GithubCodeBot

Recent Changes

• Many more languages supported for syntax highlighting.
• Backticks in code can now be displayed properly.
• Syntax highlighting has been added thanks to Discord's highlight.js integration.
• Now using discord.ext.commands.Bot instead of discord.Client.
• Now using aiohttp for webscraping instead of requests.

EXE Setup

1. Follow the instructions here to create a bot and obtain a bot token (you don't need to worry about the application/bot name or avatar). Save the bot token for later.

---

2. Download and run GithubCodeBot.exe. You will be prompted for your bot token and command prefix.

---

3. Follow the instructions here to invite the bot to a server of your choice. The bot should have the Send Messagespermission only. After this, you should be good to go!

---

Python Windows Setup

If you don't feel like running a sketchy unsigned exe, follow these steps to get the bot up and running locally.

Requirements: python 3.5 or higher, git, and pip.

1. Follow the instructions here to create a bot and obtain a bot token (you don't need to worry about the bot name or avatar). Save the bot token for later.

---

3. If the requirements are fulfilled, in a target directory, clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/SeanJxie/GithubCodeBot

---

4. Next, move into the repo:

cd GithubCodeBot

---

5. Then, install the required packages:

py -m pip install -r requirements.txt

---

6. Move into the src folder and run the bot (you will be prompted for your bot token and command prefix.):

cd src
py github_code_bot.py

---

7. Follow the instructions here to invite the bot to a server of your choice. The bot should have the Send Messagespermission only. After this, you should be good to go!

---

Commands

The bot's help command outlines it all.