Derpy Bot

Derpy is a simple chatbot for Discord. She replies whenever someone says her user name in a channel she can access, using Markov chains to generate novel responses from old chat logs. When deployed in a channel with a substantial chat history, her responses can get quite amusing.

Running the Bot

Derpy requires Java 1.8 or higher to work. Make sure you have it installed on your machine before proceeding.

1. Download the latest release.
2. Unzip the contents and put them anywhere you want.
3. Go to the Discord applications page.
4. Click New App.
5. Give your bot instance a name. This is the name the bot will have within Discord.
6. Click Create App.
7. Click Create a Bot User.
8. Click Yes, do it!.
9. Enter the following URL in a new browser tab, where YOURCLIENTID is the Client ID string listed on the app page you created in step 6:

   https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=YOURCLIENTID&scope=bot
   

10. Under Select a server, pick the server you want to deploy the bot on. You must have Manage Server permissions for this to work.
11. Click Authorize.
12. Click the validation checkbox in the captcha that appears.
13. Go back to the app page you created in step 6.
14. Click click to reveal, next to Token:.
15. Copy the token string you revealed in step 14 into a text file named token.txt. Place it in the config subdirectory of the bot installation you created in step 2.
16. Open the bin subdirectory of the bot installation you created in step 2.
17. Either double-click on Derpy.jar, or enter java -jar Derpy.jar in the console.
18. If any firewall notices appear, click Allow.

Your bot will now automatically connect to Discord, and should appear on your server shortly.