Backend Infrastructure for the IITM BSc Discord

Setup

1. Discord OAuth Setup

1. Navigate to the discord developer portal and create a new app
2. On the sidebar navigate to OAuth2 > General
3. Add http://localhost:8081/discord/auth/login/callback as the redirect URL
4. In the Default Authorization Link section, select custom URL from the drop down and add the same URL as above
5. It should look like this
6. On the sidebar navigate to OAuth2 > URL generator
7. Pick appropriate scopes, in this case identify and guilds and choose the previously added URL as the redirect
8. Copy the generated Redirect URL

2. Configuration Variables

1. Create a new file named .env and add the following

#DISCORD OAUTH DETAILS
DISCORD_CLIENT_ID=PASTE CLIENT ID
DISCORD_CLIENT_SECRET="PASTE CLIENT SECRET"
DISCORD_OAUTH_REDIRECT="http://localhost:8081/discord/auth/login/callback"
DISCORD_OAUTH_URL="PASTE THE LONG GENERATED REDIRECT URL"

FRONTEND_URL="http://localhost:8080/"

#DATABASE
DB_CONNECTION_STRING="postgresql+psycopg2://user:password@hostname/database_name" 

#SECURITY
SECURITY_KEY="something-secret"
JWT_SECRET_KEY="something-secret-but-for-jwt"

Running the backend

Make sure you set debug=False in main.py when running in prod

• Install the requirements by running pip install -r requirements.txt
• Run the backend with python3 main.py