            room_file = open('rooms/' + room, 'r')
            room_file_raw = room_file.read()
            room_file.close()

            room_file_list = room_file_raw.split('§%§%')
            room_list.append([room[:-4], room_file_list[0], room_file_list[1], room_file_list[2], room_file_list[3]])

        outputid = 'NONE'
        for roo in room_list:
            if roo[1] == name:
                outputid = roo[0]
        return outputid



    api = RocketChatAPI(settings={'username': botname, 'password': botpassword, 'domain': server_url})


    # api.send_message('Ciao, I am the fdb-spider', room_id)

    #myinfo = api.get_my_info()

    #room_history = api.get_private_room_history(room_id)

    #print(room_history['messages'][0]['msg'])

    # print(myinfo)
    rooms = api.get_private_rooms()

    print('blubidab oioioi', rooms)

    # api.send_message('Ole', room_id)

    n = 0

    import time
    import schedule

    #change to False here, if you want to have the update run at server start
    already_updated = True
    start = True
    import datetime
    from datetime import timedelta
    while True:
        time.sleep(2)
        #already_updated = True
        now = datetime.datetime.now()
        
        current_hour = now.strftime("%H") 
        #print(current_hour)

        # run variable update and creation at start
        if start == True:
            room_list = []
            rooms = os.listdir('rooms')
            for room in rooms:
                room_file = open('rooms/' + room, 'r')
                room_file_raw = room_file.read()
                room_file.close()

                
                room_file_list = room_file_raw.split('§%§%')
                #print(room_list)
                #print(room)
                #print(room_file_list)
                room_list.append([room[:-4], room_file_list[0], room_file_list[1], room_file_list[2]])

                with open(spider_directory + '/spiders/config.yaml' , "r") as stream:
                    try:
                        config = yaml.safe_load(stream)
                    except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
                        print(exc)
                fdb_list = []
                #print(config)

                for key in config:
                    fdb_list.append(key)

            start = False





        if int(current_hour) > 11:
            aftersix = True

        if int(current_hour) <= 11:
            aftersix = False
            already_updated = False

        if aftersix == True and already_updated == False and aftersix == False:

            room_list = []
            rooms = os.listdir('rooms')
            for room in rooms:
                room_file = open('rooms/' + room, 'r')
                room_file_raw = room_file.read()
                room_file.close()

                room_file_list = room_file_raw.split('§%§%')
                room_list.append([room[:-4], room_file_list[0], room_file_list[1], room_file_list[2], room_file_list[3]])

                with open(spider_directory + '/spiders/config.yaml' , "r") as stream:
                    try:
                        config = yaml.safe_load(stream)
                    except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
                        print(exc)
                fdb_list = []
                #print(config)

                for key in config:
                    fdb_list.append(key)

                

            data = dict({})
            for room in room_list:
                #print(room[0])
                room_fdbs = room[2]
                room_tags = room[3]
                room_deadline_days = room[4]
                #subprocess.run(["python", spider_directory + 'main.py', fdbs])
                room_history_list = []
                try:
                    room_history_file = open('roomhistories/' + room[0] + '.txt', 'x')
                    room_history_file.close()
                except:
                    print('reading from roomhistory')
                with open('roomhistories/' + room[0] + '.txt') as room_history_file:
                    lines = room_history_file.readlines()
                    for line in lines:
                        room_history_list.append(line)

                #date = datetime.datetime.now() - timedelta(days=3)

                #room_history = api.get_room_history(room[0], oldest=date, latest=datetime.datetime.now())

                for room_fdb in eval(room_fdbs):
                    #print('room_fdb',room_fdb, 'fdb_list',fdb_list)
                    try:
                        iteration_var_list = config.get(room_fdb).get("entry-list").get("iteration-var-list")
                    except Exception as e:
                        print('there was an error with the entry-list parameter in the config regarding the fdb ', room_fdb)
                    if room_fdb in fdb_list and room_fdb not in [key for key in data]:
                        iterdict = {}
                        for i in eval(iteration_var_list):
                            f = open(spider_directory + "/spiders/output/" + room_fdb + str(i) + "entryList.txt")
                            text = f.read()

                            dictionary_entry_list = eval(text)
                            
