NadekoBot/docs/guides/Windows Guide.md

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Thanks to @Flatbread and Mirai for making this guide

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Setting Up NadekoBot on Windows

Prerequisites

• 1. .NET Core SDK
• 2. Git
• 3. FFMPEG
• 4. Google Account
• 5. Soundcloud Account (if you want soundcloud support)
• 6. 7zip (or whatever you are using, WinRar)
• 7. Notepad++
• 8. Windows 8 or newer

####Guide

• Make sure you have installed both Git and the .NET Core SDK.
• Create a folder somewhere and name it Nadeko.
• Head to the Windows Installer releases page and save the zip as prompted.
• Extract the contents of the zip you just downloaded to the Nadeko folder that we created earlier.
• You should see another folder in the Nadeko folder, something along the lines of NadekoBotInstallerWin-master copy the contents of this folder, to the Nadeko folder, then (optionally) remove the empty, NadekoBotInstallerWin-master folder
• You should now see three files, most importantly, NadekoInstaller.bat after moving the contents of the folder mentioned above to the Nadeko folder (You may not see the .bat part of the filename).
• Run/Launch/Open NadekoInstaller.bat and you will see it running in the command prompt.
• Wait a while for the file to finish installing, it'll display it's progress in the command prompt.
• You should now have a new folder named NadekoBot inside the Nadeko folder we previously created.

####Creating DiscordBot application

• Go to the Discord developer application page.
• Log in with your Discord account.
• On the left side, press New Application.
• Fill out the App Name (your bot's name, in this case), put the image you want, and add an app description(optional).
• Create the application.
• Click on Create a Bot User and confirm that you do want to add a bot to this app.
• Keep this window open for now.

####Setting up credentials.json file

• In our NadekoBot folder you should see a src folder, then another NadekoBot folder, in this final folder, you should see a .json file named credentials.json. (Note: If you do not see a .json after credentials.json , do not add the **.json**. You most likely have "Hide file extensions" enabled.)
• If you mess up the setup of credentials.json, rename credentials_example.json to credentials.json.
• Open the file with Notepad++.
• In there you will see fields such as Token, ClientId, BotId and OwnerIDs.
• In your applications page (the window you were asked to keep open earlier), under the Bot User section, you will see Token:click to reveal, click to reveal the token.
• Copy your bot's token, and on the "Token" line of your credentials.json, paste your bot token between the quotation marks.
• Copy the Client ID on the page and replace the 12312123 part of the ClientId line with it.
• Again, copy the same Client ID and replace the null part of the BotId line with it.
• Go to a server on discord and attempt to mention yourself, but put a backslash at the start like shown below
• So the message \@fearnlj01#3535 will appears as <@145521851676884992> after you send the message (to make it slightly easier, add the backslash after you type the mention out)
• The message will appear as a mention if done correctly, copy the numbers from the message you sent (145521851676884992) and replace the 0 on the OwnerIds section with your user ID shown earlier.
• Save credentials.json (make sure you aren't saving it as credentials.json.txt)
• If done correctly, you are now the bot owner. You can add multiple owners by seperating each owner ID with a comma within the square brackets.

####Inviting your bot to your server

• Invite Guide
• Copy your Client ID from your applications page.
• Replace the 12345678 in this link https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=12345678&scope=bot&permissions=66186303 with your Client ID.
• The link should now look like this: https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=**YOUR_CLENT_ID_HERE**&scope=bot&permissions=66186303.
• Go to the newly created link and pick the server we created, and click Authorize.
• The bot should have been added to your server.

####Starting the bot

• Go to the folder which you extracted the zip to earlier, and run the NadekoRun.bat file
• Your bot should now be online in the server we added her to.
• Note: Your bot will be offline in case you close the NadekoBot command prompt window.

####Updating NadekoBot

• Make sure the bot is closed and is not running (Run .die in a connected server to ensure it's not running).
• Run NadekoInstaller.bat again and wait for it to finish.
• Run NadekoRun.bat.
• You've updated and are running again, easy as that!

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Setting Up NadekoBot For Music

Prerequisites

• 1. FFMPEG installed.
• 2. Setting up API keys.

• Follow these steps on how to setup Google API keys:

  • Go to Google Console and log in.
  • Create a new project (name does not matter). Once the project is created, go into "Enable and manage APIs."
  • Under the "Other Popular APIs" section, enable URL Shortener API and Custom Search Api. Under the YouTube APIs section, enable YouTube Data API.
  • On the left tab, access Credentials. Click Create Credentials button. Click on API Key. A new window will appear with your Google API key.
  • Copy the key.
  • Open up credentials.json.
  • For "GoogleAPIKey", replace null with the new key we copied and put quotation marks before and after the API key, like how the Token and ClientId should be set up.

• Follow these steps on how to setup Soundcloud API key:

  • Go to Soundcloud.
  • Enter a name for the app and create it.
  • You will need to fill out an application form to request access to the Soundcloud API.
  • All requests for an API key must go through the review process, where applications will be reviewed on a case by case basis, in line with Soundcloud API Terms of Use. If your application is successful, you will receive an API key.

• Restart your computer.

####Manual ffmpeg setup Do this step in case you were not able to install ffmpeg with the installer.

• Create a folder named ffmpeg in your main Windows directory. We will use C:\ffmpeg (for our guide)
• Download FFMPEG through the link https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/ (download static build)
• Extract it using 7zip and place the folder ffmpeg-xxxxx-git-xxxxx-xxxx-static inside C:\ffmpeg
• Before proceeding, check out this gif to set up ffmpeg PATH correctly http://i.imgur.com/aR5l1Hn.gif (thanks to PooPeePants#7135)
• Go to My Computer, right click and select Properties. On the left tab, select Advanced System Settings. Under the Advanced tab, select Environmental Variables near the bottom. One of the variables should be called "Path". Add a semi-colon (;) to the end followed by your FFMPEG's bin install location (for example C:\ffmpeg\ffmpeg-xxxxx-git-xxxxx-xxxx-static\bin). Save and close.
• Setup your API keys as explained above.
• Restart your computer.