ProBotx is a feature-rich moderation bot for Discord, built using the enhanced-dpy library.
- I have a showcase server for the bots I make:
- you could also check the screenshots folder for more.
- Automatic messages to members on join/exit, along with designated role assignment.
- Informative server and user info embeds.
- Comprehensive logging features for member and message updates, including avatar changes, nickname and username changes, and message edits/deletes.
- A wide range of mod commands, such as banning, kicking, muting, unmuting, and adding or removing roles, as well as messaging members, purging messages, and sending messages to other channels.
- ModMail functionality for seamless communication between moderators and server members.
- Anonymous Confession capability, allowing users to share anonymously with mods able to block specific confession IDs.
- Mod-related logs for kicks, bans, DMs, and more.
- Informative error messages for various command errors.
- Numerous embeds with pagination for logs, the help command and other messages for ease of reading.
- Fun commands such as fetching wallpapers from Unsplash, checking the weather, rolling dice, polls, and Kanye quotes.
- Python with enhanced-dpy library for Discord bot development.
- To store data related to warned and muted users, I utilized MongoDB as my database management system. This allows store large amounts of data while ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
- To protect user anonymity, I hashed user IDs before they were stored in the database along with their confession messages links so that users that abuse this functionality get banned from using it.
- In order to enhance the functionality of the bot, I integrated a couple of APIs such as:
- Unsplash for fetching random images
- OpenWeatherMap for displaying weather information within the server
- and Kanye West Quotes API for generating random quotes for the server.
- The bot is deployed on Heroku using a CI/CD pipeline for automatic deployment on every push to the main branch.
- Learned how to use the enhanced-dpy library for Discord bot development.
- Gained experience in integrating APIs such as Unsplash, OpenWeatherMap, and Kanye West Quotes API into a bot.
- Learned how to utilize MongoDB as a database management system to store warned and muted user data.
- Learned how to hash user IDs for user anonymity when storing them in the database.
- Enhanced my understanding of Python programming and its libraries.
- Developed my problem-solving skills while debugging and testing the bot's functionality.
- Recognized the importance of creating informative error messages for various command errors.
- Gained experience in deploying the bot to Heroku using a CI/CD pipeline for automatic deployment on every push to the main branch.
To install ProBotx, follow these steps:
- Visit the discord developer portal and add a bot there (give it admin privileges).
- Clone the repository.
- Install
gccusingsudo apt install gcc -y - Install dependencies using
pip install -r requirements.txt - copy
env.templateto.envand fill the options (bot token, unsplash token, mongodb credentials, etc...) - Run the bot using
python pro_bot_x.py.