Build a Bot

About

A discord bot which can be built with different features included or not depending on use case

Project by: Finn

The repository is split into a source directory where all the source code is kept and a binary directory where pre-built binary is for building the bot from the php and other code. The C++ source should be compiled to produce the binary which is used to "build" the bot code base.

Help

Usage: build-a-bot [-h/--help] [-c/--clean] [FEATURES] [(-t/--token TOKEN)/(--token=TOKEN)]
Options:
  -c, --clean           clean (delete) the bot files
  -h, --help            shows this message
  -t, --token=TOKEN     adds bot's TOKEN to the .env file, if not added here must be done manually

Features:
  -b, --browser         includes browser functionality in the bot
  -m, --music           includes functionality to play youtube videos in the bot

Install

Using the terminal/command line

1. clone the repo into a place of your choice

git clone https://github.com/finn1y/Build-a-Bot.git

2. Run the build binary (found in bin directory) for your system (note only Linux is currently available as a binary, windows can be compiled):

   Linux

   ./build-a-bot [-h/--help] [-c/--clean] [FEATURES] [(-t/--token TOKEN)/(--token=TOKEN)]
   

   Windows (must be compiled from main-win.cpp)

   .\build-a-bot [-h/--help] [-c/--clean] [FEATURES] [(-t/--token TOKEN)/(--token=TOKEN)]
   

   MacOS (not yet supported)

   ./build-a-bot [-h/--help] [-c/--clean] [FEATURES] [(-t/--token TOKEN)/(--token=TOKEN)]
   

   TOKEN is the "TOKEN" found in the Bot section of an application on the discord dev page

3. Run the bot

   Linux/MacOS

   ./main/run.sh
   

   Windows

   .\main\run.bat
   

4. Enjoy Your new bot's abilities!

Creating a discord bot

A useful guide on how to create a discord bot from scratch can be found here. All that you need to do is follow the "Getting Started" step and use the token as the "TOKEN" mentioned in the install guide above.