                            iterdict[i] = dictionary_entry_list
                            
                        data[room_fdb] = iterdict
                        
                    for i in eval(iteration_var_list):
                        try:
                            #print(room_fdb, i)
                            for key in data[room_fdb][i]:
                                contains_tag = False
                                period_data_formatted = dateutil.parser.parse(data[room_fdb][i][key]["period"])
                                name_data_lower = [word.lower() for word in data[room_fdb][i][key]["name"].split(' ')]
                                info_data_lower = [word.lower() for word in data[room_fdb][i][key]["info"].split(' ')]
                                text_data_lower = [word.lower() for word in data[room_fdb][i][key]["text"].split(' ')]
                                tag_list = []
                                for tag in eval(room_tags):
                                    
                                    if '_' in tag:
                                        ntags = tag.split('_')
                                        ntags_length = len(ntags)

                                        ntag_count = 0
                                        for nword in name_data_lower:
                                            for ntag in ntags:
                                                if ntag.lower() in nword:
                                                    ntag_count += 1
                                        if ntag_count == ntags_length:
                                            contains_tag = True
                                            tag_list.append(tag + ' in name')

                                        ntag_count = 0
                                        for iword in info_data_lower:
                                            for ntag in ntags:
                                                if ntag.lower() in iword:
                                                    ntag_count += 1
                                        if ntag_count == ntags_length:
                                            contains_tag = True
                                            tag_list.append(tag + ' in info')

                                        ntag_count = 0
                                        for tword in text_data_lower:
                                            ntag_count = 0
                                            for ntag in ntags:
                                                if ntag.lower() in tword:
                                                    ntag_count += 1
                                        if ntag_count == ntags_length:
                                            contains_tag = True
                                            tag_list.append(tag + ' in text')

                                    else:
                                        for nword in name_data_lower:
                                            if tag.lower() in nword:
                                                contains_tag = True
                                                tag_list.append(tag + ' in name')
                                        for iword in info_data_lower:
                                            if tag.lower() in iword:
                                                contains_tag = True
                                                tag_list.append(tag + ' in info')
                                        for tword in text_data_lower:
                                            if tag.lower() in tword:
                                                contains_tag = True
                                                tag_list.append(tag + ' in text')

                                if contains_tag == True:
                                    try:
                                        url = data[room_fdb][i][key]["domain"]
                                    except:
                                        url = data[room_fdb][i][key]["link"]

                                    entry_message = '<' + url + '|' + data[room_fdb][i][key]["name"]+ '>' + '\n' + data[room_fdb][i][key]["info"] + '\n' + 'The period of the entry is:' + str(period_data_formatted) + '\n' + str(tag_list)
                                    entry_message_identifier = '<' + url + '|' + data[room_fdb][i][key]["name"]+ '>'

                                    message_was_already_there = False
                                    for message in room_history_list:
                                        #print('message that gets checked with identifier ', message[:-1])
                                        #print('the entry message identifier is:', entry_message_identifier)
                                        if url in message[:-1] or data[room_fdb][i][key]["name"] in message:
                                            message_was_already_there = True

                                    now = datetime.datetime.now()
                                    now_formatted = dateutil.parser.parse(str(now))
                                    delta = period_data_formatted - now_formatted


                                    if message_was_already_there == False and delta.days < int(room_deadline_days):
                                        #print('went into already there false')
                                        api.send_message(entry_message, room[0])
                                        print('before writing')
                                        try:
                                            room_file = open('roomhistories/' + room[0] + '.txt', 'x')
                                            room_file.close()
                                        except:
                                            print('appending to roomhistory')
                                        room_file = open('roomhistories/' + room[0] + '.txt', 'a')
                                        room_file.write(entry_message_identifier + '\n')
                                        room_file.close()
                                        print('after writing')

                        except Exception as e:
                            print("probably i was not there in last page, original error is:", e) 



                
            #print('data',data['giz'][2],'data')
            already_updated = True





        # if datestime.split over etc and updated= true etc
    
        
        n += 1
        if n%100 == 0:
            print(n)

        try:
            #print('getting the room history')
            date = datetime.datetime.now() - timedelta(days=3)
            room_history = api.get_private_room_history(room_id, oldest=date)
        except Exception as e:
            time.sleep(10)
            api = RocketChatAPI(settings={'username': botname, 'password': botpassword, 'domain': server_url})
            time.sleep(5)
            room_history = api.get_private_room_history(room_id, oldest=date)
            print('got a connection error, original message is:',e)



        messages_list = []
        
        
        for message in room_history['messages']:
            messages_list.append(message)
        
        if len(messages_list) >= 1:
        
