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egglord
Egglord

A fully customizable bot built with discord.js

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Languages • Privacy Policy • FAQ • Contributing • Commands • Code of Conduct


Self hosting the bot

Want to host the bot yourself, if not invite him?

Support will only be given on errors done by the base source code. (No edits to the code.)

Setting up server

  • The system you are using to host on must have a minimum version Node.js 14. (It will not run at all if less).
  • If you are hosting the lavalink aswell on the same system, it will need Java v11+ (v13 is preferred) and if not on the same system you will need to get the IP and port of the server. (This may require editing of application.yml)
  • (Optional) You can also host the mongo database on your system but this is optional.

Setting up the database

The database natively used is MongoDB. So you will need to create an account for this step.

  • Once you have created an account navigate to the cluster page and create a free cluster.
  • Next wait for the changes to be deployed (this could take upto 5 minutes) and click the connect button.
  • Select the Allow Access from Anywhere button and then Add Ip Address.
  • Create a dbUser and dbUserPassword and hold onto this for later.
  • Navigate to Choose a connection method click Connect your application and copy the provided link.
  • Navigate to src/config.js in your bot and replace the mongodb:https://linkat the bottom with the link you have copied. Make sure to replace <password> with the password you created .

Configuring the config file

Find the file src/config.example.js, this is where all your information will go. The links to each API is above each line, commented out.

  • The API's are highly recommended to fill in but are optionally (If you have a missing API, the command it to will not work.)
  • disabledCommands & disabledPlugins An array of commands or categories you don't want loaded on the bot.
  • SupportServer will match the support server for your bot.
  • websiteURL will match your bot's dashboard, If you don't have one use https://localhost.
  • defaultSettings are the settings the bot will use when in DM's.
  • MongoDBURl where your MongoDB URL will go. (This is VITAL, you need it for the bot to work)
  • Make sure to add your bot to the emoji server to get access to the custom emoijis.

Once the config is filled out rename config.example.js to config.js

Editing bot settings

  • For editing guild settings: src/database/models/GuildSettings.js.
  • For entering Lavalink server information (host, port, password): src/base/Audio-Manager#14. As nodes is an array you can multiply lavalink servers connected to the same bot, this helps with ratelimiting.

Editing the files

  • Want to create your own commands?
    • There is an example of an empty command you can use to make your own command in the commands folder. (src/commands). Once you have created your command make sure to place it in one of the predefined categories.
  • Added a new category, but the commands are not working?
    • You will need to add the category name to the guild's setting's plugins array. (You will need to update all guilds with this new change)

Running the bot + Lavalink

Run the lavalink first as lavalink can take longer to load than the bot.

  • For running the lavalink, use the command: java -jar Lavalink.jar
  • For running the bot, go to the main directory (same directory as package.json) and run command:
node .