HackBot is a Discord Bot that notifies hackers, developers about upcoming hackathons.
The bot uses the scraped data from MLH, Devfolio, Devpost and HackerEarth to notify users about new hackathon as soon as it is listed on the website. Users can also see all the hackathons listed on site in discord itself. (Support for other websites to be added soon)
Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:
- You have installed the latest version of
Python - You have a
<Windows/Linux/Mac>machine.
To install HackBot, follow these steps:
- First move to the HackBot folder
- Run these commands
Linux and macOS:
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
Windows:
py -m pip install -r requirements.txt
To use HackBot, follow these steps:
- Move to the HackBot folder
- Run the following command
python bot.py
;hack notify <channel_name>
Assign a channel for upcoming hackathons notification
;hack web <website_name>
Fetch all hackathons listed on website.
Supported websites:
- MLH
- Devfolio
- Devpost
;hack unsub
Unsubscribe for upcoming hackathon notifications.
;hack issue "Feature/Issue title" "Feature/Issue description"
Report any issue or request any feature
- Deploying the Discord Bot on Heroku
- Commands for users to retreive hackathon based on date
- Have you encountered any issue while using the bot, tell us by creating an issue.
- Want some more features to be implemented, look no further than the issues section.
To contribute to HackBot, follow these steps:
- Fork this repository.
- Create a branch:
git checkout -b <branch_name>. - Make your changes and commit them:
git commit -m '<commit_message>' - Push to the original branch:
git push origin <project_name>/<location> - Create the pull request.
Alternatively see the GitHub documentation on creating a pull request.
If you want to contact me you can reach me at [email protected]
This project uses the following license: MIT.