I\'m supposed to be writing this for discord bots in python but I want
to test my heroku terraform thing so here we are using javascript.
Documentation for the discord.js package can be found
[here](https://discord.js.org/#/). These maintainer(s) have written a
nice guide on creating a bot from discord developers so please read
[this](https://discordjs.guide/preparations/setting-up-a-bot-application.html).
Assumptions
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- You understand JS/node on a basic level
- Node is installed on your computer
- You have a discord \"bot\" token
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Discord Bot Files
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We will constantly be running this bot from heroku. My suggestion as we
get started is you have your project folder, and then inside have a bot
and terraform folder. This goes inside of the bot folder.
#### 1. procfile {#1-procfile}
worker: node index.js
#### 2. package.json {#2-package-json}
{
"name": "terraform_bot_test",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "discord bot to go with terraform test",
"main": "index.js",
"dependencies": {
"discord.js": "^12.5.3"
},
"devDependencies": {},
"scripts": {
"test": "test",
"start": "node index.js"
},
"keywords": [
"bot",
"discord",
"terraform"
],
"author": "Backpack Media LLC",
"license": "ISC"
}
#### 3. index.js {#3-index-js}
const Discord = require("discord.js")
const discord = new Discord.Client()
discord.login("DISCORD_TOKEN_HERE")
discord.on('ready', () => {
console.log('I am ready!')
})
discord.on("message", msg => {
if (msg.content === '!bored') {
msg.channel.send('Do 10 pushups')
}
})
4\. Take this time to run `npm install` inside the bot folder and grab
some water
5\. Once everything is clear run `node index.js`. You should see the \"I
am ready! message.
6\. Go to your discord server and post `!bored`
7\. Rejoice!!!!
Now that we know our bot is working locally we need to get it on heroku.
Like I mentioned before, to be fancy we shall use terraform. See you in
the next step.
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Part 2: Setup Heroku
Part 3: Combine everything