Discord Role Bot

A bot that assigns roles based on reactions using the discord.js module.

Demo

Prerequisite

Install Node.js

Node.js 10+ is required to run the bot

Create Discord Bot

1. Create an application using the discord developer portal
2. Create a bot for the application
3. Save the bot token for later
4. Add the bot to a server.

Recommended Permissions

• View Channels
• Read Message History
• Manage Roles

Installation

1. clone this repository
2. install dependencies with: npm install

Configure

The repository contains a file named config.json that contains configurable details for the role bot.

The file consists of two fields:

• channel - the channel that contains the role message
• roles - the mapping between reaction emoji and roles.

The bot will watch the first message in the specified channel. If a reaction is added or removed from this message, the bot will add or remove the corresponding role.

Run Locally

BOT_TOKEN=<insert-bot-token-here> npm start

Deploy to Heroku

1. Create a heroku app: heroku create
2. Push code to heroku app: git push heroku master
3. Set token environment variable: heroku config:set BOT_TOKEN=<insert-bot-token-here>
4. Run as a worker: heroku ps:scale web=0 worker=1