WAPO Bot

A bot that sends a link to today's Washington Post crossword puzzle (and a bit more)

• WAPO Bot
  • Start the bot
    • .env file
    • Start with kool.dev
    • Start manually
  • kool commands

Start the bot

How to start the bot:

1. Setup the .env file as shown here
2. Start with kool.dev as shown here (recommended)
3. OR, start manually, see Start manually

.env file

DISCORD_TOKEN=your_token # REQUIRED

# OPTIONAL Only needed if running locally
# with non-default values
MONGO_HOST=your_hostname
MONGO_USER=your_username
MONGO_PASS=your_password

Start with kool.dev

1. (Install kool.dev: curl -fsSL https://kool.dev/install | bash)
2. Run the following command: kool run dev
3. Start the bot with python src/bot.py

Start manually

1. Setup the .env file
2. Install dependencies in requirements.txt
3. Start a MongoDB instance
4. Start the bot with python src/bot.py

kool commands

Warning

Still in development, have not tested DB persistence yet. Use at your own risk 🤖

🚀 Start local dev environment:

kool run dev

🐚 Enter the shell of the dev environment (must be running)

kool run shell

🧹 Lint code:

kool run lint