Bot cluster, restart on crash

README.md

@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ You can try the bot over on my Discord server: https://discord.gg/jtcqgvkZY7
 ```bash
 npm install
 ```
-### You may also need to install canvas
-```bash
-npm install canvas
-```
 ### Enter your bot's token and discord user ID in "/settings.json" (You can rename "/sample_settings.json):
 ```json
 {
@@ -22,7 +18,7 @@ npm install canvas
     "color": "23F843"
 }
 ```
-### Run the bot
+### Run the bot master
 ```bash
 node bot.js
 ```

bot.js

@@ -1,35 +1,15 @@
-const { commands } = require('./commands');
-const { createClient } = require('./utils/client');
-const { getPrefix } = require('./utils/getprefix');
-const settings = require('./settings.json');
+const cluster = require('cluster');
+const { startBot } = require('./start');
+if (cluster.isMaster) {
+    cluster.fork();
 
-const client = createClient();
+    cluster.on('exit', function(worker, code, signal) {
+        console.log("Bot restarting!")
 
-// Event handler for when a message is received
-client.on('messageCreate', (message) => {
+        cluster.fork();
+    });
+}
 
-	// Ignore messages from bots
-	if (message.author.bot) return;
-
-	// Ignore messages outside of the designated channel
-	if (message.channel.id != settings.channel) return;
-
-	// Get the preferred prefix of the user, but default to the bot prefix
-	getPrefix(message.author.id).then((preferred_prefix) => {
-
-		// Only act on commands starting with the prefix
-		if (!message.content.startsWith(preferred_prefix)) return;
-
-		// Convert message to lowercase array and go through all the registered commands
-		const args = message.content.substring(preferred_prefix.length).toLowerCase().split(' ');
-		commands.forEach((command) => {
-			// If the message matches any of the aliases, execute the corresponding function
-			if (command.aliases.includes(args[0])) {
-				command.func(message, args[1], args[2], args[3])
-			}
-		})
-	})
-});
-
-// Log in the bot using the token
-client.login(settings.token);
+if (cluster.isWorker) {
+    startBot();
+}

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
+    "canvas": "^2.11.2",
+    "cluster": "^0.7.7",
     "discord.js": "^14.9.0",
     "sqlite3": "^5.1.6"
   }
-}
+}

start.js

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+const { commands } = require('./commands');
+const { createClient } = require('./utils/client');
+const { getPrefix } = require('./utils/getprefix');
+const settings = require('./settings.json');
+
+function startBot() {
+	const client = createClient();
+
+	// Event handler for when a message is received
+	client.on('messageCreate', (message) => {
+
+		// Ignore messages from bots
+		if (message.author.bot) return;
+
+		// Ignore messages outside of the designated channel
+		if (message.channel.id != settings.channel) return;
+
+		// Get the preferred prefix of the user, but default to the bot prefix
+		getPrefix(message.author.id).then((preferred_prefix) => {
+
+			// Only act on commands starting with the prefix
+			if (!message.content.startsWith(preferred_prefix)) return;
+
+			// Convert message to lowercase array and go through all the registered commands
+			const args = message.content.substring(preferred_prefix.length).toLowerCase().split(' ');
+			commands.forEach((command) => {
+				// If the message matches any of the aliases, execute the corresponding function
+				if (command.aliases.includes(args[0])) {
+					command.func(message, args[1], args[2], args[3])
+				}
+			})
+		})
+	});
+
+	// Log in the bot using the token
+	client.login(settings.token);
+}
+exports.startBot = startBot;