DevDenBot

The official main Discord Bot for the Developer Den Discord Server.

Building

Building for Development

Development building skips linting checks and avoids compilation for faster prototyping. By default, it is configured to use roles and channels from the DevDen Testing server. Invitations to this server are given on request to avoid spam. Its use is recommended, as setting up your own testing server can be tedious.

• Run yarn install to install all dependencies
• Run yarn watch-dev to start the bot, automatically reloading on changes. If this isn't desired, you can use yarn build-and-run to build and run the bot once, without automatic reloading.

Building for Production

Production building runs linting checks and compiles the bot for production use. This is mainly for our CI process, so it's unlikely that contributors will need to use this.

It also uses the Config.prod.ts for configuration, which by default, uses attributes from the real DevDen server. Obviously, this will not be usable without the real bot token, so you will need to change these attributes if you want to test in production.

• Run yarn install to install all dependencies
• Run yarn build-prod to build for production
• Optionally, use yarn start-built to run the bot after building

Docker

We use Nixpacks to manage creation of a Docker image. To build a docker image, run nixpacks build .

Nix

This project also has a Nix Flake to set up a reproducible development environment. To access this, run nix develop. This is recommended for development, as it will automatically install all the dependencies you need in an isolated environment.

Running

The bot requires 2 things to run:

• A Discord bot token, defined in the BOT_TOKEN environment variable
• A SQL Database (optional). If no database settings are defined, the bot will run an in-memory SQLite database.

Configuring a Database

To configure the bot to use a real SQL database (recommended), define the following environment variables:

• DDB_HOST - The hostname of the database. Mandatory, probably localhost
• DDB_PORT - The port of the database. Optional, defaults to 3306
• DDB_DATABASE - The name of the database. Optional, defaults to database
• DDB_USERNAME - The username to use when connecting to the database. Optional, defaults to root
• DDB_PASSWORD - The password to use when connecting to the database. Optional, defaults to password
• DDB_DIALECT - The SQL dialect to use. Optional, defaults to postgres. Must be a valid Sequelize dialect. You may need to install additional dependencies to use some dialects.

Contributing Guidelines

• All code will be under the MIT License
• Make sure to run yarn lint before committing
• All contributions must be done through Pull Requests
• All Pull Requests must be reviewed and approved by at least one member of the team before being merged
• Use Semantic Versioning - Major.Minor.Patch. Avoid breaking changes where possible