Features

Welcome, this is an open source cybersecurity awareness bot.

You can get a sample of information related to an ip using /get-ip-info on discord

You can add a live version here

This project was created as an entry for ThatAPICompany's monthly competition join their discord here if you're interested in future ones

Requirements

Node.js 16.9.0 or newer is required. how to install Nodejs

Installation

to install all dependencies just run the following command

npm install

Setup configuration

1. rename example.env to .env
2. fill in the needed information such as your bot's token, bot's id, and your GEO API Key.

if you need help with getting your bot's token and id, see here

Guide on making a discord bot account

1. first you have to create a bot account How to Create a Discord Bot Account?

2. secondly, you need to add your new bot to a discord server so you can access its commands.

   how to add bot to server?

• make sure you grant the bot the scope "applications.commands" as it required for "/" commands

Start the bot:

Running bot in terminal (to test configuration)

npm start

P.S. This will run the bot in the terminal window, if it closes so does the bot, also it will not autorestart, see below for a recommended process manager.

Start the bot with a process manager (PM2)

You need to have pm2 installed

To install pm2 globally via npm

Quick install

run:

First time use only:

npm install pm2@latest -g

npm run pm2

This starts the bot, and will remain running even after you close the window (as long as the server/computer itself is running)

Afterwards you can use these commands to control your bot.

pm2 start ipBot

pm2 stop ipBot

pm2 restart ipBot

pm2 logs ipBot

More details about pm2