VedBot, a (private) discord.js bot

VedBot is a private Discord bot developed to cover the needs of a few servers I am a part of.

The project had started out as a single-file JavaScript project built using the discord.js library, but has gone through quite a bit of refactoring since then. Namely;

1. The code was split into proper "events" and "commands" rather than being contained in a single gigantic file.
2. Later on, the project was migrated over to TypeScript. The migration, initially being more of a pain than imagined, has made the codebase much more reliable thanks to the excruciating work put into it.
3. Later on, the project was upgraded to take advantage of Discord API v9 with the release of discord.js v13.
4. At last, the project was finally refactored to use PostgreSQL instead of a JSON file as its data store.

config.json

All of the static configuration is contained within this one file, and it is naturally quite vital to the function of the bot. However, due to the contents being sensitive, it is not publicly available. It is supposed to be placed one level above the build folder, which is considered the project root.

Usage

The project can be used with the scripts included under the package.json file.

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To do

• Low priority: Automated testing to an extent?
• Migrate fully to the bilkent-scraper package
• Migrate away from PM2 entirely. Use systemd to run the production build, but do it with SSH? Get rid of the development build on the server, no need.
• Integrate CI/CD (build/lint development, build/lint then deploy production)
• Add meal menu commands through xpdf's pdftotext
• Switch to PostgreSQL for dynamic data, keep static in config.json
• Add role commands for the CS server
• mizyaz event needs to be less destructive with its handling of messages
• mentionimg event needs a command to self-set pics, and also should support non-discord-cdn links if possible
• guildjoinleave event should tag relevant users without sending them a mention?
• Add readme and license files