Democracy Bot

What is Democracy Bot? Democracy Bot is a bot that aims to make Discord Servers more democratic and transparent through allowing anyone to submit rules to be voted on.

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Commands

d!setChannel Set the channel where the bot posts rules or votes. [Admin Use Only] d!setChannel <vote | rules> #channel eg: d!setChannel vote #vote_for_rules_here
d!setConfig Change a configuration value. [Admin Use Only] d!setConfig
d!setup Setup and configure the bot for first-time use. [Admin Use Only] d!setup
d!listConfig List the configuration of the current server. d!listConfig
d!wipeRules Wipe and delete all the currently active rules. [Admin Use Only] d!wipeRules
d!about View information about the bot. d!about
d!debug Debug the bot incase it is not working. d!debug
d!help View this help document. d!help
d!ping Pings the bot. d!ping
d!eval Eval a command. [Owner Use Only] d!eval eg: d!eval console.log(1);
d!createBill Create a bill for a new vote. d!createBill
d!listRules List the currently approved rules. d!listRules
d!delete Delete a rule. [Admin Use Only] d!delete vote_id eg: d!delete 198
d!veto Approve or deny a rule. [Admin Use Only] d!veto <approve | deny> vote_id eg: d!veto deny 198
d!forceRule Instantly add a rule. [Admin Use Only] d!forceRule

How to get started with the bot

Invite the bot
Set the channels where votes and rules are published: d!setChannel vote/rules #channel
Optional: If required, change configuration values with the command: d!setConfig

Vote Statuses:

In the database, the status of a vote is referred to with an integer from 0 to 5. Each number corresponds to a differnet status.

0: In progress (A newly created vote)
1: Denied (Not approved in the voting process)
2: Approved (An approved vote for the creation of a rule)
3: Obsolete (An approved vote for the amendment / changing of a rule)
4: Deleted (Deleted by an administrator)
5: Error-Causing

Selfhosting

Selfhosting Democracy Bot is easy. It requires a MySQL database running.

Clone the repository: $ git clone https://github.com/maxrumsey/Democracy
Install dependencies: $ npm install
Copy and Fillout the ENV template below: nano .env
Run the bot with $ node bot.js

Example .env:

TOKEN=YOUR.DISCORD.BOT.TOKEN
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_USER=root
DB_PASSWORD=admin1234
DB_NAME=democracy
OWNER=YOUR.DISCORD.USER.ID
DBLAPI=DiscordBotListAPIToken

Democracy