Dynamic Channels Discord bot

This bot manages dynamic groups of voice channels in a Discord server.

On channels named in the format of Name Number the bot will automatically create and delete channels as members join and leave them.

Requirements

The script requires the 1.0 or newer version of the discord.py module.

python3 -m pip install -U discord.py

Permissions

The bot needs only the Manage Channels permission. On private channels, it must also have the Connect permission explicitly granted.

Usage

Run the bot's script with the python3 command specifying the bot's API key as an environment variable.

API_KEY=SECRET python3 bot.py

Installing as a service

The bot should normally run as a service. As an example, this can be configured as a systemd service.

Create the service at /lib/systemd/system/dynamic_channels.service.

[Unit]
Description=Dynamic Channels Discord bot

[Service]
Type=simple
Environment="API_KEY=SECRET"
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /opt/dynamic_channels/bot.py

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then, start the service and configure it to run on startup.

sudo systemctl enable dynamic_channels
sudo systemctl start dynamic_channels

Contributing

Create a named feature branch (i.e. add-feature)
Write your change
Submit a Pull Request

License and Authors

Author: Matt Graham (gadgetmg@gmail.com)