            #print('blub', messages_list)

            latest_message_user_id = messages_list[0]['u']['_id']

            latest_message_user_username = messages_list[0]['u']['username']

            latest_message = messages_list[0]['msg']

            latest_message_id = messages_list[0]['_id']

            new_message_file = open('new_message_file.txt', 'r')
            new_message = new_message_file.read()
            new_message_file.close()

            new_message_list = new_message.split('§%§%')
            #print(latest_message, new_message_list[0])

            if new_message_list[0] != latest_message and new_message_list[1] != latest_message_id and latest_message_user_id != bot_user_id:

                answer = 'Ich habe kein Kommando erhalten.'

                new_message_file = open('new_message_file.txt', 'w')
                new_message_file.write(latest_message + '§%§%' + latest_message_id)
                new_message_file.close()
        
            
                user_input = latest_message
                user_input_list = user_input.split(' ')
                


                if user_input_list[0] == 'addtags':
                    try:
                        room_name_add_tags = user_input_list[1]
                        room_id_add_tags = name2id(room_name_add_tags)
                    except:
                        room_id_add_tags = 'NONE'
                    try:
                        new_tags = user_input_list[2]
                    except:
                        new_tags = 'NONE'
                    try:
                        thirdarg = user_input_list[3]
                    except:
                        thirdarg = 'NONE'
                    if len(room_id_add_tags) >= 1 and len(new_tags) >= 1 and thirdarg == 'NONE':
                        try:
                            
                            room_file_add_tags = open('rooms/' + user_input_list[1] + '.txt', 'r')
                            room_info_raw = room_file_add_tags.read()
                            room_file_add_tags.close()
                            room_info = room_info_raw.split('§%§%')
                            tag_list = eval(room_info[-1])
                            for tag in eval(user_input_list[2]):
                                if tag not in tag_list:
                                    tag_list.append(tag)
                            
                            room_file_add_tags = open('rooms/' + user_input_list[1] + '.txt', 'w')
                            room_file_add_tags.write( str(room_info[0]) + '§%§%' + str(room_info[1]) + '§%§%' + str(tag_list))
                            room_file_add_tags.close()
                            answer = 'the updated tag list is' + str(tag_list)
                            
                        except Exception as e:
                            print('error opening, original error is:', e)
                            answer = "The room_id to update the tags was not found"

                if user_input_list[0] == 'printtags':
                    try:
                        room_id_to_print_tags = user_input_list[1]
                    except:
                        answer = "after the command printtags, the second argument has to be the room id.. use printrooms and look up the id of the room you want to print the tags"
                        room_id_to_print_tags = 'NONE'
                    if room_id_to_print_tags != 'NONE':
                        try:
                            
                            room_file = open('rooms/' + room_id_to_print_tags + '.txt', 'r')
                            room_info_raw = room_file.read()
                            room_file.close()
                            room_info = room_info_raw.split('§%§%')
                            tag_list = eval(room_info[-1])
                            answer = tag_list
                            
                                
                            
                        except Exception as e:
                            print('error opening, original error is:', e)
                            answer = "The room_id to get the tags was not found"


                if user_input_list[0] == 'printcommands':
                    answer = """
                    To print all available rooms and their configuration, use
                    command : `printrooms`
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    To print all available fdbs, use
                    command : `printfdbs`
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    To update all rooms use
                    command : `updaterooms all`
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    To update one room use the room_id from the output of printrooms:
                    command : `updaterooms <room-id>`
                    example : `updaterooms 6572012bebb39dd248d08320`
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    To create a room use following command, but be sure to **not have spaces** in your lists, 
                    as a space indicates a new command argument:
                    command : `createroom <room-name> <list-fdbs> <list-tags> <days-to-deadline>`
                    example : `createroom room-test-1 ['giz','fdb2'] ['tag1','tag2','tag3'] 7`
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    To delete a room use 
                    command : `deleteroom <room-id>`
                    example : `deleteroom 6572012bebb39dd248d08320`
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    To print the tags of a room use
                    command : `printtags <room-id>`
                    example : `printtags 6572012bebb39dd248d08320`
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    To add tags to the existing tags use
                    command : `addtags <room-id> <tag-list-without-spaces>`
                    example : `addtags 6572012bebb39dd248d08320 ['tag1','tag2','tag3']`
"""


                if user_input_list[0] == 'printrooms':
                    
                    room_was_found = False
                    # get all the rooms
                    import os
                    
                    room_list = []
                    rooms = os.listdir('rooms')
                    for room in rooms:
                        room_file = open('rooms/' + room, 'r')
                        room_file_raw = room_file.read()
                        room_file.close()

                        room_file_list = room_file_raw.split('§%§%')
                        room_list.append([room[:-4], room_file_list[0], room_file_list[1], room_file_list[2], room_file_list[3]])

                    room_list_string = ''
                    for room in room_list:
                        room_list_string += str(room) + '\n' + '------------------------------------------------------------------------------' + '\n'

                    #print(room_list)
                    answer = room_list_string

                if user_input_list[0] == 'updaterooms':
                    try:
                        if len(user_input_list[1]) >= 1:
                            room_to_update = user_input_list[1]
                    except Exception as e:
                        room_to_update = 'NONE'
                    room_list = []
                    rooms = os.listdir('rooms')
                    for room in rooms:
                        room_file = open('rooms/' + room, 'r')
                        room_file_raw = room_file.read()
                        room_file.close()

                        room_file_list = room_file_raw.split('§%§%')
                        room_list.append([room[:-4], room_file_list[0], room_file_list[1], room_file_list[2], room_file_list[3]])

                        with open(spider_directory + '/spiders/config.yaml' , "r") as stream:
                            try:
                                config = yaml.safe_load(stream)
                            except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
                                print(exc)
                        fdb_list = []
                        #print(config)

                        for key in config:
                            fdb_list.append(key)




                    answer = "Ich update die Rooms auf Basis der Daten von heute morgen um 6 Uhr.."

                    data = dict({})
                    for room in room_list:
                        if room[0] == room_to_update or room_to_update == 'all':
                            room_was_found = True
                            print(room[0])
                            room_fdbs = room[2]
                            room_tags = room[3]
                            room_deadline_days = room[4]
                            # not running get_rooms because disfunctional

                            #subprocess.run(["python", spider_directory + 'main.py', fdbs])
                
                            #myinfo = api.get_room_info(room[0])
                            #print(myinfo)
                            #roomid = "'657cbeccebb39dd248d38ec3'"
                  
                            #roomoioioi = api.get_user_info(bot_user_id)

                            #print(roomoioioi)

                            #room_history_updateroom = api.get_private_room_history(room[0])

                            # reading from txt state history instead

                            try:
                                room_history_file = open('roomhistories/' + room[0] + '.txt', 'x')
                                room_history_file.close()
                            except:
                                print('reading from roomhistory which is already there')

                            room_history_list = []
                            with open('roomhistories/' + room[0] + '.txt') as room_history_file:
                                lines = room_history_file.readlines()
                                for line in lines:
                                    room_history_list.append(line)
                            #
                            #for message in room_history_raw:
                            #    print(message)

                            for room_fdb in eval(room_fdbs):
                                #print('room_fdb',room_fdb, 'fdb_list',fdb_list)
                                try:
                                    iteration_var_list = config.get(room_fdb).get("entry-list").get("iteration-var-list")
                                except Exception as e:
                                    print('there was an error with the entry-list parameter in the config regarding the fdb ', room_fdb)
                                if room_fdb in fdb_list and room_fdb not in [key for key in data]:
                                    iterdict = {}
                                    for i in eval(iteration_var_list):
                                        f = open(spider_directory + "/spiders/output/" + room_fdb + str(i) + "entryList.txt")
                                        text = f.read()

                                        dictionary_entry_list = eval(text)
                            
                                        iterdict[i] = dictionary_entry_list
                            
                                    data[room_fdb] = iterdict
                        
                                for i in eval(iteration_var_list):
                                    try:
                                        print(room_fdb, i)
                                        print('oioioioioiOIOIOI')
                                        for key in data[room_fdb][i]:
                                            contains_tag = False
                                            try:
                                                period_data_formatted = dateutil.parser.parse(data[room_fdb][i][key]["period"])
                                            except Exception as e:
                                                period_data_formatted = 'NONE'
                                                print('getting the period did not work for', room_fdb, i, key, ' ori err is:', e)
                                            name_data_lower = [word.lower() for word in data[room_fdb][i][key]["name"].split(' ')]
                                            info_data_lower = [word.lower() for word in data[room_fdb][i][key]["info"].split(' ')]
                                            text_data_lower = [word.lower() for word in data[room_fdb][i][key]["text"].split(' ')]
                                            print('got until ONE')
                                            tag_list = []
                                            for tag in eval(room_tags):
                                                print('got until TWO')
                                                if '_' in tag:
                                                    ntags = tag.split('_')
                                                    ntags_length = len(ntags)
                                                    print(ntags)
                                                    ntag_count = 0
                                                    for ntag in ntags:
                                                        print('searching for ntag: ', ntag)
                                                        
                                                        for nword in name_data_lower:
                                                            if ntag.lower() in nword:
                                                                if nword != '':
                                                                    ntag_count += 1
                                                                    print(ntag, ' ntag was found')
                                                                    break
                                                    print('ntag count is ', ntag_count, 'ntag_length is ', ntags_length)
                                                    if ntag_count == ntags_length:
                                                        contains_tag = True
                                                        tag_list.append('_'.join(ntags) + ' in name')

                                                    ntag_count = 0
                                                    for ntag in ntags:
                                                        for iword in info_data_lower:
                                                            if ntag.lower() in iword:
                                                                if iword != '':
                                                                    ntag_count += 1
                                                                    break
                                                    if ntag_count == ntags_length:
                                                        contains_tag = True
                                                        tag_list.append('_'.join(ntags) + ' in info')

                                                    ntag_count = 0
                                                    for ntag in ntags:
                                                        for tword in text_data_lower:
                                                            if ntag.lower() in tword:
                                                                if tword != '':
                                                                    ntag_count += 1
                                                                    break
                                                    if ntag_count == ntags_length:
                                                        contains_tag = True
                                                        tag_list.append('_'.join(ntags) + ' in text')


                                                else:
                                                    #print('------------------')
                                                    print(name_data_lower, info_data_lower, text_data_lower, room[0], room_tags)
                                                    nword_contains_tag = False
                                                    for nword in name_data_lower:
                                                        print(tag.lower(), nword)
                                                        if tag.lower() in nword:
                                                            print('goooot heeeere')
                                                            print(nword)
                                                            if nword != '':
                                                                print('goot behind nword check')
                                                                nword_contains_tag = True
                                                    if nword_contains_tag == True:
                                                        contains_tag = True
                                                        tag_list.append(tag + ' in name')
                                                    iword_contains_tag = False
                                                    for iword in info_data_lower:
                                                        if tag.lower() in iword:
                                                            if iword != '':
                                                                iword_contains_tag = True
                                                                print('oioiOIOIOIoioioiOIOIword', iword)
                                                    if iword_contains_tag == True:
                                                        contains_tag = True
                                                        tag_list.append(tag + ' in info')
                                                    tword_contains_tag = False
                                                    for tword in text_data_lower:
                                                        if tag.lower() in tword:
                                                            if tword != '':
                                                                tword_contains_tag = True
                                                    if tword_contains_tag == True:
                                                        contains_tag = True
                                                        tag_list.append(tag + ' in text')
                                            print('got until THREE')
                                            if contains_tag == True:
                                                #print('------------------')
                                                #print(name_data_lower, info_data_lower, text_data_lower)
                                                try:
                                                    url = data[room_fdb][i][key]["domain"]
                                                except:
                                                    url = data[room_fdb][i][key]["link"]

                                                print('101110001101010010010101000111')

                                                entry_message = '<' + url + '|' + data[room_fdb][i][key]["name"]+ '>' + '\n' + data[room_fdb][i][key]["info"] + '\n' + 'The period of the entry is:' + str(period_data_formatted) + '\n' + str(tag_list)
                                                entry_message_identifier = '<' + url + '|' + data[room_fdb][i][key]["name"]+ '>'


                                                message_was_already_there = False
                                                for message in room_history_list:
                                                    print('message', message[:-1], 'identifier', entry_message_identifier)
                                                    
                                                    if url in message[:-1] or data[room_fdb][i][key]["name"] in message:
                                                        message_was_already_there = True

                                                now = datetime.datetime.now()
                                                now_formatted = dateutil.parser.parse(str(now))
                                                try:
                                                    delta = period_data_formatted - now_formatted
                                                    days_to_check = delta.days
                                                except Exception as e:
                                                    days_to_check = int(room_deadline_days) - 1
                                                    print('calc of delta did now work, original error is:', e)
                                                #print('delta', delta, int(delta.days))
                                                if message_was_already_there == False and int(days_to_check) > int(room_deadline_days):



                                                    api.send_message(entry_message, room[0])


                                                    try:
                                                        room_file = open('roomhistories/' + room[0] + '.txt', 'x')
                                                        room_file.close()
                                                    except:
                                                        print('appending to roomhistory')

                                                    room_file = open('roomhistories/' + room[0] + '.txt', 'a')
                                                    room_file.write(entry_message_identifier + '\n')
                                                    room_file.close()


                                    except Exception as e:
                                        print("probably i was not there in last page, original error is:", e) 
                    if room_to_update == 'all':
                        answer = 'I am updating all rooms based on the data in fdb-spider/spiders/output..'
                    if room_was_found == False or room_to_update == 'NONE':
                        answer = 'The room you specified does not exist, or there are no rooms configured, try printcommands or contact the administrator'
                    if room_was_found == True and room_to_update != 'NONE':
                        answer = "I am updating the specified room based on the data in fdb-spider/spiders/output.."


                if user_input_list[0] == 'printfdbs':
                    
                    answer = str(fdb_list)

                    if len(user_input_list) > 1:
                        answer = 'Die Syntax zum Ausgeben der konfigurierten Förderdatenbanken hat einen Fehler. Versuche es erneut, mit -> printfdbs'

                if user_input_list[0] == 'deleteroom':
                    try:
                       room_id_del = user_input_list[1]
                    except Exception as e:
                        room_id_del = 'NONE'
                        print(e)
                    os.remove("rooms/" + room_id_del + ".txt")

                    anwer = 'deleting the requested room..'

                    if len(user_input_list) > 2:
                        answer = 'Die Syntax zum Löschen eines Raumes hat einen Fehler. Versuche es erneut, nach dem Muster -> deleteroom <room_id>'


                if user_input_list[0] == 'createroom':
                    try:
                        room_name = user_input_list[1]
                    except Exception as e:
                        room_name = 'NONE'
                        print(e)
                    try:
                        databases = user_input_list[2]
                    except Exception as e:
                        databases = 'NONE'
                        print(e)
                    try:
                        filters = user_input_list[3]
                    except Exception as e:
                        filters = 'NONE'
                        print(e)
                    try:
                        days_to_deadline = user_input_list[4]
                    except Exception as e:
                        days_to_deadline = 'NONE'
                        print(e)


                    if len(user_input_list) > 4:
                        answer = 'Die Syntax hat einen Fehler. Wahrscheinlich sind Leerzeichen in den Listen. Leerzeichen definieren die Syntax. Versuche es erneut, nach dem Muster -> createroom room1 ["fdb1","fdb2"] ["tag1","tag2"]'

                    if room_name == 'NONE' or databases == 'NONE' or filters == 'NONE' or days_to_deadline == 'NONE':
                        answer = 'Um einen Raum zu erstellen, in dem neueste Einträge geteilt werden, lautet die Syntax: createroom <Raumname> <Liste-Datenbanken> <Liste-Filtertags> <Tage-bis-zur-Frist>'
                    
                    else:
                        try:
                            new_room = api.create_public_room(room_name, 
                                members=[latest_message_user_username], 
                                read_only=False)
                            new_room_id = new_room['channel']['_id']
                            room_file = open('rooms/' + new_room_id + '.txt', 'w')
                            room_file.write( room_name + '§%§%' + databases + '§%§%' + filters + '§%§%' + days_to_deadline)
                            room_file.close()
                            answer = 'Der Command wurde übermittelt'

                        except Exception as e:
                            print('it was not able to create the room, the original error message is:', e)
                            answer = 'There was an error creating the room, look up the logs.. the original error was: ' + str(e)                        
               

                #print('oi', user_input)
                api.send_message('Die Anfrage wird bearbeitet..', room_id)

                # here comes the code interacting with the spiders output json

                


                #answer = 'the up to date entries are: oi Oi Oi!'

                api.send_message(answer, room_id)
                time.sleep(1)
                api.send_message('Ich bin wieder bereit für Konfigurationsinput : )', room_id)
                time.sleep(1)