GCP Series: Creating a Discord Bot on Compute Engine with ACM Education

University of Texas - Dallas
Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 6:30 PM (CDT)

Get hands-on experience with the Discord.py library and create your own discord bot on Google Compute Engine that replies to your commands. Setup guide and detailed information: http://content.acmutd.co/discordbot

About this event

Join us in our second workshop of the GCP Series on Wednesday, March 24, at 7:00PM CST.  Coming to this workshop, you will get hands-on experience with the Discord.py library and create your own discord bot on Google Compute Engine that replies to your messages and gives weather information from the OpenWeather API

In this workshop you will learn:

  • How to a create a discord bot that replies to your message
  • How to connect a discord bot to an external API
  • How to create a virtual machine in GCP on Compute Engine
  • How to keep your discord bot running 24/7

Prior Python experience would be helpful but not required 

Prior Setup: http://content.acmutd.co/discordbot

This workshop is a collaboration with UTD’s ACM Education. Learn more about what they do here: https://www.acmutd.co/education

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Wednesday, Mar 24
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (CDT)

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