README.md

LFGbot

stupid simple starboard bot for discord

Features

• Monitors all channels and threads for reactions.
• Reposts messages to a specified channel when they receive a defined number of reactions.
• Ignores reactions from the message author.
• Ignores reactions in the target reposting channel.
• Reposts include a permalink to the original message and the message content in a block quote.
• Reuploads message attachments.

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• discord library
• logging library
• asyncio library

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/shiftybitshiftr/lfgbot.git
   cd LFGBot

2. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

   python -m venv botenv
   source botenv/bin/activate  # On Windows use `botenv\Scripts\activate`

3. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install discord.py

Configuration

1. Replace token-placeholder with your actual bot OAuth token in the script.
2. Replace channel-id-placeholder with the ID of the channel where the messages should be reposted.

Running the Bot

1. Activate the virtual environment if not already activated:

   source botenv/bin/activate  # On Windows use `botenv\Scripts\activate`

2. Run the bot:

   python lfgbot.py