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reminder-rs
Reminder Bot for Discord, now in Rust. Old Python version: https://github.com/reminder-bot/bot
What is this?
This is a rewrite of Reminder Bot in Rust, using Serenity and SQLx amongst other libraries.
Why is this?
Serenity and Rust are proving wonders for SoundFX. This is all in an effort to reduce resource consumption and improve performance.
How do I use it?
You'll need rustc and cargo for compilation. To run, you'll need Python 3 still (due to no suitable replacement for dateparser in Rust)
Compiling
Reminder Bot can be built by running cargo build --release
in the top level directory. It is necessary to create a folder called 'assets' containing an image file with its name specified in the environment as WEBHOOK_AVATAR
, of dimensions 128x128px to be used as the webhook avatar.
Compilation environment variables
These environment variables must be provided when compiling the bot
DATABASE_URL
- the URL of your MySQL database (mysql://user[:password]@domain/database
)WEBHOOK_AVATAR
- accepts the name of an image file located in$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR/assets/
to be used as the avatar when creating webhooks. IMPORTANT: image file must be 128x128 or smaller in sizeSTRINGS_FILE
- accepts the name of a compiled strings file located in$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR/assets/
to be used for creating messages. Compiled string files can be generated withcompile.py
at https://github.com/reminder-bot/languages
Setting up Python
Reminder Bot by default looks for a venv within it's working directory to run Python out of. To set up a venv, install python3-venv
and run python3 -m venv venv
. Then, run source venv/bin/activate
to activate the venv, and do pip install dateparser
to install the required library
Environment Variables
Reminder Bot reads a number of environment variables. Some are essential, and others have hardcoded fallbacks. Environment variables can be loaded from a .env file in the working directory.
Required Variables
DATABASE_URL
- the URL of your MySQL database (mysql://user[:password]@domain/database
)DISCORD_TOKEN
- your application's bot user's authorization token
Other Variables
LOCAL_TIMEZONE
- defaultUTC
, necessary for calculations in the natural language processorDEFAULT_PREFIX
- default$
, used for the default prefix on new guildsSUBSCRIPTION_ROLES
- defaultNone
, accepts a list of Discord role IDs that are given to subscribed usersCNC_GUILD
- defaultNone
, accepts a single Discord guild ID for the server that the subscription roles belong toIGNORE_BOTS
- default1
, if1
, Reminder Bot will ignore all other botsPYTHON_LOCATION
- defaultvenv/bin/python3
. Can be changed if your Python executable is located somewhere elseLOCAL_LANGUAGE
- defaultEN
. Specifies the string set to fall back to if a string cannot be found (and to be used with new users)THEME_COLOR
- default8fb677
. Specifies the hex value of the color to use on info message embedsCASE_INSENSITIVE
- default1
, if1
, commands will be treated with case insensitivity (so both$help
and$HELP
will work)SHARD_COUNT
- defaultNone
, accepts the number of shards that are being ranSHARD_RANGE
- defaultNone
, ifSHARD_COUNT
is specified, specifies what range of shards to start on this process