Dadbot

Remaking my favorite Discord bot in Golang

What is this abomination?

• A fun an engaging way to bother everyone in a Discord server.

Usage:

1. Configure Discord's end for your bot
   https://discordnet.dev/guides/getting_started/first-bot.html

2. Compile Dadbot.go
   go build Dadbot.go

3. Get your DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN
   

4. Run it!
   ./Dadbot -t DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN
   Or set environment variable: export DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=your_token_here && ./Dadbot

5. Wait for people to tell you to remove it
   

Systemd Service:

For production deployment, use the included systemd service file with secure environment configuration:

Setup:

1. Configure environment file:

   sudo cp etc-dadbot.env.example /etc/dadbot.env
   sudo nano /etc/dadbot.env  # Add your DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN
   sudo chown root:dadbot /etc/dadbot.env
   sudo chmod 640 /etc/dadbot.env

2. Deploy dad:

   sudo cp DadBot /usr/local/bin/
   sudo cp dadbot.service /etc/systemd/system/
   sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   sudo systemctl enable dadbot
   sudo systemctl start dadbot

3. Monitor logs:

   # View structured JSON logs
   journalctl -u dadbot -f --output=json | jq .
   
   # Simple log viewing
   journalctl -u dadbot -f

Note:

I haven't tested this on Windows. Should work on all *.nix platforms. We push to prod without testing here 🎉