A .NET Core 7.0 Console Application to update you on new comments on your MangaDex Forum!
mangadex-forum-comment-notifier-discord-bot is an in .NET 7.0 written Console Application that uses DiscatSharp and HtmlAgilityPack to scrape added MangaDex Forums to check if any of them contain new comments, and when that's the case, will send you an update through a specified Discord channel!
Why did I make this? Though MangaDex offers a beautiful API with lots of features, these kinds of API features are not available for the Forums. I love to hear from the community of MangaDex so I wanted to make an application where it'd be easy to keep track of when new comments are placed on the Forums.
Build the application using dotnet build MangaDexForumNotifier inside the cloned repository or use Visual Studio (Windows & Mac only) to compile a Debug or Release version.
To get started, you can run the application once and a settings.json file will be created. In here there are a few options to get the Discord bot up and running. The default settings.json will contain the fields and values below:
{
"ForumUris": [],
"ChannelId": 0,
"ScanTimeoutInMinutes": 30,
"InbetweenTimeoutInSeconds": 5,
"DiscordBotToken": ""
}
If you quickly want to get started, you fill in the DiscordBotToken and the Discord Bot will start! Below is an explanation about the individual fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
ForumUris |
A collection of all the MangaDex Forum URI's being tracked. These will be written automatically once a new URI has been added. |
ChannelId |
The Discord Channel ID to send the notifications to. Can be set using the [here command |
ScanTimeoutInMinutes |
The amount of minutes in between scanning all the MangaDex Forum URI's |
InbetweenTimeoutInSeconds |
The timeout between scanning individual Forum URI's. If you're encountering 404 errors, setting this higher could solve it. |
DiscordBotToken |
The token of your Discord Bot. You need to create this yourself at the Discord Developer Portal. |
The commands are quite simple:
Adds new MangaDex Forum URI to the bot to track.
[add https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/manga-title-and-id/12345Removes a MangaDex Forum URI if it's known to the bot.
[remove https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/manga-title-and-id/12345Sets the ChannelId for your bot to send messages in. All notifications about comments will be send in that specific channel.
[hereForces a scan of all the MangaDex Forum URI's
[refreshIn the future I'd like to add support for some cool features!
- Adding all MangaDex forums from a certain scanlation group
- Automatically navigating to the next page if the comments exceed a single page