Overview

Quick discord.py bot to add reactions to every message sent in a channel, used for gathering tModLoader mod suggestions.

Setup

Running normally (assuming python3 is installed)

• Clone the repo with git clone https://github.com/TerraTrapezium/ModSuggestionsBot.git && cd ModSuggestionsBot
• Download the dependencies with pip install -r dependencies.txt
• Create a .env file in the root directory (See dotenv below)
• Run the bot using py react.py

Running with tmux on Linux (assuming tmux and python3 is installed)

• Clone the repo with git clone https://github.com/TerraTrapezium/ModSuggestionsBot.git && cd ModSuggestionsBot
• Download the dependencies with pip install -r dependencies.txt
• Create a .env file in the root directory with nano .env (See dotenv below)
• Give execute permissions to start.sh with sudo chmod +x ./start.sh
• Start the detached tmux session with ./start.sh
• Attach to the tmux window using tmux a -t reactbot
• Dettach to the tmux window with Ctrl B+D
• Kill the tmux session with tmux send -t reactbot exit ENTER

Dotenv

Example .env file:

TOKEN=bot token here
CHANNEL_ID=849058117773033513

property	use
TOKEN	discord bot token
CHANNEL_ID	channel id that you want reactions in

How do I get a Discord bot token?

Go to https://discordapp.com/developers.

Click My apps in the top left:

Click New App:

Give your bot a name and optionally a description and avatar:

Click Create App:

Scroll down and click Create a Bot User:

Click Yes, do it!:

Click click to reveal nex to Token::