Comrade

Comrade is a Discord bot for my personal server, but available to use for anyone who would like a multipurpose bot! Comrade is written mainly in Python using discord.py, and partially in Go using discordgo. Comrade uses MongoDB and Google Cloud Storage for persistence.

Comrade provides a multitude of different features, and includes many features that I have liked from other bots. I created Comrade with the purpose of being able to fine-tune these features to the way I want, and have full control over what the bot does.

I started Comrade as a way to learn Python, and with every rewrite I've put in more and more of my new skills. I am still learning, so of course the code, as well as the repo will be a bit messy.

Inviting Comrade to your server

Link to invite

NOTE: Self-hosting the bot is DEFINITELY better; using the above link should only be for provisional purposes.

Adding/Updating Packages

If you are contributing, and would like to add a new library to the Python code, please make sure you add it to requirements.in. You will then need to update requirements.txt, following the below steps.

1. Ensure the pip-tools package is installed on your system. If not, install it with pip install pip-tools.
2. Update the requirements.in with the names of the new packages you want to add. (optional)
3. Run pip-compile requirements.in > requirements.txt, or run pip-compile requirements.in and copy the output to replace the contents of requirements.txt.

Timeline

I first started coding in Python in September 2019, so the early troubles I had with the bot were consequences of the limitation of my experience. As I picked up new skills, I have rewritten the bot several times over.

• V1 Originally started in October 2019 as a bot for my Discord server; code was crudely written, all in one big file.
• V2 Full rewrite of bot in December 2019-Jan 2020, using proper format for commands; implemented lots of new features, but code got very messy since it was still all one big file.
• V3 Full rewrite of bot in April-Jun 2020, using multiple files and Discord Cogs. Implemented databases, so that the bot's information could be persisted across multiple hosts.
• V4 Major Feature Update in Oct 2020, updating several modules to work better.
• V5 Full rewrite of bot with more care to code quality, rewriting many modules from scratch to make the code more accessible to everyone.

Credits

Comrade Bot

Created by Mingde Yin - Project Lead

With Help from:

• Sean D'Souza - DevOps and Mentoring
• Nuha Sahraoui - NSFW module
• Victor Wang - Custom Coding Language Module
• Vimal Gunasegaran - Emote system, general features
• Maggie Wang - General features and testing
• Kevin Hu - General features and testing
• Kevin Zhao - Feature suggestions and testing
• Nick Hewko - Feature suggestions and testing
• Stephen Luu - Feature suggestions and testing
• Anthony Luo - Feature suggestions and testing