MerchCat

Goal: An application that connects merchandise to fan participation through organic channels.

First step: An application that connects the Shopify Api to the Discord client.

Technologies in use:

• Written in Elixir
• Using the Pheonix Framework for the web server
• Using Nostrum for the Discord integration

Getting Started:

• Install Pheonix (https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/installation.html)
• Create a discord bot (https://discordapp.com/developers/applications)
• Install that bot onto a test server (make a new one for testing)
• Clone the repo
• Create a file called .env to hold secrets (Do not commit this file) with the following:

  export DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN="your-discord-bot-token"
  export DISCORD_DEFAULT_CHANNEL="a channel id from a test server"

  For now, all secrets/keys/etc will be placed in here. Add to the readme if you add another required one.

• run the following in the command line in the project directory:

  mix ecto.create
  mix deps.get
  source .env
  mix phx.server

• To test that its working, type "ping!" into the channel you specified in the .env file. Bot should respond.
• Also try hitting the discord ping route, should be http://localhost:4000/api/admin/discord/ping