oseifrimpong/discord-bot

Discussion-bot

Introduction

This bot creates a new private thread for each new discussion. The bot has a life time of one hour.

Installation

Technical requirements

• Go version: 1.7

• Disgord package: https://github.com/andersfylling/disgord

• Docker / Docker-compose: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

Steps for running locally

1. Clone the repository
2. make a copy of the env file
3. Insert your discord bot token in the env file
3. Run `make start` to start the bot
4. Check the logs for connection status. If the bot is not connected, check the token and make sure it is correct.
5. Run `make stop` to stop the bot

How to use bot

Once bot is installed and running in Discord, you can use it in any channel of the Discord server.

• Use command !help to see the list of commands.
• To start a new private thread, type !chat @username.
• To leave the thread, type !leave.

Improvements

• Don't open multiple threads with the same members. Either close the old thread or redirect them to the old one. \n Or simply notifying them to close existing thread before opening a new one.

• Notify the members when the thread is about to expire (Does this feature exist in Discord? Investigation needed.).