BroDiscordBot

A simple discord bot created to learn Python

Getting Started

Pre requisites

1. Create a Bot application at Discord Developer Portal and copy client secret
2. Software
   • Python 3.9 or higher
   • Make
   • Docker (optional)

Manual setup

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/scamper07/BroDiscordBot.git
   cd BroDiscordBot
   

2. Setup virtual environment

   make setup-venv
   

3. Activate the environment

   a. On Linux

   source bot-env/bin/activate
   

   b. On Windows

   bot-env\Scripts\activate
   

4. Install package requirements

   make setup
   

5. Save client secret in DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN environment variable

6. Start the bot

   make run
   

Or

Automated setup using Docker

1. Run the following command

   docker-compose up -d --build --force-recreate bro
   

Done!