I built a Discord Bot using Node.JS making use of the discord.js API system.
First of all I don’t normally use Node.JS so this was slightly new to me although I do work in Javascript all the time. I found the whole thing fun and familiar but also different at the same time.
First thing was the while getting used to the nuances of nodeJS to begin with. Once I got some of that done I made a start on plotting functionality.
Some of its functions are
Once I got the hang of all this there was the outstanding issue that this was no website - It needed a different server to be stored and run on! Not something I was taking onto account at the beginning of this project!
The solution to my problem wasn't clear to begin with. I looked into hosting platforms and all kinds of things. Now it might because I'm Scottish, but I didn’t want to part with money for hosting this.
In the end I made use of a spare Raspberry PI I had, installed Raspian OS (linux based OS for the PI) I set it up, set a fixed IP address to its config and then installed Node.js for the pi. I installed a process manager called PM2 to keep things running, this way if it reboots it will autostart the bots on it.
I set up SSH on my Mac and this allowed me to SSH from my internal network but no access from outside so nice and secure. Overall a fun project and one I definitely recommend. Links to the bot repo are at the top of the page
