Void Bot

This is a bot created for the unofficial Void Linux Discord server.

It gives the users the ability to subscribe for notifications about new and updated packages.

Currently, the following commands are implemented:

• /watch <package> Adds the specified package to the user's watchlist
• /unwatch <package> Removes the specified package from the user's watchlist
• /list Enumerates the packages on the user's watchlist
• /clear Removes all packages from the user's watchlist

The bot periodically checks for updates on the void-packages repository and notifies the users subscribed to them.

Configuration

Follow this guide on how to set up a bot application , followed by this guide on how to add the bot to a server . You will need the bot's tokenId and clientId, as well as your server guildId.

Fill the config.json file with the corresponding values.

You must also specify a data directory, both in the config file and the cronjob.sh file (must be the same in both places).

Usage

1. Install the project's dependencies

npm install

2. Deploy the commands to your server (only the first time or after adding new commands)

node deploy-commands.js

3. Start listening for commands

node index.js

4. Install the cronjob (for example, to run every 15 minutes)

crontab -e

0,15,30,45 * * * * /full/path/to/cronjob.sh

The cronjob will obtain the commit messages since the last time it ran and send them to the commit-parser.js Node.js application, which will parse them and send the corresponding messages to the users who have those packages on their watchlists.

License

Void Bot is available under the ISC license. It also includes external libraries that are available under a variety of licenses. See LICENSE for the full license text.