golden-god-bot

A Discord bot that quotes The Golden God from Always Sunny (inspired by u/golden-god-bot). Invite it to your server here!

This is just a project to help me learn Rust.

Dependencies

• serenity

Environment Setup

Rename .env.example to just .env and open it up. Fill out the API Keys needed.

Discord Applications

• Bot > Token > Copy > paste in a .env file
• OAuth2 > URL Generator > Scopes
  • Check bot and applications.commands
• OAuth2 > URL Generator > Bot Permissions
  • Check Send Messages, Send Messages in Threads, Embed Links, and Add Reactions
• Copy the invite URL generated to add the bot to your own server

Deployment

First thing's first: bots should be running 24/7 so you should have access to a server. If you don't host a home server (well, you should) then a VPS may be a good option. From there, there are a lot of ways to deploy a Discord bot but I prefer Docker.

The baseline Docker image is hosted on Docker Hub. Use notchum/golden-god-bot:latest in your docker run command to pull that image.

Building Custom Docker Image

Once in the golden-god-bot directory, build the image:

$ docker build -t golden-god-bot:<version> .

Creating Docker Container

After you have the image, create & start a container:

$ docker run \
    --name golden-god-bot \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    -e TZ=<timezone> \
    -d golden-god-bot:<version>