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# xkcd bot
xkcd bot is a Zulip bot that can fetch a comic strip from xkcd. To use xkcd
bot you can simply call it with `@xkcd` followed by a command. Like this:
```
@xkcd <command>
```
xkcd bot has four commands:
1. `help`
This command is used to list all commands that can be used with this bot.
You can use this command by typing `@xkcd help` in a stream.
![](xkcd-help.png)
2. `latest`
This command is used to fetch the latest comic strip from xkcd. You can use
this command by typing `@xkcd latest` in a stream.
![](xkcd-latest.png)
3. `random`
This command is used to fetch a random comic strip from xkcd. You can use
this command by typing `@xkcd random` in a stream, xkcd bot will post a
random xkcd comic strip.
![](xkcd-random.png)
4. `<comic_id>`
To fetch a comic strip based on id, you can directly use `@xkcd <comic_id>`,
for example if you want to fetch a comic strip with id 1234, you can type
`@xkcd 1234`, xkcd bot will post a comic strip with id 1234.
![](xkcd-specific-id.png)
If you type a wrong command to xkcd bot, xkcd bot will post information
you'd get from `@xkcd help`.
![](xkcd-wrong-command.png)
And if you type a wrong id, xkcd bot will post a message that an xkcd comic
strip with that id is not available.
![](xkcd-wrong-id.png)