event-bot-tutorial

Repository of tutorial from https://pachevjoseph.com/posts/python-discord-bot

Requirements

• Python 3.6+

Installation

Python Virtual Environment

This project is best ran in a virtual environment. You can use [pyvenv][3], which comes with python 3 and greater. The virtual enviroment lets you run different versions of python and packages from other projects.

Installation (Unix)

First install python3+ on your machine which should come with [pip][4]. If not, download from link provided.

1. python3 -m venv env - Create a virtual environment in the env folder
2. source env/bin/activate - Load the environment
3. pip install -r requirements.txt - Install dependencies
4. deactivate - Unloads the environment

Installation (Windows)

Note - Most documentation is for unix systems. Differences between windows and unix are: env\Scripts\ instead of env/bin/ and libraries go in env\Lib\ rather than env/lib/)

First install python3+ on your machine and then download and install [pip][4]. Then from the root of the project run:

1. pip install virtualenv - Install virtualenv if not already done soCreate a virtual environment in the venv folder
2. virtualenv venv - This creates will create a series of directories and scripts
3. venv/Scripts/activate - Load the enviroment (There should be a (venv) before the current directory path name
4. pip install -r requirements.txt - Install dependencies
5. deactivate - Unloads the environment

Running

Once dependencies are running, make sure that the environmental variable BOT_TOKEN is set to your bot token. Use python bot.py in order to run the bot.