librarian-bot

A simple Discord bot for book club.

Setup

1. If you haven't already, install:
   • git
   • Node.js and npm
     • You likely want to install a Node.js version manager like NVM or nvm-windows
   • g++ (GCC with C++ support) using your preferred package and/or version manager(s)
     • For a Linux-based OS, this is likely best achieved with the build-essentials package
     • For a Windows-based OS, install Visual Studio Community Edition with the "Desktop development with C++" module
2. Follow a tutorial ilke this one to create a Discord "application" and a corresponding bot, generate a secret token for it (used below), and add it to your server
   • Below is a screenshot of the current recommended intents (Message Content) and permissions (3230784):
3. git clone https://github.com/Brinsky/librarian-bot
4. cd librarian-bot
5. cp data/config-sample.json data/config.json and cp data/soundboard-sample.json data/soundboard.json
   • Note that the sample soundboard config points to a non-existent / non-included WAV file, which you may wish to delete
6. Edit data/config.json and set the token property to your bot's token
7. npm install
8. npx tsc (compile the TypeScript source code)
9. Start the server: node build/index.js
   • You may prefer to run this in a detached session using e.g. screen or tmux