/// <summary>
/// Starts the bot
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public async Task StartBot()
{
IsStreaming = false;
IsRunning = true;
Global.BotStatusText = Config.bot.DefaultGameMessage;
//Make sure the token isn't null or empty, if so open the bot config menu.
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Global.BotToken))
{
new ConfigMainMenu().OpenConfigMenu();
}
Logger.Debug("Creating new Discord client...");
Client = new DiscordSocketClient(new DiscordSocketConfig
{
LogLevel = LogSeverity.Verbose
});
Logger.Debug("Setting up events");
//Setup client events
Client.Log += Log;
Client.Ready += BotReady;
//Setup the remaining events
EventsSetup unused = new EventsSetup(Client);
Logger.Debug("Signing in using token...");
try
{
await Client.LoginAsync(TokenType.Bot,
Global.BotToken); //Logging into the bot using the token in the config.
}
catch (Discord.Net.HttpException)
{
Logger.Error("The supplied token was invalid!");
await EndBot();
Environment.Exit(0);
return;
}
catch (HttpRequestException)
{
Logger.Error("There was an error connecting to Discord! This may be because Discord API is down, or there is no internet connection.");
await EndBot();
Environment.Exit(0);
return;
}
await Client.StartAsync(); //Start the client
Logger.Debug("Sign in successful!");
CommandHandler handler = new CommandHandler(Client);
Logger.Debug("Installing commands...");
//Install all the Modules
await handler.SetupCommandHandlingAsync();
//Check all help modules
HelpModulesManager.CheckHelpModules();
//Bot owner
Global.BotOwner = (await Client.GetApplicationInfoAsync()).Owner;
Logger.Debug($"The owner of this bot is {Global.BotOwner}");
//Enable the Steam services if an api key is provided
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Config.bot.Apis.ApiSteamKey))
{
SteamService.SetupSteam();
}
//Set the bot status to the default game status
await Client.SetGameAsync(Config.bot.DefaultGameMessage);
//Starts the check connection status task, which will run indefinitely until the bot is stopped.
await CheckConnectionStatusTask();
}