Discord bot for Hackathon

This bot is a continuing project and I welcome pull requests that improve/fix or add features

Installation Instructions

This installation will be using WSL/Linux

Prerequisites:

Git

Python 3

Discord Account

Creating the Bot

More Detailed instructions under: https://discord.com/developers/docs/getting-started

1. Create the discord application using your account https://discord.com/developers/applications

2. Create the bot under the BOT tab

3. Copy your TOKEN and keep it someplace safe, think of the TOKEN as a password for your bot

4. Go to the OAUTH tab, then the URL Generator tab click on the checkboxes labeled "Bot" and "Administrator"

5. Click generate link

6. Copy the URL into your browser

7. Add the Bot to your server

This installation will be done using Linux/WSL

Installing WSL (Windows Users)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

(Pro Tip, make a shortcut to your WSL folder using explorer.exe ~ )

Installing VENV

sudo apt install python3-venv

Creating the Directory

1. mkdir -p ~/Documents/repos/

2. cd ~/Documents/repos/

Cloning The Github Repo

1. git clone https://github.com/CodeMastr3/hackbot.git

2. cd hackbot

Starting VENV and Installing Required Libraries

1. python3 -m venv venv

2. source venv/bin/activate

3. pip install -r requirements.txt

Setting Token and Starting the Bot

1. export TOKEN = <INSERT_TOKEN_HERE>

2. python3 bot.py

Credits and Acknowledgements

• Feel free to take the code and create your own bot to host.
• Originally created by AguilarJoel, jameswhowell, and CodeMastr3 on March 7, 2020.
• Join our Discord Server! http://charon.click