About ClearMessagesBot

The bot clears/deletes all the messages on a particular channel. The command for that is !clearMessages.

TODO

Auto-delete messages as soon as they are some time units old. For example - delete messages which are 24 hours old.

Deploying the Bot to Heroku

Deploy Automatically

Note - Go to the heroku app page and change the running dyno from web to worker.

Deploy Manually

Run the following commands to deploy the bot manually on Heroku

Create a git clone - git clone https://github.com/praneetsharma/ClearMessagesBot-Discord
Go to the local repo directory - cd ClearMessagesBot-Discord
Create heroku app - heroku create clear-messages-bot-discord
Set the buildpack for created app - heroku buildpacks:set heroku/nodejs
Push the app to heroku - git push heroku master
Start the bot app - heroku ps:scale worker=1

Installation

Node.js 6.0.0 or newer version is required.
Install discord.js: npm install discord.js

Adding the Bot on a Discord Channel

Go to https://discordapp.com/developers/applications/me and create a new application.
Open your application and add a bot user.
Go to https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?&client_id=YYYY&scope=bot by replacing YYYY with application's Client ID. This will add the bot user to the channel/server you select.
Use the App Bot User token in clear-messages.js

Running the Bot

To start the bot, run the following command: node clear-messages.js