Discord Crypto Bot

A simple Discord bot that can fetch cryptocurrency data from the CoinCap API and display it in a Discord channel. It also includes a help command and a purge command to delete past messages.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/discord-crypto-bot.git

2. Install the required packages:

npm install discord.js
npm install fetch

3. Set you Discord bot token in the '.env' file:

DISCORD_TOKEN=your-bot-token-here

You can obtain a token for your bot from the Discord Developer Portal

4. Start the bot:

npm start

Usage

The bot responds to commands starting with the ! prefix. The available commands are:

Commands

• !coin [symbol | 10 | all]: Returns the current price of a cryptocurrency with the given symbol or the top 10/50 cryptocurrencies by market cap.
• !help: Shows all available commands and how to use them.
• !purge [number]: Deletes the specified number of messages from the channel.

Contributing

If you want to contribute to this project, please follow these steps:

1. Fork this repository.
2. Create a new branch with your changes: git checkout -b my-feature-branch
3. Make your changes and commit them: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push your branch to your fork: git push origin my-feature-branch
5. Create a new pull request.

License

The project is licensed under the MIT License.