Discord Bot to keep threads from expiring
Discord Bot to keep threads from expiring
Installation
Create a new Discord Bot in the Discord developer console. Remember to select
“Bot” and “applications.commands” in OAuth2->URL Generator else your Bot will
not work.
Usage
The bot exports three (slash) commands:
- /addthread |all to either keep the given thread ID alive or all threads alive.
- /rmthread to stop keeping the given thread ID alive
- /lsthread to list all thread IDs being kept alive
The way any given thread is kept alive is by sending a message to it and then deleting it.
Configuration
Create a .env file in the bot directory with two variables:
KEEPALIVE_BOT_SECRET=”your bot token”
KEEPALIVE_CRONTAB=”your bot crontab for keeping threads alive”
One good schedule to keep threads alive, IMHO is
KEEPALIVE_CRONTAB=”0 1 * * *”
Meaning send a keep-alive message to