A tinted screenshot showing the finished bot posting a flag and asking about a corresponding capital, followed by a reply from me with a correct answer, and the bot accepting it.

Tutorial 📅 7 months ago, updated 5 months ago

Making a trivia quiz chatbot on Mastodon

I wrote an in-depth, but beginner-friendly tutorial describing the process of re-creating @what_capital, an interactive bot that lets you play a game where you identify capitals from country flags.

Read the tutorial on dev.to

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Stefan Bohacek

Stefan Bohacek

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