[{"_1":2,"_3":-5,"_4":-5},"loaderData",{"_5":6},"actionData","errors","routes/hashtag",{"_7":8,"_9":10,"_11":12},"articles",[13],"authors",{},"tag","shell",{"_14":15,"_16":17,"_18":19,"_20":21,"_22":23,"_24":25,"_26":27},"content","So I just created a [quotes bot on Nostr.](https://snort.social/p/npub1ms4z8e2fsgjh75vtk8c9pym50gjvp3uxl7uru8v7c7pnd9empadq2ulevr) I'm adding new quotes to it all the time but already it is serving up quotes from Satoshi to Nietzsche.\n\nMaking one of these yourself is incredibly easy - much more so than conventional social media like Twitter as there's no locked down API to deal with or beg for keys to. You simply generate a new private key for the bot, add some metadata, setup a script to pick from a random selection your a predefined list of quotes, setup another script to feed the output into a new Nostr status and post it, then put that on your `crontab` so it runs automatically every hour, or two hours, or once a day, or whatever you want.\n\nThis tutorial will show you how to do that even if you have no coding experience. All you need is access to something running Linux (even if it's just a Raspberry Pi or a cheap VPS) and... that's it.\n\nKeep in mind that whatever you choose to set this up on has to be constantly running for the scripts to work. This is why a Raspberry Pi or a VPS are good options. It requires almost zero CPU power, RAM, or bandwidth.\n\nReady? Let's go!\n\n## Install the dependencies\n\nTo make sure all dependencies are installed, simply run:\n\n```bash\nsudo apt install python3 python3-pip python-is-python3 golang git\n```\n\n## Make a user for the bot\n\nEspecially if you use a VPS for this, having separate non-privileged users for different tasks is just smart:\n\n```bash\nsudo adduser nostrbot\n```\n\nChoose a password then you can jump into the new user with:\n\n```bash\nsudo su - nostrbot\n```\n\n## Install noscl\n\nThis is the magic sauce that will let you directly interact with Nostr in the command line. If you made a new user, log into it first, then run this:\n\n```bash\ngo install github.com/fiatjaf/noscl@latest\n```\n\nNow let's make sure it'll work correctly:\n\n```bash\nnano ~/.bashrc\n```\n\nScroll to the bottom and add:\n\n```bash\nexport GOPATH=$HOME/go\nexport PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin\n```\n\nSave (ctrl + O) and exit (ctrl + X) then run:\n\n```bash\nsource ~/.bashrc\n```\n\nNow you want to create the directory `noscl` can create its config file in when you run it and use it:\n\n```bash\nmkdir -p ~/.config/nostr\n```\n\nIf you followed the above correctly, you run `noscl` in the command line and you should get an output like this:\n\n```bash\nUsage:\n noscl home\n noscl setprivate \n noscl sign \n noscl verify \n noscl public\n noscl publish [--reference=...] [--profile=...] \n noscl message [--reference=...] \n noscl metadata --name= [--about=] [--picture=

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How To Create A Nostr Quotes Bot (With Barely Any Coding)