Discord Chess Bot

Note 1: This is a fork of https://github.com/Kaweees/Discord-Chess-Bot.

Changes in this fork

• This fork has been migrated to discord.py version 2.0.0.
• This fork uses hybrid commands in a cog.
• Uses the latest versions of the API's and libs previously used
• It now actually works
• It says if it is white's or black's turn
• It doesn't create a new match before the challengee has accepted the challenge
• The challengee has 6 minutes to react to an emoji to accept
• It shows the previous move in green
• A help embed has been created
• The chess.com embed has been improved
• Gives more error messages and deletes them after 5 seconds
• Forbids bots from being challenged
• Forbids self challenging
• Stops a player from being in two games at the same time
• Stops more than 3 matches playing at the same time
• Displays why the match has ended

Setup

• In the Discord developer portal create a new application and give it a name. Under Bot select "add bot"
• Under Bot, turn on PRESENCE INTENT, SERVER MEMBERS INTENT and MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT
• Generate an invite link for your bot under QAuth2 > URL Generator, with "bot" > , "read messages/view channels", "send messages", "use external emojis", "manage messages" and "add reactions" permissions
• Use the invite link in your browser to invite your bot to any servers you want the bot in
• Download the bot folder to your environment, the one with the __main__.py file, .env file and cogs folder
• Install python 3.10+. Make sure you have set Python to the system path to use pip
• Install dependencies with pip install requirements.txt
• You can change the bot prefix in the __main__.py file
• Back in the developer portal, under Bot, copy your bot's secret token. create a new .env file in the bot folder. Make sure the file is called ".env" and not ".env.txt"
• Specify a variable called TOKEN=your_token_here with your bot's secret token replacing "your_token_here"
• Run it as a module with python chessbot, or sudo nohup python3 chessbot or whatever command you use to run python scripts in your environment; or directly run the __main__.py file. Congratulations, you are now self-hosting a discord bot
• You might need to turn on all intents in the developer portal, or change the bots intents in the __main__.py file
• If you do not want to self-host, I suggest using Heroku or Fly.io or Heroku