Art Display Discord Bot

This project is for running a discord bot that display art using discord.py

Setup Discord Bot

• go to https://discord.com/developers
• Create a bot
• Get the bot token and save it safely
• In bot turn on Message Content Intent

Set-Up Locally

1. Clone Github Repo into the perfered directory
2. Cd into ART-DiscordBot
3. Add .env file with

DISCORD_TOKEN={Your Token Here}
REDIS_HOST=localhost

6. Run python3 -m venv .venv
7. Run source .venv/bin/activate
8. Run pip install -r requirements.txt
9. Run redis-server in a new terminal window
10. Run python3 bot.py

Closing Bot

1. Press control + c to close bot
2. Run "redis-cli shutdown" to shutdown redis database

Set Up on AWS

1. Run Sudo yum install git
2. Run Sudo yum install pip
3. Clone Github Repo
4. Cd into ART-DiscordBot
5. Add .env file with

DISCORD_TOKEN={Your Token Here}
REDIS_HOST=redis

6. Run python3 -m venv .venv
7. Run source .venv/bin/activate
8. Run pip install -r requirements.txt
9. Run Sudo yum install -y redis6
10. Run redis6-server
11. Run python3 bot.py

Setup on AWS through Docker

1. Run Sudo yum install -y git
2. Clone repo
3. CD into ART-DiscordBot
4. Run chmod +x setup.sh and chmod +x startbot.sh to add executable permissions
5. Run ./setup.sh
6. Add .env with

DISCORD_TOKEN={Your Token Here}
REDIS_HOST=redis

5. Log out and log back into EC2 Instance
6. CD into ART-DiscordBot
7. Run ./startbot.sh

Resources Used

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYJDKSah-Ww&t=356s
• https://realpython.com/how-to-make-a-discord-bot-python/
• https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
• https://discord.com/developers
• https://discord.com
• https://github.com/
• https://redis.io
• https://www.docker.com
• https://docs.docker.com
• https://aws.amazon.com

Project By

• Marena Abboud
• Giovanny Teran
• Vicente Rivera