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.

Commands

• d!setChannel
  Set the channel where the bot posts rules or votes. [Admin Use Only]
  d!setChannel #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 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

1. Invite the bot
2. Set the channels where votes and rules are published: d!setChannel vote/rules #channel
3. 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.

1. Clone the repository: $ git clone https://github.com/maxrumsey/Democracy
2. Install dependencies: $ npm install
3. Copy and Fillout the ENV template below: nano .env
4. 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