MarkovBot

Requirements

• Have a Discord data dump copied to the root directory of this project. (Messages folder)
• Have run the dataset.py script to convert the JSON into a TXT which will be read by markovify.
• Have environment variables set for the Discord bot token and the target channel ID.
  1. MARKOVBOT_TOKEN: The token for your Discord bot.
  2. MARKOVBOT_CHANNEL_ID: The ID of the Discord channel where the bot will post messages.

Usage (Locally)

Install UV

Linux (Curl)

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Linux (Wget)

wget -qO- https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Windows (Winget, Preferred)

winget install --id=astral-sh.uv  -e

Windows (PowerShell)

This bypasses the execution policy. Be sure that you understand the risks associated with this command before running it.

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Synchronize the environment

uv sync

Run the bot

uv run markovbot.py

Keep an eye on logs in case something goes wrong. Startup time may take up to 5 minutes, be patient and check the logs.

Usage (Docker)

Build the Docker image

docker build -t markovbot .

Run the Docker container

docker run -d --name markovbot -e MARKOVBOT_TOKEN=your_token_here -e MARKOVBOT_CHANNEL_ID=your_channel_id_here markovbot

Useful Tidbits

You can read more about Markovify at Markovify - GitHub