Bot going down
phokingpuffy opened this issue · comments
Time Bot seems to go down quite often. Everyday for hours on end. Is there a way to host it locally?
Hi @phokingpuffy, I've made some improvements recently which should make the bot more stable. I'll close this issue but if it becomes a problem again feel free to open a new issue.
As for hosting locally it is possible but not straightforward, and I don't have anything written up currently. It requires that you have Node.js 12 or newer and a MySQL instance. In MySQL create a new database for Friend Time, and run the scripts/create-database.sql file to set up the appropriate tables and procedures. Once the database is setup, you can change the database settings in the config/config.json file. Then you'll need to obtain a discord bot token (there are many guides online). You can also place this token in the config/config.json file. After this you'll need to install the dependencies by running npm install, and start the bot by running either npm start or node app.js.
Hi @phokingpuffy, if you're still interested I've created the following document on how to run Friend Time locally.