Merge pull request #12 from georgeamccarthy/main

Keep server alive with repeated ping requests & replit config.

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+ok.json
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]

.replit

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run = "python3 mentalHealthBot.py"

keepalive.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from flask import Flask
+from threading import Thread
+
+app = Flask('')
+
+@app.route('/')
+def home():
+    return "Hello. I am alive!"
+
+def run():
+  app.run(host='0.0.0.0',port=8080)
+
+def keepalive():
+    t = Thread(target=run)
+    t.start()

mentalHealthBot.py

@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@
 import requests
 from discord.ext import commands
 import random
+from keepalive import keepalive
 
 # enter token for the server
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-load_dotenv()
 TOKEN = os.getenv('DISCORD_TOKEN')
 # enter application id
 
@@ -247,5 +246,8 @@ async def on_message(message):
         response = get_qoute()
         await message.channel.send(response)
 
+# REPEATEDLY PING SERVER TO KEEP ALIVE
+#keepalive()
+
 # ---------------------INITIALIZING THE BOT
 bot.run(TOKEN)