From d77f32f5c1deaa19c4ebb5ac931a7f7844a46368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan TeBlunthuis Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:22:35 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Explain how to configure the bot with discord. --- README | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index da52a4d..611926e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,9 +6,22 @@ module available in PyPi and installable like: $ pip3 install discord -I don't have details on how I set up my own Discord bot and/or invited -it to my server but I hope you'll add to this file as you do this and -figure out what needs to happen. +Setting up the Bot +===================================== + +The documentation for the `discord` python package +(https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/discord.html) does a good +job explaining how to set up a Discord bot with your server. Follow +the steps there, with one important exception: + +1. On the "Bot" tab in the discord application configuration page you +need to enable both "Privileged Gateway Intents." This allows the bot +to see who is present and active in the channel. + +Finally, you need to copy your bot'ss Token (also found on the "Bot" tab) +into coldcallbot.py. Pass it as the argument to `ccb.run()`. + + Using the Cold Call Bot ====================================== -- 2.39.2