lbry-tipbot/README.md

Bot for LBRY's Discord

(This README will be updated along with bot updates) Features:

• Tipbot for LBC. Responds to !tip.
• Dynamic plugin loading with permission support.

Requirements

• node > 8.0.0
• npm > 0.12.x
• LBRYCrd (https://github.com/lbryio/lbrycrd/)

Install the prerequisites

$ sudo apt-get install nodejs && apt-get update

$ wget https://github.com/lbryio/lbrycrd/releases/download/v0.12.4.0/lbrycrd-linux.zip

Installation

Install LBRYCrd

$ unzip ~/lbrycrd-linux.zip

Follow the instructions on the LBRYCrds GitHub Repository to create a lbrycrd.conf and remember the username and password.

Start LBRYCrd

./lbrycrdd -server -daemon

Create a bot and get the bot's API Token: https://discordapp.com/developers/applications/me - https://i.imgur.com/gM8EpJe.png

Make sure the bot has "bot" flags in OAuth2

$ cd lbry-tipbot/config

Then

$ vim default.json.example

Input your bots token, the channel ID for your bot command channel, and the username & password for LBRYCrd Rename the configuration file to "config.json" with

$ mv default.json.example

Then move the config.json into /bot/config

$ mkdir ~/lbry-tipbot/bot/config 
$ cp ~/lbry-tipbot/config/config.json ~/lbry-tipbot/bot/config

Then run

npm install
node ~/lbry-tipbot/bot/bot.js