Discord Bot for GitHub Backlog

This Discord bot fetches the backlog of a specified GitHub repository and sends it to a Discord channel. It also mentions the appropriate Discord users based on their GitHub usernames.

Setup

Prerequisites

• Python 3 installed on your system
• Discord bot token
• GitHub repository details

Installation

1. Clone this repository to your local machine:

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd discord_bot_project
   

3. Install the required Python packages using pip:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Create a .env file in the project directory and add the following environment variables:

   DISCORD_TOKEN=your_discord_bot_token
   REPO_OWNER=github_repo_owner
   REPO_NAME=github_repo_name
   CHANNEL_ID=discord_channel_id
   GITHUB_USERNAME_1=DISCORD_USERNAME_1
   GITHUB_USERNAME_2=DISCORD_USERNAME_2
   GITHUB_USERNAME_3=DISCORD_USERNAME_3
   GITHUB_USERNAME_N=DISCORD_USERNAME_N
   

   Replace your_discord_bot_token, github_repo_owner, github_repo_name, and discord_channel_id with your actual values. Also, add mappings for GitHub usernames to Discord usernames.

Usage

1. Run the bot using the following command:

   python main.py
   

2. Invite the bot to your Discord server using the bot's invite link generated from the Discord Developer Portal.

3. Interact with the bot in your Discord server by typing !get_backlog in any text channel.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find any bugs or want to suggest improvements, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

This video helped me a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYJDKSah-Ww&t=791s