need help deploying
Hello, I'm trying to deploy for the first time but I'm having trouble with it. I'm attempting to deploy on Railway because it's free, and right now I'm only looking for free deployment services. The file size is very small, so I won't need premium services. It consists of 134 lines of code, along with one .txt file and one .json file.
Script work perfectly fine on terminal no a single issue
Here is repo link :
https://github.com/cadalt0/discord-bot
Please let me know what I should do to deploy the bot. If you have other suggestions for free deployment methods, please share their details too. 🙏
Thank you!
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There is a discord template.
https://github.com/railwayapp-templates/discordpy-bot
You can try to copy what they do as a starting point. But it is outdated a bit.
But if the
Procfile doesn't work. Basically, you will go into settings of the service and add a custom deploy start command. It would be python main.py...30 Replies
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Railway is not a free service. They have a free trail plan.
So what free options exist? None. You can self host. But that has its own issues.
There are no free options. There are cheap options (arguably this is one of them). But there are no free one. There do exist some cloud stuff that is free for like a year. But that is only for a year.
ALSO. I didn't really read your code for more than 2 seconds. But a JSON file is a not so great DB. Railway doesn't have persistant file changes. They do have volumns. But that is slightly different
I only need script running for 3 day max
In that case. Railway is fine.
Can you help me deploy? I have no idea how to deploy or add which files
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There is a discord template.
https://github.com/railwayapp-templates/discordpy-bot
You can try to copy what they do as a starting point. But it is outdated a bit.
But if the
Procfile doesn't work. Basically, you will go into settings of the service and add a custom deploy start command. It would be python main.pyOk got it will try now , Thank you appreciate it
Where should I add token?
You should use
bot.run(os.environ["DISCORD_TOKEN"]) and the token will be an environment variable in the variables tab.
Just make sure to call it DISCORD_TOKEN
okay got it
failed
2 warnings found (use --debug to expand):
- UndefinedVar: Usage of undefined variable '$NIXPACKS_PATH' (line 18)
LegacyKeyValueFormat: "ENV key=value" should be used instead of legacy "ENV key value" format (line 18)
Dockerfile:20
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18 | ENV NIXPACKS_PATH /opt/venv/bin:$NIXPACKS_PATH
19 | COPY . /app/.
20 | >>> RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/13fe26a2-54dc-454b-acb7-8c3bacb9d86f-/root/cache/pip,target=/root/.cache/pip python -m venv --copies /opt/venv && . /opt/venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt
21 |
22 |
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ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/bash -ol pipefail -c python -m venv --copies /opt/venv && . /opt/venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1
Error: Docker build failed
discord-bot | Railway
Ah yea. So you also likely need a requirements file. You just put the libraries you use (mainly
discord.py)I have it
json isn't a library. Well, it is. But it isn't a 3rd party oneit was deployed then crashed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/app/main.py", line 134, in <module>
bot.run(os.environ["DISCORD_TOKEN"])
What is the full message? I am guessing you either didn't give the environ variable. Or you simply didn't import
os
Yea, do
Okay
Yes
Again though, you are likely going to run into an issue with your json file being forgotten. It won't save its update between deployments.
If that isn't an issue :shrug: ignore me
Then which data base you suggest?
I only have to handle 300 mails address
Hmmmmm. You only need this to be up for 3 days. You seem at least decently new to this side of stuff. So hard to actually recommend the right thing. But I guess a db is a good push. It will take some to learn and figure out. But in the long run if you want to learn code, that is a good thing to learn.
I would then recommend postgresql on railway. It is likely the easiest. You can actually look at the advanced example from dpy for how to handle a db.
But this is a lot of added complexity
The other solution is to just self host and leave your computer running for a few days. This actually might be the best option in this situation. Assuming you don't want to learn a bunch of little things with db stuff
Actually actually. My real recommondation is to not use a bot. There shouldn't be any need for one with the way discord onboarding works. The only reason you would need it, is if you are trying to collect emails. And I mean, sure. But other than that, ehhh
Yes I am new to these things
Data science is going to my work guessing I should start db asap
Probably from today, thanks for the push tho
Postgresql sounds good I would give it a try
Leaving the computer running isn't possible for me
I have only given access to the database to specific people mentioned. Doing this manually will be a lot of work, so I'm thinking a bot could handle it.
You have a pretty fast typing
Here is that advanced setup I was talking about https://github.com/Rapptz/discord.py/blob/master/examples/advanced_startup.py
You can skip the logger stuff. And in your case, I don't think you need a
ClientSession. But still good to note.Can I directly put token in repo ? And make it private?!
This keep crashing
I mean,,, you could. But that means you can never make the repo public. So I just wouldn't. The easier thing to do, is to have a local file called
.env and put .env in .gitignore. And then use python-dotenv to import that file ... but ... yea, That is a lot of steps
That can be a lot if you are new. It isn't complicated or hard. But it is becuase it is so many things at once ...
about 80 wpm. So actually pretty slow next to most people I know ...
https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv this is a good thing to learn / use.
And then for the more discord specific stuff, I actually would push you toward the dpy discord. https://discord.gg/dpy
They have really amazing help forums. Well, I have not been there in a while. But I assume they are still great. They can help with everything. From DB stuff to discord stuff. To just simple python stuff.Will post another repo without token just for open source
That insane 🚀
You can do that. If you want to spend the time to learn "best practices", go take a look at the
python-dotenv I sent.
But yea, a lot all at once. So take your timeSurely will check out once when bot starts
I joined this server just few hrs back
Thank you so much. I don't really have words to express my appreciation for your help. 🙏😭 My bot is running without any crashes or issues.
You were absolutely right
It is not editing the Json data
What should I use so it can add data in real time after command execution
A DB
And a volume. All still well within the trial stuff of railway
ok thanks
@BrodyUmmmm. There was a bit that went on. But honestly you could likely just do this one.