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 # Sweetbot
 
-Sweetgums Discord bot for pulling character images/stats/daily rankings
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+ A simple Discord bot for pulling character images/stats/nightly rankings posts, using the maplestory.io API to build images. This bot was originally designed to work with a Cosmic v83 database and EXP table. If you're using a different source, you may need to change these.
+
+ ## Usage
+
+Clone the repository with your preferred method:
+
+ `git clone https://git.bitbouquet.network/Sweetgum/Sweetbot.git`
+
+Edit env.example and update the following environment variables:
+
+ Discord:
+```
+ DISCORD_TOKEN = "your discord bot token"
+ DISCORD_CLIENT_ID = "your application client ID here"
+ DISCORD_GUILD_ID = "your guild ID here"
+ 
+ BOT_PREFIX = ! (change this if you'd like to use something other than '!' to call the bot)
+
+ RANKINGS_CHANNEL_ID = "your rankings channel ID"
+```
+ Database:
+```
+ DB_HOST = "localhost" (Change this if you're not running the bot on the same database host)
+ DB_PORT = 3306 (Change this if your database uses a different port)
+ DB_USER = "your db user"
+ DB_PASSWORD = "your db password"
+ DB_NAME = cosmic (Change this if you've changed your database name, or if using a different source)
+```
+
+Copy env.example to a .env for Node to use your configuration.
+
+ ## Reccommendations
+
+It is NOT ADVISED to use the root user for the database when running this bot. Create a minimum-permissions service user instead. 
+
+Run the following commands in a MySQL shell:
+```
+CREATE USER 'service_user'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
+
+GRANT SELECT ON cosmic.characters TO 'service_user'@'%';
+GRANT SELECT ON cosmic.inventoryitems TO 'service_user'@'%';
+
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+```
+`'@''%"` allows for connections from any host. If your bot runs on the same server, it's reccommended to limit it to 127.0.0.1/localhost.
+
+It is reccommended to run the bot as a system service, so it continues to run once you exit the shell. It will also log activity & console output to the journal. For any systemd-based Linux distro, do the following:
+
+Create a systemd service file:
+`sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/sweetbot.service`
+
+Use this template, adjusting the paths to match where your bot runs:
+```
+[Unit]
+Description=Sweetbot
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User='your_linux_user_here"
+WorkingDirectory=/your/sweetbot/directory
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /your/sweetbot/directory/bot.js
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=10
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+Note: The node.js binary may exist in a different directory depending on your OS. Use `which node` to determine that.
+
+Enable and start it:
+```
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl enable sweetbot
+sudo systemctl start sweetbot
+```
+
+## Credits
+
+Lynx: Providing information on interacting with maplestory.io 
+maplestory.io: y'all are the goats 
+
+## Extra Information
+
+Creating a Discord bot is a fairly simple process. For more information on how to create a Discord bot/application, please visit https://docs.discord.com/developers/quick-start/getting-started
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