resistbot/discordbot

Overview

This repo contains a flask about for forwarding messages we get via the websocket handler to rapid pro, and vice versa

Getting started

1. Create a discord bot in the developer portal
2. Add it to a server
   1. Visit the OAuth2 side-nav for your discord application
   2. Select "URL Generator"
   3. Check the "bot" scope
   4. Copy the generated URL at the bottom and paste it into a new tab
   5. Add the bot to the relevant server

If you are also in that server, you should be able to DM the bot!

Running everything together with Docker Compose

1. cp .env.example .env
2. Fill in the .env file with:
   1. DISCORD_TOKEN (your Discord application's bot's token)
   2. DISCORD_APP_ID (you Discord application's ID)
   3. RP_NETLOCK (the 'netloc' of RapiPro e.g. rapidpro.com)
   4. RP_BASEPATH: The base path for the RapidPro channel, e.g. /c/ds/bac782c2-1234-5678-9012-97887744f573/
   5. RP_SCHEME: https | http
3. docker compose up

Testing

Manual QA

Once things are up and running, you can then hit the flask application on localhost:5555

To test out sending messages to Discord, I've been loading the root page, opening the dev console, and then using JS fetch:

// The example body is from the rapid pro test cases
const rapidProChannel = 'whatevs';
const toChannel = CHANNEL_ID_OF_YOUR_DM_WITH_THE_BOT;
fetch('/rp-response', {
  method: 'POST',
  body: JSON.stringify({"id":"10","text":"Hello World","to": toChannel,"channel":rapidProChannel,"attachments":["https://foo.bar/image.jpg"],"quick_replies":["hello","world"]}),
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
})