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[Nostrademous]

I cloned a while ago from @tejado and have been working on implementing features... Got to say things are going well and I'm willing to answer questions people have, but not willing to copy/paste source code since it would lead to more questions and at this point I'm divergent from the current code base by several revisions (some of them structural).

I do not claim to have the best or most advanced bot, but it does what I want it to do... it just leveled a brand new test account from lvl 1 -> 20 in under a day (servers were stable).

Here is what I have figured out thus far:

• looping a specified set of waypoints OR a random-walk based on seeded start location
• use all pokestops we encounter
• catching all pokemon that are map visible as we walk
  ** catching uses curve balls and probably a "too" high chance of excellent throws
  ** catching uses appropriate level of pokeball based on difficulty of pokemon
  ** catching uses razz berries as necessary based of difficulty of pokemon
• inventory knowledge - I know how much I have of each item (except evolution candies for now....)
• pokemon inventory control (aka we transfer pokemons to the professor for candy when overly full, config options to keep what you want by type/nickname/cp-level)
• ability to scan our Pokedex to know what pokemons we have seen or not seen yet
• bag item control (delete items we don't care about if we run out of space... also cap our pokeballs so we don't keep too many)
• egg hatching detection
• automatic egg incubation
• detection of bad network conditions or session-key changes by server with auto-reconnect after timeout
• code for using Lucky Eggs (currently not automated as when to do it is debatable .. )
• code for automatic evolution of pokemons (although untested still)

Feel free to ask questions, but like I said, I won't be releasing code or copy/pasting solutions, but can help with proto formats.

[ztukaz]

detection of bad network conditions or session-key changes by server with auto-reconnect after timeout -> miss
Tell me more about this, i don't know too much about sessions

[dnsBlah]

I believe your evolution candies are listed in your inventory as well in the dictionary of the pokemon.

{
            "inventory_item_data": {
              "pokemon_family": {
                "family_id": 124, 
                "candy": 20
              }
            }, 
            "modified_timestamp_ms": 1469131340176
          }

Could you help me out how to trigger egg incubation ?
In the inventory I can find if I have a available incubator and its id, how can to get my eggs id
How do I trigger it ?

[Nostrademous]

@dnsBlah they are listed in dictionary of pokemons but they all are 0 apparently when you walk it... thanks for the pokemon_family data... that will work

Egg Incubation - the proto is slightly wrong as checked (at least time last time I checked). Notice I have "repeated" whereas what's checked in is "optional". @tejado doesn't provide the .proto files here (not sure why) so it won't be an easy fix for you guys - but that fix is only necessary if you want to incubate multiple eggs at the same time.

message EggIncubators {
  repeated EggIncubator egg_incubator = 1;
}

Below should explain how to use incubators (the code is using my structure, but should give you an idea of how to use it).

def useIncubator(api):
    egg_ids = []
    inc_ids = []
    inv = getInventory(api)
    if inv:
        for items in inv.inventory_delta.inventory_items:
            pk = items.inventory_item_data.pokemon
            if pk and pk is not None:
                if pk.is_egg and not pk.egg_km_walked_start:
                    egg_ids.append(pk.id)
            ics = items.inventory_item_data.egg_incubators
            for ic in ics.egg_incubator:  # <-- requires the fixed proto I mentioned, othewise can't loop
                if ic and ic is not None:
                    if ic.item_id:
                        inc_ids.append(ic.item_id)
    log.debug('Available Eggs for Incubation: %s', egg_ids)
    log.debug('Available Incubators: %s', inc_ids)

    for i in range(0, min(len(egg_ids),len(inc_ids))):
        api.use_item_egg_incubator(item_id=inc_ids[i], pokemon_id=egg_ids[i])
        inc_use = api.call(False)
        log.info('Using Egg Incubator "%s" on "%d"...' % (inc_ids[i], egg_ids[i]))
        inc_pay = getPayload(inc_use)
        if inc_pay:
            inc_resp = rsub.UseItemEggIncubatorResponse()
            inc_resp.ParseFromString(inc_pay)
            print(inc_resp)
        else:
            log.error('Bad Payload - Using Egg Incubator')

[Nostrademous]

@ztukaz - regarding sessions, honestly I'm not super familiar with that. @tejado might honestly know better as this would be a API library / networking / connectivity issue. What I know is from here:
https://github.com/Mila432/Pokemon_Go_API/blob/master/api.pyy

[dnsBlah]

@Nostrademous
Thanks for the hints
I don't think the statements are right, as a pokemon['is_egg'] == true does not tell me if its active or not.
Instead the incubator tells me with start_ and target_km_walked
But can't link a incubator to an egg :-/

Or is that the reason why I need a other proto to request the inventory? or just try all 9 eggs until positive result?

