README.md

code_runner

This is a little discord bot to run random code snippets from the cat in a sensible and safe way.

token.json

This repository requires a token.json (located in res/token.json). The file should look something like this:

{
    "token": "BOT_TOKEN",
    "bot_id": 1
}

bot_id is the actual discord user id of the bot, that way he can know when somebody mentions him.

Docker

This bot uses docker on the backend to run commands. These docker images are minimal, and all should be based on Alpine Linux. For now, observe what is done in the source in terms of how to set up a new language. If somebody has more experience with docker and knows that I'm doing something dumb, please open an issue!

Note that changes in handler.rs are required in addition to a Dockerfile.

Installing

There is an install.sh script bundled with this repo. It copies the contents of docker/ to "${HOME}/.local/share/cargo/data/code_runner/" and checks to make sure dependencies exist. Note that a token.json is required in the same directory in order for the bot to function. The script uses cargo install to build and install the binary.

You may want to create a systemd service file to run the bot on startup.