@julian So if I want to backup and restore it will be specific to the database?

Thanks, I do understand how i18n works for plugins. I should have asked if there is a way to do this without having to fork or modify the existing plugin. It seems like the answer is no.

Personally, I think this is a lacking feature of NodeBB.

Can I write new localizations for 3rd party plugins? Can I overwrite existing localizations for 3rd party plugins?

If so, how?

I haven't investigated data exports & imports. I need to get my forum setup before I'll have time to work on Couchbase. Is there a generic way to export data from an instance using mongodb and import it into an instance using couchbase/redis/other?

@Schamper It hasn't been updated in a year. For what version does this work?

Anyway, mine seems to be working now. It's a purpose specific bot anyway (dice rolling).

@baris said:

Hmm, you could still use Topics.reply and after the post is made set the lastposttime property of the bot user to Date.now() - tenSeconds so it won't be rate limited.

That and using SocketHelpers instead of Socket.in worked like a charm. The bot response is basically instant.

I was scanning through the mongodb records earlier today (looking for the Meta config stuff). It looks like mongdb is being used more like a drop in replacement for Redis, which actually makes sense since Redis is also supported.

Usually (not always, of course) mongodb schemas are divided into multiple collections, like tables. With NodeBB, there are two collections only: objects and sessions. Along these lines Couchbase is a lot more like Redis than is mongodb. And now with N1QL, it's "easier" to query.

Anyway, if I work on a "driver" for couchbase, would a pull request into the main repo be considered?

I have this working with the following …

var result = {
  posts: [postData],
  privileges: { 'topics:reply': true },
  'reputation:disabled': parseInt(Meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1,
  'downvote:disabled': parseInt(Meta.config['downvote:disabled'], 10) === 1
};
Sockets.in('uid_'+uid).emit('event:new_post', result);

So, it appears to refresh the page with the new post but only if I scroll up or down, which is standard behavior?

Next, I'm not seeing alerts when the bot posts a message. I think this is due to the fact that I've switched to using Posts.create instead of Topics.reply

@Kowlin Yeah, I know, it's a lot. A little less than half of that is one category for each edition of Axis & Allies. Axis & Allies .org Forums

Some of them really do need to be consolidated but if I try to consolidate too much, the community gets up in arms. Go figure.

I'm just trying to post a very simple message as a reply and I keep getting "Post content was flagged as spam by Akismet.com" it's quite annoying, especially since I'm not spamming.

Here's the content:

@Kowlin Yeah, I know, it's a lot. A little less than half of that is one category for each edition of Axis & Allies. (I haven't migrated yet: Axis & Allies .org Forums)

Some of them really do need to be consolidated but if I try to consolidate too much, the community gets up in arms. Go figure.