rssDiscordUpdates

Monitor RSS feeds and post to Discord channels.

ABOUT: This file was previously a part of another, larger project I was working on. However for a myriad of reasons I broke it out on it's on. Really it's just taking filipedeschamps/rss-feed-emitter and adding a component to post to a Discord channel.

STEP ONE: Create a Discord Bot

• Log into Discord.
• Click here to go to the My Applications page. Create a New App.
• Add in the bot name, description, etc and create it.
• Once the application has been created add a bot user to the application.
• Openning a new tab, invite the bot to your server by going here BUT REPLACING* <CLIENT ID> with your client ID from the previous page.

https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?&client_id=<CLIENT ID>&scope=bot&permissions=0

• Select the server you want this bot to be a part of (requires 'manage server' permissions).
• Leave this page open as we'll need it again in a second.

NOW YOUR BOT IS CREATED AND ABLE TO ACCESS YOUR SERVER, WE ACTUALLY NEED TO GIVE IT SOME CODE TO DO SOMETHING

STEP TWO: Create your MongoDB Database Why a database? -- This will help ensure duplicate posts don't happen if your bot gets restarted, essentially it's a simple way to track what has and has not been posted to your Discord channel.

• You can use any number of services or host your own. I use mLab. It's free and easy to access.
• Once the database has been created, add a collection named rss.
• Once the collection has been created, select the collection and click add document.
• On the Edit Document screen click and paste the following*: {"lastPost": "Wed Oct 11 2017 15:26:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)"}

STEP THREE: Install and configure rssDiscordUpdates.

• If you don't know how to use npm or are familiar at all with Node, you really should start there.
• Open a command window and go to your chosen directory.
• In your command window type: npm install rssDiscordUpdates

STEP FOUR: Enable Developer Mode in Discord

• This is entirely to easily get channel IDs, etc.
• In your Discord Settings click Appearance
• Find and enable Developer Mode.

STEP FIVE: Put the pieces togeter

• Using your favorite editor open the settings.json file.
• Return to the Discord window from Step One and, opening your Bot's settings, select click to reveal in order to get the Bot's token. Copy this token and paste it into the settings.json as the discordToken.
• Return to your Database Settings from step two and on the My Databases screen will appear something like: mongodb://<dbuser>:<dbpassword>@ds117615.mlab.com:17615/mydb
• Copy this line, replacing with the pertinent dbuser and dbpassword information. Place this information in settings.json as the mongoDbUrl.
• In Discord right-click on the server you earlier invited your bot to. Select Copy ID. Paste this information in settings.json as your guildID.
• In Discord right-click on the specific channel where you want notifications published and select Copy ID. Paste this ID in settings.json as your guildPrimaryChannel.

STEP SIX:

• Start your bot using PM2, Nodemon or just locally using node app.js