igprad / crypto-prices-slash-bot-cpp

Crypto Prices Discord Bot C++ with Slash Command

Crypto Price Discord Bot C++ with Slash Command

This is a Discord bot that can be used to query crypto prices using the Coingecko API. It supports slash commands, so you can use it to get the latest prices for any cryptocurrency.

Requirements

• DPP - C++ Discord API Bot Library
• nlohmann_json

Build

Build Using External Precompiled Dependency (Recommended)

• Install Precompiled Lib (Debian, Ubuntu, Derivatives), check this link for other distro.

  DPP:

  wget -O dpp.deb https://dl.dpp.dev/
  sudo dpkg -i dpp.deb
  
  

  nlohmann_json:

  sudo apt-get install nlohmann-json3-dev
  

• Build (CMake > v3.11)

  git clone https://github.com/asiantbd/crypto-prices-slash-bot-cpp.git
  cd crypto-prices-slash-bot-cpp
  mkdir build && cd build
  
  cmake .. -B./
  make
  

Build Using Embedded Dependency (FetchContent)

• There's two CMake option to turn off the use of external dependency, and will fetch library content then build it on the local computer.

  USE_EXTERNAL_DPP
  USE_EXTERNAL_JSON
  

  Set both or one of the option to OFF (default ON) to fetch and build the library.

• Build (CMake > v3.11)

  git clone https://github.com/asiantbd/crypto-prices-slash-bot-cpp.git
  cd crypto-prices-slash-bot-cpp
  mkdir build && cd build
  
  cmake -DUSE_EXTERNAL_DPP=OFF -DUSE_EXTERNAL_JSON=OFF .. -B./
  make
  

Additional

• In case you're got error while trying make that caused by curl try install it first. ex: sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

Running the binary

• Mandatory environment variable for Discord token: DISCORD_TOKEN
• Run:

DISCORD_TOKEN=xxxx.xxx.xxx ./asiantbd_bot