A template to start creating a bot using hikari-arc. To see a REST version of this template, see the rest branch of this repository.

Create your repository using this template, clone/download it, then install all requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt -r dev_requirements.txt

This will install:

• hikari-arc and all it's dependencies
• python-dotenv to handle .env files
• ruff a Python formatter and linter to help keep your code tidy
• pyright a Python typechecker to ensure correctness & type-safety
• nox a Python session runner to automate running the previous two tools

• Documentation
• Examples
• Discord Server

To run the bot, run the following command in the project folder:

python3 -m src
# On Windows you may need to do:
py -m src

nox is a tool that can set up & run automated sessions. This template ships with the following session:

format_fix - Run ruff to format & fix code (where possible) - default format - Run ruff to check for formatting & code correctness issues pyright - Run pyright to typecheck the code - default

To run a nox session, use nox -s session_name, so for example, to run pyright, use nox -s pyright. You can also run the default set of sessions using nox.

All of the tooling is configured using pyproject.toml, see that file for more information!

If you're using Visual Studio Code, you should automatically get a prompt when you first open the project to install recommended extensions. The recommended extensions include:

• Python - Python Language Support
• Ruff - Run ruff while you edit!
• autoDocstring - Generate new docstrings
• EditorConfig for VS Code - Respect .editorconfig
• Even Better TOML - .toml file support

Installing these will make your developer experience better, as pyright & ruff will be able to run on your code while you edit it!

If you've dismissed the prompt, you can see & install the recommended extensions by searching for @recommended in the Extensions panel.

In addition, you can run nox using the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + B.

PyCharm should respect .editorconfig out of the box. Unfortunately I'm not aware of any good extensions that would allow it to run ruff while code is being edited. You can use nox for this purpose as a placeholder.

If you'd like to see explicit support for more editors in this template, please open a pull request.