carlamko / brobot

Discord chat bot

BroBot

Discord bot with a variety of commands.

Setup

The BroBot stack runs in containers to allow for maximum platform compatibility.

Windows

Get Docker Desktop for Windows, which should include everything you need.

Linux

Either:

1. Install Docker Engine and the Docker Compose plugin, or
2. Get Docker Desktop for Linux.

Environment

Environment variables are passed into Docker containers via a .env file.

You will need to create one and add the appropriate values as follows:

# Auth token for running the bot. BroBot will not function without this.
BOT_TOKEN=$BOT_TOKEN
# The ID server the bot is running on. Multi-server is currently not supported.
GUILD_ID=$GUILD_ID
# (Optional) The ID of a channel that tracks member count.
MEMBER_CHANNEL_ID=$MEMBER_CHANNEL_ID
# (Optional) If you wish to use the Reddit API, the CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET for your account. 
REDDIT_API_CLIENT_ID=$REDDIT_API_CLIENT_ID
REDDIT_API_CLIENT_SECRET=$REDDIT_API_CLIENT_SECRET
# (Optional) GamePrices API endpoint.
GAME_API_ENDPOINT=$GAME_API_ENDPOINT
# Redis database endpoint. Defaults to pointing to the redis container running via Docker compose.
REDIS_ENDPOINT=redis

Running

Starting

docker compose up --build -d

Restarting after making local changes

docker compose up --build brobot

Checking logs

docker compose logs -f brobot