MTG Article Discord Bot

This bot monitors the Magic: The Gathering news archive and sends notifications to a Discord channel when new articles are published.

Setup

1. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Create a Discord webhook:

   • Go to your Discord server
   • Right-click on the channel where you want to receive notifications
   • Select "Edit Channel"
   • Go to "Integrations"
   • Click "Create Webhook"
   • Copy the webhook URL

3. Configure the bot:

   • Copy .env.example to .env
   • Replace your_webhook_url_here with your actual Discord webhook URL

Usage

Windows (Task Scheduler)

1. Open Task Scheduler
2. Create a new Basic Task
3. Set the trigger to run every 5 minutes
4. Set the action to "Start a program"
5. Set the program to python and add arguments as the full path to your script
6. Complete the wizard

Linux (Cron)

Add this line to your crontab:

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/python3 /path/to/mtg_article_bot.py

The bot will:

• Check for new articles when triggered
• Send a notification to your Discord channel when a new article is found
• Store the last seen article to avoid duplicate notifications

Features

• Monitors the Magic: The Gathering news archive
• Sends formatted Discord embeds with article titles and links
• Prevents duplicate notifications
• Error handling and logging
• Cron job compatible