Quick Start

A quick start guide for the beginners.

Good to Know: Hi there, do you want to develop your own nextcord discord bot using our template? Then this will be very useful for you.

Get your bot Token

To get the bot token first visit discord developer portal.

Then create a discord application.

Then name your app click on create button.

Then select the application from the list.You will be able to see a panel there.From here you can add description to the app and can change the thumbnail image.

Then go to menu and head over to the bot section.

Click on add bot button to build a bot. Then click on yes dot it button.

Now you will be able to see a panel to control your bot. You can add a profile picture and change the name of the bot. Click on click to Reveal Token option copy the bot token.

Get MongoDB connection string

Visit https://docs.atlas.mongodb.com/getting-started/ this website for full documentation.

Running the bot

Cloning Repo

git clone https://github.com/abindent/Nextcord-Utility-Bot.git

Installing packages

cd <parent folder that consists requirments.txt file>
pip install -r requirements.txt

Adding env file

First created .env file to that folder.

Then add the followings to that file

BOT_TOKEN=<discord bot token>
MONGO_URI=<mogodb collection connection string>
JOKE_API = # enter your rapidapi joke api
SECRET_ID = # enter any hard to guess string
ALGOLIA_SEARCH_APP_ID="BH4D9OD16A
ALGOLIA_SEARCH_API_KEY=f37d91bd900bbb124c8210cca9efcc01

Running the bot

cd <parent folder that consists requirments.txt file>
cd bot
python bot.py

Good to know: You need at least python 3.5 installed in our device.