Triggers

Introduction

The release of Streamer.bot 0.2.0 included a large overhaul to the events system, with the introduction of Triggers.

You now have more control over events and their execution through Trigger configuration options, and events can now trigger more than one action.

Triggers also introduced the ability to easily test your actions!

Configuration

To activate the triggers pane, you must first select an action by clicking on it in the main actions pane.

Right-Click anywhere in the triggers pane (or click the + icon in the top right) to browse triggers and add them to your selected action.

Types

You will notice several core types of configuration options when setting up your triggers, outlined below:

Basic

These triggers require no additional configuration.

For example, the Streamer.bot Started Trigger always executes on initial startup of Streamer.bot with no additional configuration needed.

Toggle

Checkbox configuration can be used to filter incoming triggers based on multiple event types, which can be toggled on or off.

Checkbox Trigger Configuration

For example, the Twitch Subscription Trigger allows you to toggle incoming trigger events for each subscription tier.

Select

Dropdown configuration can be used to filter incoming triggers based on preexisting values.

Dropdown Trigger Configuration

For example, the Command Cooldown Trigger allows you to filter incoming trigger events for specific commands.

These triggers also include the option Any, which allows events to trigger on any of the included options.

Range

Range configuration is used for filtering incoming numeric triggers based on minimum and maximum values.

Range Trigger Configuration

For example, the Twitch Cheer Trigger allows you to filter incoming trigger events for a specified bit range.

Leave both Min and Max blank to trigger on all values.

Text

Text field configuration can be used to filter incoming triggers based on arbitrary text values.

Text Box Trigger Configuration

For example, the Global Variable Updated Trigger allows you to filter incoming trigger events based on a specified variable name.

This field can be left empty to trigger on all values.

Context Menu

Right-Click any existing trigger to reveal additional context menu options:

Test Trigger

Send a test execution of the selected trigger

Edit Trigger

Open the configuration dialog for the selected trigger

Copy Trigger

Copy the selected trigger to the clipboard

Paste Trigger

Paste a copied trigger into the selected action

Delete Trigger

Delete the selected trigger

This will show a confirmation dialog by default

Enabled

Toggle this trigger on or off.

Refresh Triggers

Reload criteria data for all triggers

Clear All Triggers

Remove all triggers from the selected action

Enable All Triggers

Enable all triggers for the selected action

Disable All Triggers

Disable all triggers for the selected action

Always Run

Always execute this trigger, even if another matching trigger has been configured elsewhere with an overlapping range.

For example, if you have a Twitch Cheer Trigger setup to execute on any value, and another setup to execute on exactly 100 Bits:

• Enabling Always Run will allow both triggers to execute
• Disabling Always Run will only execute the Any trigger if the bit value does not equal 100 Bits

Viewer

You can click the ? icon in the top-right of the triggers panel to open the Trigger Viewer

This window gives you a quick overview of all your configured triggers and their action mappings.

Testing

You can use triggers to easily test your actions and their behavior against various arguments.

The quickest way to execute a trigger is by selecting Test Trigger from the context menu.

For more control over variables while testing, you can use the Core > Test Trigger utility to define custom arguments, or send Simulated Events

Simulated Events

Advanced

Custom Triggers

You can define your own triggers using C# Code. These will then show up in the trigger menu UI under Custom once the C# code defining them has been run once.

custom-triggers

// Register a new trigger labeled "Game Win" in the "Game Result" category
//                           Label         Name                 Category
CPH.RegisterCustomTrigger("Game Win", "gameResultWin", new[]{"Game Result"});

// Trigger the "Game Win" trigger using its name
CPH.TriggerCodeEvent("gameResultWin", true);

The category parameter of the RegisterCustomTrigger function always has to be an array, allowing to nest sub-categories.

This is only for user convenience and does not change the process of triggering a custom trigger by name.

custom-triggers-nested

// Register three top level triggers in category `Chat Based Poll`
CPH.RegisterCustomTrigger("Poll Ended", "poll_ended", new[] {"Chat Based Poll"});
CPH.RegisterCustomTrigger("Poll Canceled", "poll_canceled", new[] {"Chat Based Poll"});
CPH.RegisterCustomTrigger("Poll Status", "poll_status", new[] {"Chat Based Poll"});

// Register three nested triggers in category `Winner`, which is in category `Chat Based Poll`
CPH.RegisterCustomTrigger("Poll Message Winner", "poll_winner_one", new[] {"Chat Based Poll", "Winner"});
CPH.RegisterCustomTrigger("Poll Message Tie 2", "poll_winner_two", new[] {"Chat Based Poll", "Winner"});
CPH.RegisterCustomTrigger("Poll Message Tie 3", "poll_winner_three", new[] {"Chat Based Poll", "Winner"});

// Call a trigger from any nested level solely by their name
CPH.TriggerCodeEvent("poll_ended", true);
CPH.TriggerCodeEvent("poll_winner_three", true);