Allow server members to send in messages to be semi-anonymously posted in a Discord channel, while also giving server moderators the ability to moderate such content.
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📝 What is this?

This repository houses the code for the Fiveable Discord server network's "anonymous" message posting bot. The original intention for this bot was for it to be used during Pride Month, allowing people to ask questions without exposing their identities.

The bot allows people to DM it with the messages they wish to send in. It also allows moderators to set a log channel in their server where they get notifications as to who sends in which messages, with the expectation that they will stay confidential.

🎥 How do people use this?

What it looks like on the channel-side:

What it looks like on the moderator-side:

📝 Commands

Command	Description
eval	Run some code through your bot
help	Get information on all the commands your bot has.
anon	Send in an anonymous message to a channel in a guild (DM ONLY)

🚧 Getting Started

ENV variables

Please supply the following ENV variables in a .env file in the root of the project.

Key	Description	Optional
DISCORD_TOKEN	The token belonging to the Discord bot
PREFIX	Prefix for the bot

Setup

You can setup this project manually using the steps below, or using the included docker-compose file by doing docker compose up -d --build or using the published Docker image docker pull zaid450/anonymous-posting-bot & docker run --env-file .env zaid450/anonymous-posting-bot. There is also an included heroku.yml file for deploying to Heroku, which should build with the Dockerfile provided.

git clone https://github.com/zaida04/anonymous-posting-bot.git   
cd anonymous-posting-bot
npm install  
npm run build  

Be sure to fill in the env variables as seen here.
Please be sure to fill out a config.yml that abides by this schema. Example file here

To start the bot, run this command:

npm run start

LICENSE

This license can also be found here

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Zaid (Nico)

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