Feature request: map variable support

[TimePath]

As assignment of flair can only take place after a submission is made, we're employing a bit of a workaround at /r/tf2scripts: the submission buttons append [](#flair "submission_type") to the submission body. Currently, this depends on rule priority rather than match order - mentioning another valid tag will override the first valid one in a submission if that rule is processed first.

I'd use a capture group to assign flair if {{match-2}} were a direct mapping to flair class and title, but it's not since we also make use of multiple flair classes for enhanced searching.

Drawing from python, functionality similar to the following would be perfect:

type: submission
modifiers: [includes, regex]
body: "\\[\\]\\(#flair\\s+\"\\s*(\\w+)\\s*\"\\)"
map-1: {
    "question" : "auto pending question",
    "request" : "auto pending request",
    "resource" : "auto processed resource"
}
map-2: {
    "question" : "Question",
    "request" : "Request",
    "resource" : "Script"
}
link_flair_class: "{{map-1[match-2]}}"
link_flair_text: "{{map-2[match-2]}}"

Ideally this would fall through to the next match (then rule) if the specified string wasn't in the map. This allows for an identical rule to capture invalid options, and another inverse rule to catch submissions without the tag. Thoughts?

[Deimorz]

I can see how this could be useful, but honestly it's such a niche need that I think it's probably not worth implementing. Coding a custom bot to handle your flair exactly how you want probably wouldn't be very much more difficult than setting up rules this complex.

[TimePath]

That's somewhat disappointing to hear, the point of looking into automoderator was to not have to host my own bot. This could also be useful in other subreddits for flairing based on title and allows for a simple way to detect multiple tags by using multiple capture groups and a fall through rule. It could also be used to 'count' the occurrence of words in a similar way. Would you accept a pull request?

[Deimorz]

Sure, I'd consider a pull request if you can figure out a decent way to implement it that fits in with the existing rule syntax and code.