How to install NBABot
Have any issues or want to ask any questions?
Either use the comment section below, or DM me on Discord at chig#4519.
Links and commands in order of use:
1. Download NBABot's source code:
https://github.com/NBABot-Development-Team...
2. Install NodeJS:
nvm: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
Follow the commands from the GitHub page to install nvm
Once nvm is installed, use
nvm install 16.17.0
(or whatever the current recommended NodeJS version is)
3. Install required packages:
npm install
If node-canvas does not install initially,
Install homebrew:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew...)"
(remember to use the initialisation commands)
then install packages listed at: https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas
brew install pkg-config cairo pango libpng jpeg giflib librsvg pixman
then run again
npm install
4. Create a Discord bot:
http://discord.com/developers
5. Copy config.json.example
6. Rename the copy to config.json
7. Insert the essential details
8. Create a cache folder in the /src directory
9. Insert the today.json file into /src/cache:
wget http://data.nba.net/10s/prod/v2/today.json
Note: if wget is not installed, you can install it with:
brew install wget
10. Run the bot
node bot.js
11. Install pm2 to keep it running in the background
npm install pm2 -g
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:29 - Downloading the source code
00:02:00 - Installing NodeJS
00:04:20 - Installing required packages
00:07:20 - Creating a Discord bot
00:08:39 - Inviting your Discord bot
00:09:40 - Adding details to config.json
00:11:40 - Adding cache folder and today.json
00:12:45 - Running NBABot
00:14:40 - Installing pm2
00:16:36 - Contact