SETUP.md

Hosting the bot yourself setup

Option 1: Running it as a simple python application

Prerequistes:
a) Install the requirements: pip install -r requirements.txt

b) Create a discord bot using the developer platform of discord and obtain your OAuth2 token. Keep it somewhere safe

c) Create a database folder in the Bot directory

d) Export the token as an environment variable: export TOKEN=<OAUTH TOKEN> and export PREFIX=<Desired default prefix of bot>

e) Go into the Bot directory and then run: python bot.py

f) Get the bot invite link from the discord developer platform and invite them to your desired servers!

Option 2: Running it as a docker container

a) Create a discord bot using the developer platform of discord and obtain your OAuth2 token. Keep it somewhere safe

b) In the docker-compose.yml file at line 12 change the TOKEN variable with the OAUTH token you received above. The line should look like this: - TOKEN=YOUR OAUTH TOKEN. At line 13 change PREFIX variable with the desired default prefix of the bot. The line should like this:
-PREFIX=<PREFIX>.

c) Create a database folder in the root directory.

d) Now to run the container simply run: docker-compose up --build

e) Get the bot invite link from the discord developer platform and invite them to your desired servers!