CartmanGPT Discord Bot

A simple Discord bot using the CartmanGPT package from Steamship to generate fun responses as Eric Cartman when mentioned.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6 or higher
• A Discord bot token. Create a Discord bot and obtain its token from the Discord Developer Portal.
• Steamship instance handle for the CartmanGPT model. You can create an instance here.
• Steamship API Key. Authenticate with Steamship using the ship login command.

Authentication

Steamship uses API Keys to authenticate the CLI and client libraries. These keys can be stored in a configuration file, in environment variables, or passed manually to the client libraries.

Steamship Configuration File: Logging in with the Steamship CLI creates a configuration file at ~/.steamship.json. This file contains your API Key, and the client libraries will auto-load information from this file when available.

The configuration file should look like this:

{
  "apiKey": "mykey"
}

Installation

Normal Setup

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/cartmangpt-discord-bot.git
cd cartmangpt-discord-bot

2. Install the required Python packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Authenticate with Steamship by running the following command and providing your API key:

ship login

4. Create a .env file in the project folder with the following content:

INSTANCE_HANDLE=your-instance-handle
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=your-discord-bot-token

Replace your-instance-handle and your-discord-bot-token with the actual values.

Replit Setup

1. Fork this repository and import it into Replit, or fork the Replit template here.

2. In Replit, click on the "Secrets" tab (lock icon) and add the following environment variables:

• INSTANCE_HANDLE: your-instance-handle
• DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN: your-discord-bot-token
• STEAMSHIP_API_KEY: your-steamship-api-key

Replace your-instance-handle, your-discord-bot-token, and your-steamship-api-key with the actual values.

3. Install the required Python packages by running the following command in the Replit shell:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Authenticate with Steamship by running the following command in the Replit shell and providing your API key:

ship login

Running the Bot

To run the bot, simply execute the following command in your terminal, command prompt, or Replit:

python bot.py

The bot will log in to Discord, and you should see the message We have logged in as {client.user}. The bot will now respond to mentions in the server it's connected to.