Make-a-bot-in-Revolt.js

A step by step journey to make a Revolt Bot.

1. Download Node JS Binary

2. Reinstall NPM to avoid bug where .\node_modules\npm folder being deleted after first use. More information
   npm install -D npm

3. Install revolt.js

   • npm i revolt.js

4. Go to Revolt and open My Bots
   

5. Add Bot

6. Copy Token

7. Use CommonJS example.
   bot.js

// This is a bot.js example.
const { Client } = require("revolt.js");

let client = new Client();

client.on("ready", async () => {
	console.info(`User ID: ${client.user._id}!`);
	console.info(`Logged in as ${client.user.username}!`);
	console.info(`Bot online: ${client.user.online}!`);
	
	client.users.edit({
		status: {
			text: "Listening to you.",
			presence: "Idle",
		},
	});
	
	console.info(`Logged in as ${client.user.bot.status}!`);
});

client.on("message", async (message) => {
	if (message.content === "hello") {
		message.channel.sendMessage("world");
	}
});

client.loginBot("..");

7. Insert your Token into client.loginBot("..");

8. Start your bot with node --experimental-specifier-resolution=node bot.js

9. Invite the bot into your server using Copy Invite Link button from My Bots Tab.
   

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10. Edit the bot in the My Bots:
    Change profile picture and Description.
    

Advanced

11. Enabling TypeScript
    This part of article is incomplete and needs help.
    npm i -D typescript
npm i revolt-api
npm i -D @types/node
npm i -D @types/ws
npm i axios
npm i -D @insertish/oapi
npx tsc bot.ts --lib ES6 --lib DOM --esModuleInterop --module ES6
npx tsc --showConfig
npx tsc bot.ts --lib ES6 --lib DOM --esModuleInterop --module ES6 --moduleResolution node --target ES6 --showConfig
npx tsc bot.ts --esModuleInterop --module ES6 --moduleResolution node --target ES6 --experimentalDecorators --strict --showConfig
    https://github.com/debertjamie/revolt-bot-template/blob/master/tsconfig.json
    Current issue: revoltchat/revolt.js#57

12. Rehosting onto Linux Platform.
    

    1. apt install nodejs npm -y
    2. Install revolt.js
       • npm i revolt.js
    3. node --experimental-specifier-resolution=node bot.js

13. Make the bot stay after disconnecting from Linux Machine:

    nohup node --experimental-specifier-resolution=node bot.js > /dev/null 2>&1 & echo $! > run.pid
    

14. Stop the bot if needed.

    kill -9 `cat run.pid`
    

Useful Linux Commands:

ps
killall node

General Information

Revolt Web Client Production Source Code Repository https://github.com/revoltchat/revite/tree/production

Revolt Windows Client releases https://github.com/revoltchat/desktop/releases

Revolt API Changes https://developers.revolt.chat/changes/

Revolt Experimental Plugin API https://developers.revolt.chat/plugin-api

Revolt Markdown Reference https://developers.revolt.chat/markdown

Revolt Architecture Map https://developers.revolt.chat/stack/

Revolt Bot programming Introduction https://developers.revolt.chat/stack/revolt.js/guide/discord_js_migration

Revolt Bot programming basics https://github.com/revoltchat/revolt.js

Revolt Katex Example https://developers.revolt.chat/markdown#katex $\color{red}\textsf{Red Text}$

Revolt revolt.js API Reference https://revolt.js.org/index.html