StarCitizen Janus - private discord version

Janus is a funny discord bot, made specific for private organisations. If your org has a discord server you can use Janus to entertain your members or do boring admin tasks.

Built with love for SC community by [http://StarCitizen.center].

Features

• custom command prefix (usefull when you already have a bot with "!")
• easy to setup (only a config file)
• auto delete commands and replies - keep your public channels clean
• accept commands on private messages and public text channels
• responds as private message - global and per command option
• custom name - if you don't like Janus, you can change it
• commands with multiple parameters and/or flags

Commands

• isMember: Confirms that a RSI handler exists and that is part of our organisation
• confirm: Allow your users to confirm their affiliation to your organisation and automatically add your Membership discord role.
• beer: Any user can order a free random beer, it replies with a random real-life beer name and image using https://beeroverip.org/random/
• decide: Allow your members to take decisions, they ask a question and the bot replies with (yes 40%, no 40%, maybe 10% chance).
• latest: Returns the latest 5 reddit posts from /r/starcitizen Works great with the Discord preview thumbnails.
• pledge: Fetch the latest CIG pledge details like Funds raised so far, number of pledgers and their ship bought count.
• time: Returns the current time for multiple timezones (customizable list).
• release: Returns the release date for StarCitizen.
• author: A small token of appreciation to the original author.
• your-command: add a new .js file in /lib/commands folder.

Video trailer and live demo

Technical

Details

• needs minimal technical knowledge to setup (bash, json)
• built as a node.js app
• script to run it inside a docker (recommended)
• easy to extend - add new commands as simple as adding a new file
• uses https://github.com/mellamopablo/clapp and https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js

Setup

1. Make a bot app on discord and get it's token
2. Make a discord server
3. Invite the bot on your discord Ex: https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?&client_id=111111111111&scope=bot&permissions=0 (you need to be a moderator/admin)

Note: I recommend to make a new bot and server for testing/development process.

Tech setup

1. Clone this repo
2. Make a config and populate it

cp config.example.js config.js
vim config.js

3. Install the dependencies

npm install --production

4. Run the bot (see below)

Note: DO not run multiple instances with the same config file, the universe will explode.

If you have trouble with the Discord website you can follow this tutorial [https://github.com/reactiflux/discord-irc/wiki/Creating-a-discord-bot-&-getting-a-token]

Run as local process

node ./lib/index.js

Run it as a Docker container

Requires Docker to be installed locally.

chmod +x *.sh
./docker_rebuild.sh
#see the errors
docker logs -f janusbot

Thanks

If you appreciate and use my work see more on [http://StarCitizen.center] and consider giving credits (back link) and making a donation.