Preinstall

Pre-Installation Instructions

If you have decide to self-host BrayanBot, that's great. Self-hosting is the preferred option. But you will need a few things installed on your device. First and foremost, a machine to host on; be it a Windows Desktop or a Raspberry Pi with Archlinux installed on it, for the bot to function. If you are using a Hosting Provider, you probably do not need any of those on your device. Instead, grab yourself a nice SFTP client and a nice code editor.

🚧 Prerequisites

• Git
• NodeJS v16.6.0+
• NPM or Yarn

If you are using Docker to host Brayanbot, you will also need

• Docker
• Docker-Compose

If you have successfully installed the prerequisites, proceed to creating your Bot Application.

Setting up a Bot application

Creating your bot Account

1. Open the Discord Developer Portal.
2. Click on the New Application button.
3. Enter a name for your application.
4. Click the Create button. You can edit your application's name, description and avatar on the same page.
5. Save the changes if you have made any.
6. Move to the Bot tab on the left panel.
7. Click on Add Bot button on the right side then confirm by clicking Yes, do it!

In this page, you can change your bot's avatar & username.

Adding the Bot to your Server

To create an invite link, head back to the My Apps page under the Applications section, click on your bot application, and open the OAuth2 page from the left panel.

1. At the bottom of the page, you'll find Discord's OAuth2 URL generator. Select the bot and applications.commands selections. Once you select the bot option, a list of permissions will appear, then select Administrator(Recommended).

2. Grab the link via the Copy button and enter it in your browser's URL.

3. Choose the server you want to add it to and click "Authorize". Do note that you'll need the "Manage Server" permission on a server to add your bot there. This should then present you a nice confirmation message. Confirm, and enjoy your new bot.