Ava

The discord bot for our Coding Club IIT Jammu discord(development server) written in Python

Technology stack

• Python 3.7
• Database : Azure Cosmos DB
• Database API - MongoDB API
• Deploy: Azure Pipelines
• Server: Azure Virtual Machine

Instructions to Run locally and contribute

1. Install Python.
2. Clone this repository and open terminal, change directory to the repo.
3. Run python -m venv ./venv to create virtual environment.
4. Run venv\Scripts\activate command to activate virtual environment.
5. Run pip install -r reqirements.txt command to install dependencies.
6. Create a .env file in the folder, containing

DISCORD_TOKEN = <token>
SERVER = <server_id>
MONGODB = <mongodb_uri>
DEBUG = "True"
DEPARTMENT_CHANNEL = <department_selection_channel_id>
LOG_CHANNEL = <log_channel_id>
DEPARTMENT_MESSAGE = <department_selection_message>
SENDGRID_API_KEY = <sendgrid_key_optional_with_DEBUG>

7. For using Google OAuth 2.0 to verify users.
   • Register a project on Google Cloud Platform
   • Goto API & Services dashboard.
   • Configure Consent Screen. userinfo.email scope is required to run this application.
   • Create a new Credential (Oauth Client ID). Select application type Desktop app.
   • Download client_secret.json file and place it at the project root.

You can create a demo server and a bot application for testing purpose. Details here.

8. Push the changes in a separate branch and create a pull request. After the PR is merged, it will be automatically deployed to Azure VM via Azure Pipelines.