Clotho

A Discord bot to aid in group-based decision-making
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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
   • Set Up
   • Running Clotho
3. Usage
4. Roadmap
5. FAQ
6. Contributing
7. License
8. Author

About The Project

Clotho is a Discord bot that I made to help my friends and I suggest things, vote on said things, and determine which thing wins via anonymous surveys. The surveys are supplied using StrawPoll and their free API (thanks StrawPoll!).

Built With

• NodeJS
• DiscordJS

I actually followed a pretty straight-forward tutorial to get the bot itself set up in Discord. I highly recommend it if you're looking to build your own!

Getting Started

As of right now, I don't have this bot hosted anywhere for public use. To get a local copy up and running follow these simple steps.

Prerequisites

You'll need the latest version of Node, and that's about it.

npm install npm@latest -g

Installation

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/ShowMeTheRoapes/clotho.git

2. Install NPM packages

   # if you use npm
   npm install
   
   # if you use yarn
   yarn

Set Up

1. Create a bot account on Discord, generate a token, and invite it to your channel
2. Create a StrawPoll account and generate an API key by going to Settings => API Key
3. In the root directory of Clotho, create a file called config.json that looks like this:

   {
     "BOT_TOKEN": "Your bot's token",
     "STRAWPOLL_KEY": "Your StrawPoll API key"
   }

Running Clotho

1. Go to the root directory
2. yarn && yarn start
3. Your terminal should say "Clotho is up and running!"
   • If you also see that the bot account you put in your channel is active with a green dot next to it, then you're good to go!

Usage

"Great, the bot is running. Now how do I use it??" - You, probably

All of Clotho's commands begin with !!, and you can always get a printed summary of every command with !!help. Clotho's status in Discord displays as "Playing !!help", so you can look at the bot's avatar in the server if you forget the help command. 👍

Commands

Command	Parameters	Explanation
!!ping	None	Clotho replies with a message to let you know she is up and running.
!!help	None	Clotho will reply with a list of all commands and how to use them.
!!startpoll	Poll Title	Clotho will begin recording information for a poll with the given title. Users will now be able to use the !!submit command.
!!submit	Candidate	Clotho will record your candidate and user information for the open poll. If you submit another candidate, it will replace your current one. Clotho will send you a private message to show you what she received/saved as your submission.
!!closepoll	None	Clotho will no longer accept submissions for the open poll. Clotho will use the StrawPoll API to create a poll with all of the submitted candidates and post the link to it.
!!declare	None	Clotho will inspect the StrawPoll, determine which candidate is the winner, and post a message about it. All poll information will be cleared and a new one may be started. NOTE: If there is a tie between candidates, a new StrawPoll will be created with only those candidates.
!!reset	None	Reset all poll information to nothing. You'll have a clean slate!

Roadmap

As of right now, there isn't much else that I want to add. I have one or two quality-of-life things that I would like to add, and I may come up with a better/more efficient way for the bot to perform its utilities, but at the moment it's working perfectly for my friends and I!

See the open issues for a list of proposed features (and known issues). You can also check out my project here on GitHub so you can see what I'm currently working on.

FAQ

Or rather, what I'm anticipating people will ask. 🤷

Why "Clotho"?

Clotho is one of the three Sisters of Fate in Greek mythology. Specifically, she's the one who spins the thread of human life and thus makes all major decisions. It seemed to fit the goal, however dramatic it may be. :)

Can't I just use your bot?

At the moment I don't have a publicly hosted version of the bot available, but if there's enough interest I would be willing to put some work towards that!

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to be learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

Distributed under the GPL 2.0 License. See LICENSE for more information.

Author

Author: Alex Hoopes