equibot

Discord Bot for Equilibrium, a Torn City faction.

Requirements

git command line (Windows|Linux|MacOS) installed
npm Version 6.0.0 or higher
node Version 12.0.0 or higher
The node-gyp build tools. This is a pre-requisite for Enmap, but also for a many other modules, so it's very good to have available. See The Enmap Guide for details and requirements for your OS. Just follow what's in the tabbed block only, then come back here!

Other bits needed:

Your bot's secret token.
At least one Torn API key.
The Discord ID for each bot owner, admin, and moderator.

Installation

In the parent directory where you want to clone this repo. run the following:
- git clone https://github.com/TheCodeSinger/equibot
In the folder from where you ran the git command, run cd equibot and then run npm install.
If you get any error about python or msibuild.exe or binding, review the requirements section
Copy auth.js.template to auth.js and fill out the required fields.
Copy config.js.template to config.js and fill out the required fields.

Starting the bot

To start the bot, run the following command: npm start

Keeping the bot running

If you want to run the bot in the background, you can use the pm2 process manager which is already installed as one of the dependencies. If you create an account online you can link to a web app dashboard monitor. If you choose to use a different method, you may remove the pm2 entry in package.json.

Start and Daemonize the application: pm2 start index.js

Add this process to your OS startup script: pm2 startup

Inviting to a guild

To add the bot to your guild, you have to get an oauth link for it.

You can use this site to help you generate a full OAuth Link, which includes a calculator for the permissions: https://finitereality.github.io/permissions-calculator/?v=0