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Wasp•3w ago
wardbox

What's the best approach for running a discord bot within a wasp app?

here's an example 
// Require the necessary discord.js classes
const { Client, Events, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
const { token } = require('./config.json');

// Create a new client instance
const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds] });

// When the client is ready, run this code (only once).
// The distinction between `client: Client<boolean>` and `readyClient: Client<true>` is important for TypeScript developers.
// It makes some properties non-nullable.
client.once(Events.ClientReady, readyClient => {
    console.log(`Ready! Logged in as ${readyClient.user.tag}`);
});

// Log in to Discord with your client's token
client.login(token);
// Require the necessary discord.js classes
const { Client, Events, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
const { token } = require('./config.json');

// Create a new client instance
const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds] });

// When the client is ready, run this code (only once).
// The distinction between `client: Client<boolean>` and `readyClient: Client<true>` is important for TypeScript developers.
// It makes some properties non-nullable.
client.once(Events.ClientReady, readyClient => {
    console.log(`Ready! Logged in as ${readyClient.user.tag}`);
});

// Log in to Discord with your client's token
client.login(token);
Basically the concept of having a long lived service running within the wasp app that can respond to events as they come in (like discord slash commands or activity in a channel)
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kapa.ai
kapa.ai•3w ago
Hi @wardbox. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- To run a Discord bot within a Wasp app, the best approach would be to utilize Wasp's server configuration, specifically the setupFn feature. This allows you to set up long-running processes or services when the server starts. Here's how you can approach this: 1. First, define your Discord bot logic in a separate file within your Wasp project's src directory. 2. Then, use the setupFn in your Wasp file to initialize and run the Discord bot when the server starts. Here's an example of how you can set this up: 1. In your main.wasp file, add the server configuration: 
app MyApp {
  title: "My Discord Bot App",
  // ...
  server: {
    setupFn: import { setupDiscordBot } from "@src/discordBot.js"
  }
}
app MyApp {
  title: "My Discord Bot App",
  // ...
  server: {
    setupFn: import { setupDiscordBot } from "@src/discordBot.js"
  }
}
2. Create a discordBot.js file in your src directory with your Discord bot logic: 
import { Client, Events, GatewayIntentBits } from 'discord.js';
import { token } from './config.json';

export const setupDiscordBot = async () => {
  const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds] });

  client.once(Events.ClientReady, readyClient => {
    console.log(`Ready! Logged in as ${readyClient.user.tag}`);
  });

  // Add your other bot logic here

  await client.login(token);
}
import { Client, Events, GatewayIntentBits } from 'discord.js';
import { token } from './config.json';

export const setupDiscordBot = async () => {
  const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds] });

  client.once(Events.ClientReady, readyClient => {
    console.log(`Ready! Logged in as ${readyClient.user.tag}`);
  });

  // Add your other bot logic here

  await client.login(token);
}
This approach allows your Discord bot to run as a long-lived service within your Wasp app, responding to events as they come in. It's important to note that this setup will work for development, but for production, you might need to consider additional factors like error handling, reconnection logic, and possibly running the bot in a separate process or service for better scalability and maintainability. For more information on server configuration in Wasp, you can refer to the Server Config documentation. Remember to handle your Discord bot token securely, possibly using environment variables instead of a config file, especially in a production environment. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ---------------------- Sorry @wardbox, I seem to be having a bit of trouble. Don't worry though, I've pinged my support and they will try to fix me up! :technologist: Perhaps try again in 15mins?
Filip
Filip•3w ago
Hi again @wardbox! Yeah, this sounds about right - you set up your client in the server setup function, and then respond to commands that are coming in over the API (or an action). Are they coming in like that? Did I get that right?

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