misc-cogs
Red v3 Cogs developed originally for Miru Bot, now for Tsubaki Bot.
Code should be pep8 formatted with a 100 character line limit.
Setting up your own Tsubaki instance for contributing code
Installing Tools
- Install Git (see the Red install link below if you need help doing this, or read any tutorial)
- Install Python 3.8 (see the Red install link below if you need help doing this, or read any tutorial)
- Familiarize yourself with how to use a command prompt and Git Bash (if you can't do this you will have a bad time)
Check out the repo
Fork this repo (you are probably already on the page, but if not go here. You will need a GitHub account to do this. Click the button that says "Fork" in the upper-right-hand corner of the page.
I suggest using PyCharm Community for development. Change into the
PycharmProjects
directory and clone your fork of the repo:
# Clone your repo, not this one!!!!!!!! You will want to load your own changes!!!!
git clone https://github.com/TsubakiBotPad/misc-cogs.git
Set up your bot
The installation instructions in Red's official documentation are pretty good. You will need to be prepared to do the following:
- Create a venv
- Install the Red library
- Create a Discord API key, make a bot, and associate it to your installation
Installation instruction links:
If you are running on a cloud server for the first time and aren't sure what Linux distro to pick, please, please, please, please, please pick Ubuntu. Their docs aren't well-tested on other distros.
Installing dependencies
First download requirements.txt
so that you can run it from your Red venv. In Linux this is done by running the following from the directory holding the folder name-of-bot
that you created during the Red setup process:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TsubakiBotPad/misc-cogs/master/requirements.txt
Then run:
source name-of-bot/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
deactivate
The rest of the guide takes place from inside Discord.
Configuring development version
Once the bot is launched, set it to use your repo directory as a cog path. Type this in Discord where the bot is:
!addpath $pathToYourRepoThatYouClonedBefore
Loading cogs
- Some cogs will have cross dependencies on each other. Check the command prompt that Tsubaki is running from or type
^traceback 1
if you encounter any errors. - Common dependencies include:
- rpadutils
- dadguide
- padinfo
- Note that when you edit cogs with dependencies, you might need to do multiple reloads. For example, if updating dadguide, you will need to reload padinfo as well.
- After you have done all of this, restart the bot again. Hopefully by now
^id
should work!
Emoji
- You probably don't actually need emoji to be working in order to do development for Tsubaki.
- There are three emoji servers: the main Tsubaki support server,
miru_extra_emoji
, andmiru_monsters_1
. River has access to these, talk to her if you think you need access to them. HOSTING YOUR OWN TSUBAKI/MIRU CLONE IS NOT REASON TO GET ACCESS TO THEM. In-depth development of the^id
command may be reason to get access to them. - You will use use
^padinfo setemojiservers
with the IDs she gives you.
Admin/util cogs
Cogs that make server administration easier, do miscellaneous useful things, or contain utility libraries.
Cog | Purpose |
---|---|
baduser | Tracks misbehaving users, other misc user tracking |
calculator | Replacement for the calculator cog that doesnt suck |
channelmirror | A better version of the built-in discord announcement channel |
donations | Tracks users who have donated for hosting fees |
fancysay | Make the bot say special things |
memes | CustomCommands except role-limited |
sqlactivitylog | Archives messages in sqlite, allows for lookup |
timecog | Convert/show time in different timezones and set reminders |
trutils | Misc utilities intended for my usage only |