Discord Reaction Role Bot

Using UtilsX (w discord.py)

IMPORTANT information about the guide

Any python script that gets executed will have (python3 ... | py -3 ...) before it in this guide. This is because Unix uses python3 and Windows uses py -3. So for example these would be the command that you would have to execute.

Guide: (python3 -m | py -3 -m) pip install -r requirements.txt
Unix: python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
Windows: py -3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Requirements

To be able to run this bot you have Python. (Min: 3.7.x, Max: 3.8.x)
When Python has been installed open your CLI and navigate to the directory. And when you are in the correct directory execute the following command to install the dependencies:

(python3 -m | py -3 -m) pip install -r requirements.txt

This bot also required GIT to be installed on the machine, as this makes the downloading easier. And lets it check for version updates.

Troubleshooting

If you are getting a ImportError please re-run the install command. If this doesn't fix the problem please run the following command:

(python3 -m | py -3 -m) pip install -U discord.py

Downloading the bot

To download the bot, simply navigate to the directory you want the bot to be in and run the following command.

git clone https://github.com/Arthurdw/Reaction-Role

The bot should get downloaded, when its done just navigate to the folder and perform the rest of the setup.

Setup

This bot is very easy to setup and only requires a few steps!
For any discord application you need a Discord Bot token.
You can get your own bot token from the Discord Developer Application site.
Or follow this tutorial.

In Discord Developer Application Bot page make sure you have the Privileged Gateway Intents both turned on.

In the config folder copy the files and remove the .example part from every copied file.

Once you have your bot token you can head over to the config folder and open the config.cfg file. At the bottom of that file you will see token = XXXYOURBOTTOKENHEREXXX, replace the XXXYOURBOTTOKENHEREXXX with your discord bot token.

And voila, your bot should start. But the reaction roles will not work yet.
For the reaction roles to be able to work as we wish we need to configure them first.

Configuring the reaction roles

To add our own reaction roles we can head over to the config folder and open the reaction_roles.py file. In there you will see the following content:

reaction_roles = {
    123456789987654321: [
        ("😃", 123456789987654321)
    ]
}

Lets go over each line so you know exactly what it does and you can configure your bot properly.

reaction_roles = { <--
   ...
} <--

These two lines tell our program that the content between those lines are our reaction roles.
Never remove these!

reaction_roles = {
    123456789987654321: [ <--
        ...
    ] <--
}

This tells our program what the message id should be for the reaction role(s).
Within those two brackets will be the roles and their emojis.
You can add as many messages like this as you wish, as long as these are delimited by a ,.
For example:

reaction_roles = {
    123456789987654321: [ ... ], <-- First Message
    234567899876543200: [ ... ]  <-- Second Message
}

To add a reaction role just place the following data between the brackets of your message.
For example:

reaction_roles = {
    123456789987654321: [
        ("😃", 123456789987654321),
        ("emoji", role_id)
    ]
}

As you can see the same delimiter rule applies to the reaction roles.

Configuring the reaction logger

If you would like to log all emoji's, you can easily enable this function in the config.cfg (in the config folder) file and head over to the REACTION_LOGGING section.

Once you are there you only need to set enabled to true (enabled = true) But to be able to make it send the logs to the right place change the log_guild value to your guild its id (discord server) and log_channel to your channel its id.

Then reboot the bot and everything should work!

Running the bot

To run the bot simply run the following command:

(python3 | py -3) run.py

Creating custom extensions

This bot is fully optimized to be able to get expanded with ease. Just place your extension file in the extensions folder and reboot the bot. The bot will automatically try to load that extension.
If you are creating a fresh extension for this bot we recommend that you use the UtilsX library as it makes writing discord.py code easier and faster.

Adding existing extensions

As said in the Creating custom extensions section, you can drag and drop extensions. I have a repository which contains such drag and drop extensions.
You can find the repository here. (github.com/Arthurdw/BotExtensions)

Having issues?

Please create an issue or join our discord and I'll help you out!

Support this project

You are always free to donate me though PayPal.
paypal.me/ArthurDeWitte

Special thanks

Special thanks to CombatMedic02#2610 for supporting me in this project ♥