# Homeserver running on the same machine, listening on port 8008.
"homeserver": "http://127.0.0.1:8008",
# Change "localhost" to your server_name.
# Eg. "kde.org" is the server_name in "@testuser:kde.org".
"server_name": "localhost",
"discord_token": "my-secret-discord-token",
"port": 5000, # Port to run the bottle app on.
"database": "/path/to/bridge.db"
}
```
* Create `appservice.yaml` and add it to your homeserver configuration:
```
id: "discord"
url: "http://127.0.0.1:5000"
as_token: "my-secret-as-token"
hs_token: "my-secret-hs-token"
sender_localpart: "appservice-discord"
namespaces:
users:
- exclusive: true
regex: "@_discord.*"
# Work around for temporary bug in dendrite.
- regex: "@appservice-discord"
aliases:
- exclusive: false
regex: "#_discord.*"
rooms: []
```
A path can optionally be passed as the first argument to `main.py`. This path will be used as the base directory for the database and log file.
Eg. Running `python3 main.py /path/to/my/dir` will store the database and logs in `/path/to/my/dir`.
`$PWD` is used by default if no path is specified.
This bridge is written with:
*`bottle`: Receiving events from the homeserver.
*`urllib3`: Sending requests, thread safety.
*`websockets`: Connecting to Discord. (Big thanks to an anonymous person "nesslersreagent" for figuring out the initial connection mess.)
## NOTES
* A basic sqlite database is used for keeping track of bridged rooms.
* Logs are saved to the `appservice.log` file in `$PWD` or the specified directory.
* For avatars to show up on Discord, you must have a [reverse proxy](https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/blob/master/docs/nginx/monolith-sample.conf) set up on your homeserver as the bridge does not specify the homeserver port when passing the avatar url.
* It is not possible to add normal Discord bot functionality like commands as this bridge does not use `discord.py`.
* [Privileged Intents](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intents.html#privileged-intents) must be enabled for your Discord bot.
* This Appservice might not work well for bridging a large number of rooms since it is mostly synchronous. However, it wouldn't take much effort to port it to `asyncio` and `aiohttp` if desired.
