Lux-ray, A Discord Bot Write In Python

Just keep this repo as a souvenir, there's a lot of legacy code here, not worth using as a reference

• Lux-ray, A Discord Bot Write In Python
• Self-host
  • If You Want Host Bot On Heroku
  • If You Want Host Bot On Replit
  • Setup Database
  • Create A Bot Ttoken
  • Edit bot-config.toml(optional)
  • Setup Environment Variable
  • Invite Your Bot
  • Run Your Bot On Local Machine

Self-host

If You Want Host Bot On Heroku

If You Want Host Bot On Replit

1. Import repo from github
2. Setup python env(need 5~10 min)

> python setup_python3.8+.py

Setup Database

Current only support MongoDB

You can use MongoDB Atlas to get a free cloud db without cardit card.

Or you can Install MongoDB on your local machine

If you choose to use atlas, follow the step below to create a free cluster

1. Go to MongoDB Atlas
2. click Try Free at top.
3. Use Google account login or register below.
4. Create a new Organization
5. Create a new Project
6. Create a new Cluster (You can create multiple project to get more free cluster)
7. Create a new User and follow the description
   • If you want connect to this project's cluster at anywhere, set IP filter to 0.0.0.0
   • If you want only this machine can to connect this project's cluster, just click Add My Current IP Address button

Create A Bot Ttoken

1. Go to Discord Developer Portal
2. Click New Applitcation on top right and follow the step
3. Go to Bot page and click Reset Token to get token (Token will not show again, so be sure to save it to somewhere)

Edit bot-config.toml(optional)

Modify the bot-config.toml to suit your needs

Setup Environment Variable

If you host your bot on heroku, replit, or other services that can set environment variables, don't use the .env file.

This will cause Discord to reset the bot token and expose the database.

Or you can follow the step below

1. Rename .env-sample to .env
2. Modify TOKEN_DEV to you bot token
3. Modify DB_HOST to your database uri
   • If you use MongoDB Atlas provide database service, click Connect on the cluster page then click Connect your application to get the url (Don't select Include full driver code example)
   • If you install MongoDB on your local machine, uri will be localhost:27017

Invite Your Bot

1. Go to Discord Developer Portal
2. Click the application you just create
3. Go to OAuth -> URL Generator
4. Select bot scope and permission you want to give your bot
5. Copy the url below and open it in a new page
6. Select a server you want use this bot and then follow the step

Run Your Bot On Local Machine

1. Install bot requirements

> python3 -m pip install -r "requirements.txt"

2. Launch MongoDB(if your DB_HOST_DEV is set to localhost:271017)

> mongod

3. Launch bot

> python3 lrb.py