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A Discord bot that fetches Reddit posts from subreddits and can run various custom commands for fun.

• Python Reddit API Wrapper - PRAW
• discord.py
• python-3.9.0

• Setup virtual environment and activate it

$ python -m venv venv
$ cd venv/Scripts
$ activate.bat
$ cd ..
$ cd ..

• Get Reddit Developer API constants

App Type: script
URL/URI: http://localhost:8080/

• Setting up discord.py

  • create application
  • create a bot
  • get OAuth link
  • open the above link and add bot to a server
  • copy api-key from bot page to code

• Running bot locally

$ py bot.py

• Running on Heroku

1. Create and populate: Procfile, runtime.txt, requirements.txt and place in root of the bot folder alongwith bot.py

$ pip freeze > requirements.txt

2. Push to GitHub, create a new app in Heroku and attach to GitHub repository for CI (all via UI)
3. Check build logs in Deploy -> More -> View logs
4. Goto Resources, specify run command as py bot.py and start a dyno. Check logs to make sure its running. Once the bot is ready to accept commands it will output Bot ready! on Heroku log console.

1. Fetch: a random post from specified subreddit, optional [hot] argument fetches a random but "hot" post (w/ NSFW Filter).
2. Custom fun commands: toss a coin, show a gif on named commands.
3. Other: memeLoop, stats system, responds with a custom message on @mention, activity status.

hello
help
stats

toss

meme [hot]
puppy
art [hot]
wallpaper [hot]
whoa [hot]
itemshop
comic [hot]

quote
showerthot [hot]
scary [hot]

other hardcoded named commands under `# secret commands`

• Uses embeds for better look and feel
• Custom Loggging: logs await success or failure in India Standard Time (GMT+5:30) pytz
• memeLoop: Sends a random hot meme to a specified channel every 30mins (w/ NSFW Filter) random
• Stats System: TBI OOP

• PRAW Basics with Flask Backend - Medium (behind signup wall? use Incognito)
• Code With Swastik - YouTube
• StackOverflow (ofcourse!)
• Deploying to Heroku - dev.to

Flask installation and app file app.py is available to test PRAW. Better use Quart because of better async functionality than Flask.

$ py app.py