dysrhythmic/liasis

A discord bot that watches for user status changes and logs the data in a JSON file

This Discord bot automatically updates a data.json file with a member id, date, and status whenever it sees a change in that member's status.

Commands include:

• !hello or !ping - Use to check if bot is recieving commands properly. Should return "Hello!".
• !update or !refresh - The bot will update its log with all members with a status not set to offline.
• !lastseen or !ls - The bot will reply with the difference between the current datetime and the last logged datetime for the member(s) mentioned in the command. E.g. !ls @Dysrhythmic @Ascii will return how long ago it has been since the bot has logged both users.
• !status - Replies with the last status the bot logged for the given user(s).
• !printlog or !pl - Replies with a list of members that have been logged. E.g. if @Dysrhythmic is the only logged member then !pl will have the bot reply with Dysrhythmic#9317.

Setup:

• Go to the Discord developer portal, create a new application, name it, go to the bot tab, and add bot.
• You get your bot's token from the bot tab, which you will need for logging in your bot. Don't share the token with others.
• Your bot token should be stored in a .env file as BOT_TOKEN=YOUR_TOKEN_HERE.
• Since this bot tracks presence data of server members you will also need to enable "Presence Intent" and "Server Members Intent" settings in the bot tab.
• Set whatever permissions you want the bot to have in the "Bot Permissions" section (e.g. view channels, send messages, etc.).
• Go to the OAuth2 tab and check the box next to "bot" in the "Scopes" section.
• Copy the URL generated at the bottom of the "Scopes" section. Go to the URL in a new tab or window.
• This will take you to a page where you log into your Discord account and choose which of your servers you want the bot to be added to.
• Authorize the bot and it will join the server in offline mode. It will not be online until you run the Python file.
• The Discord API can be found here, and it's extension can be found here.