discord-jaybot

Discord bot that posts random fancy photos of the one and only Jayson.

Commands

• !jaybot — Help
• !jaybot go — Pick and post a random photo of Jayson
• !jaybot go hello — Pick and post a random photo of Jayson, with "hello" text

Setup

Requires Node >v7.10 & npm >=v5 and GraphicsMagick >=1.3.

• Clone the repository and run npm install.
• Copy .env.example to .env and open up .env
  • Setup your bot's token.
  • Set DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN to your bot's token.
  • Create a Google Cloud Storage bucket.
  • Set GOOGLE_CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME to your GCS bucket name.
  • Setup a new folder inside your bucket. The photos will be uploaded here. Don't forget to make the uploaded files public.
  • Set GOOGLE_CLOUD_STORAGE_SOURCE_DIR to the created folder.
  • Setup Google Cloud Storage.
  • Set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS to the path to your GCS configuration.
• Start the bot with npm start.

Deployment

npm i -g forever
forever node index.js

Overengineered what?

I know, I know. I built this for fun, but I don't want my friend's privacy to suffer. So instead of a static list of photos / urls (which I uploaded to Imgur, initially), I've made things configurable.

Since it's there, I added an image optimization to the mix. I also had some issues with Imgur's API, so I went ahead and switched to Google Cloud Storage since it's free.

Anyway, I love my friends so much I'm willing to use my free day to build rad shit like this. All-in for the memes.