gerard-botler/README.md

# gerard-botler

discord bot for a friend  
this bot uses [discord.py](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)

# deploy stuff  
Clone the repo, and in the root run the container:  
```
docker build -t <name> .
docker run --env BOTLER_TOKEN=<token> <name>
```
A sample `docker-compose` looks a little like:
```
botler:
    image: python:3.12
    build:
      context: ./gerard-botler
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    environment:
      - BOTLER_TOKEN=< your token here (MANDATORY!!!!) >
```

# Python stuff

Source venv:  
```
source botler/bin/activate
```
to escape:  
```
deactivate
```
more on venvs [here](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html)