IAmFletcher/discord-bot

A simple Discord bot written in Node.js that assigns roles when you react to messages.

discord-bot

A simple Discord bot written in Node.js that assigns roles when you react to messages.

Installation

1. Clone the repo

$ git clone https://github.com/IAmFletcher/discord-bot.git

// OR

$ git clone git@github.com:IAmFletcher/discord-bot.git

2. Install the dependencies

$ yarn install // All dependencies

// OR

$ yarn install --production // Only production dependencies

3. Run

$ yarn start

Prerequisites

1. Install MariaDB and yarn

We use MariaDB, not MySQL, because the bot is only set-up to enable unicode emoji support in MariaDB.

2. Create Discord application

   • Take note of Client ID
   • Go to Bot tab and Add Bot
   • Take note of Bot Token

3. Add bot to a Discord server

Fill in the Client ID and follow this link: https://discordapp.com/api/oauth2/authorize?client_id=${CLIENT_ID}&permissions=268501056&scope=bot

4. Set-up environment variables

DiscordBotID={ClientID}
DiscordBotToken={BotToken}
SQLUser=
SQLPassword=

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to the project, please read the Contributing Guidelines first.

License

MIT