Setting up Dalmatian

Code Editor Setup

We recommend using VSCode, and the following setup guide will assume you are using VSCode.

Recommended VSCode extensions:

• VSCode has builtin TypeScript language support
• Dependi
• Biome
• Oxc
• Typescript (Native Preview)

You will also need git installed.

Creating your .env file

Rename or copy .env.example into .env.

Create a new Discord bot or use one of your current ones.

In your application, under the Bot tab, reset your token and copy the token for DISCORD_TOKEN

Under the OAuth2 tab, grab the client ID for DISCORD_CLIENT_ID

The bot will work fine with only the DISCORD_TOKEN and DISCORD_CLIENT_ID keys.

Optionally, add GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY to .env to debug formatLocation in dining.ts (falls back from Vault to .env).

1. Head to Google Cloud Console and create a new project.
2. In APIs & Services, enable the Maps Javascript API and Maps Static API products.
3. Get a key from Keys & Credentials to input into GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY.