devdocs.io + cheat.sh discord bot

Queries devdocs.io json schema for names via !js strict_mode etc. This bot comes with a simple monitoring endpoint for monitoring the bot being up (used with kubernetes). This bot uses the docsbot role for users to be able to query.

Additionaly, this bot comes with the !ping command to show bot latency and uptime.

Commands

Command	Description
;<language> <function>	Searches for
;;update <language>	Downloads a language pack from devdocs.io.
;;list	Lists downloaded language packs.
;;terms <language>	Lists terms searchable by language pack.
#cheat <command>	Displays documentation from cheat.sh for a command.

Setup

Clone the repo, run npm install inside of it, and copy the template .env file.

git clone https://github.com/autobots-rocks/autobot-docsbot
cd autobot-docsbot
npm install
cp .env.sample .env

The .env file has the following configurable options which are required:

PORT=8080
TOKEN=<your discord bot token>

#
# Initial configuration
#
DOCSBOT_SAVE_PATH=<some full path to a direcgtory save json files to>
DOCSBOT_ADMIN_ROLE_NAME=docsbot
DOCSBOT_LIMIT_CHARS=1000

#
# Command Prefixes
#
DOCSBOT_PREFIX_SEARCH=;
DOCSBOT_PREFIX_CHEAT=#cheat
DOCSBOT_PREFIX_LIST=##list
DOCSBOT_PREFIX_TERMS=##terms
DOCSBOT_PREFIX_UPDATE=##update

Make sure the role you specified exists and is assigned to the user(s) that want to use any of the docsbot commands!

Building

npm run build

Starting

npm run start

± |master S:395 U:390 ?:598 ✗| → npm run start

> @autobots/[email protected] start /Users/yomateod/workspace/work/autobots/autobot-docsbot
> node dist/main.js

[Nest] 11223   - 06/02/2019, 2:01 PM   [NestFactory] Starting Nest application...
Sun Jun 02 2019 14:01:52 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time): Logging into discord
[Nest] 11223   - 06/02/2019, 2:01 PM   [InstanceLoader] AppModule dependencies initialized +494ms
[Nest] 11223   - 06/02/2019, 2:01 PM   [InstanceLoader] MonitoringModule dependencies initialized +0ms
[Nest] 11223   - 06/02/2019, 2:01 PM   [RoutesResolver] MonitoringController {/monitoring}: +4ms
[Nest] 11223   - 06/02/2019, 2:01 PM   [RouterExplorer] Mapped {/is_alive, GET} route +2ms
[Nest] 11223   - 06/02/2019, 2:01 PM   [NestApplication] Nest application successfully started +2ms
Sun Jun 02 2019 14:01:52 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time): Bootstrapping /Users/yomateod/workspace/work/autobots/autobot-docsbot/node_modules/@autobot/module-docsbot
Sun Jun 02 2019 14:01:52 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time): Command Registered: !js (!js <search term>)
Sun Jun 02 2019 14:01:52 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time): Bot Started
Sun Jun 02 2019 14:01:53 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time): Connected to discord

Installing languages

Once up and running you'll need to install languages that match devdocs.io. i.e.:

##update javascript
##update kotlin

Monitoring

The monitoring endpoint is available at http://localhost:8080/monitoring/is_alive.

Docker

This bot comes with its own Dockerfile.

Building

docker build -t docsbot .

Running

docker run -d -p8080:8080 --name docsbot docsbot

Viewing Logs

 docker logs -f docsbot

Stopping

 docker rm -f docsbot

Kubernetes

To deploy to kubernetes simply run the make install command. This will kubectl apply the files in the manifests directory installing the deployment and service. You will want to edit the image name in the Makefile or the deployment.yaml file.