[Nostrademous]

@dnsBlah
pokemon['is_egg'] tells you it's an egg
pokemon['egg_km_walked_start'] is only present if it is an active egg (and can only be present if it's an egg) <-- this is why I check that it is NOT present to know it's an available egg

With both those checks you can then record pokemon['id'] as a valid egg for incubation. That is the 'id' you pass as the 2nd argument to api.use_item_egg_incubator()

Also, looks liek POGO fixed the "repeated" 20 hrs ago.... heh, didnt' realize.
https://github.com/AeonLucid/POGOProtos/blob/master/src/POGOProtos/Inventory/EggIncubators.proto

[dnsBlah]

Hi @Nostrademous
Like I mentioned, the egg does not show anything about start...

{
            "inventory_item_data": {
              "pokemon": {
                "creation_time_ms": 1469191037546, 
                "captured_cell_id": 5171996602586365952, 
                "is_egg": true, 
                "id": 11891607393952159418
              }
            }, 
            "modified_timestamp_ms": 1469191037546
          }

(I have 9 eggs *max ofcourse) All 9 look like this, but I'm walking 1.

{
            "inventory_item_data": {
              "egg_incubators": {
                "egg_incubator": {
                  "target_km_walked": 153.98680114746094, 
                  "start_km_walked": 148.98680114746094, 
                  "pokemon_id": -4500287810622364247, 
                  "item_type": 901, 
                  "incubator_type": 1, 
                  "item_id": "EggIncubatorProto-1928901772253991081"
                }
              }
            }, 
            "modified_timestamp_ms": 1469219038432
          }, 

See what I mean :)
I understand the call thanks of your hint above.
Seems like almost all calls are just 2 parameters?

But, yet, I don't see a link between the incubator and the egg's
I tried partials of the incibator item_id, of the pokemon_id
None relates to any of the eggs in my inventory

[Nostrademous]

@dnsBlah I just verified and I guess it changed, you are right, 'km' stuff no longer listed for active eggs.
I guess you loop over the eggs and try each one.

If you try to incubate an egg already in use it will return a RESPONSE with:
ERROR_POKEMON_ALREADY_INCUBATING = 6;

If you get that, just try a different egg:
Results are:

    enum Result {
        UNSET = 0;
        SUCCESS = 1;
        ERROR_INCUBATOR_NOT_FOUND = 2;
        ERROR_POKEMON_EGG_NOT_FOUND = 3;
        ERROR_POKEMON_ID_NOT_EGG = 4;
        ERROR_INCUBATOR_ALREADY_IN_USE = 5;
        ERROR_POKEMON_ALREADY_INCUBATING = 6;
        ERROR_INCUBATOR_NO_USES_REMAINING = 7;
    }

[dnsBlah]

<3 thank you!

[dnsBlah]

It also seems like that the incubators are not shown in the inventory list...
Just 1 (the unlimited one), and I have 3

[Nostrademous]

@dnsBlah are you using ITEM_ID=902 for the "extra incubators"? Will have to check if they show up or not, I don't really care actually as when I use incubators I enumerate them differently.

[dnsBlah]

I'm guessing i have it working now.. However I don't get unique id's from my item: 902
But will see tomorrow..

[Nostrademous]

@dnsBlah

def useIncubator(api):
    egg_ids = []
    inc_ids = []
    inv = getInventory(api)
    if inv:
        for items in inv.inventory_delta.inventory_items:
            pk = items.inventory_item_data.pokemon
            if pk and pk is not None:
                if pk.is_egg:
                    egg_ids.append(pk.id)
        for items in inv.inventory_delta.inventory_items:
            ics = items.inventory_item_data.egg_incubators
            for ic in ics.egg_incubator:
                if ic and ic is not None:
                    if ic.item_id: # and not ic.target_km_walked:
                        inc_ids.append(ic.item_id)

    log.debug('All Eggs: %s', egg_ids)
    log.debug('All Incubators: %s', inc_ids)

    for inc in inc_ids:
        for egg in egg_ids:
            api.use_item_egg_incubator(item_id=inc, pokemon_id=egg)
            inc_use = api.call(False)
            inc_pay = getPayload(inc_use)
            if inc_pay:
                inc_resp = rsub.UseItemEggIncubatorResponse()
                inc_resp.ParseFromString(inc_pay)
                if inc_resp.result == 1:
                    log.info('Using Egg Incubator "%s" on "%d"...' % (inc, egg))
                    log.info(inc_resp)
                elif inc_resp.result == 6:
                    continue
                elif inc_resp.result == 5:
                    log.info('Incubator "%s" already in use' % inc)
                    break
            else:
                log.error('Bad Payload - Using Egg Incubator')

[ztukaz]

@Nostrademous

@tejado doesn't provide the .proto files here (not sure why) so it won't be an easy fix for you guys - but that fix is only necessary if you want to incubate multiple eggs at the same time.

Did you imported in this project manually?

[dnsBlah]

@Nostrademous
With an other proto class its working fine now :)
Also finding other incubators :-)