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+trivia-bot
+==========
+A bot which provides a Trivia game for [Discord](https://discordapp.com/).
+
+
+### Adding to a server
+You can either self-host trivia-bot, or use the hosted version.
+
+To invite the bot to your server use [this invite link](https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=199657080083316737&scope=bot).
+It requires no special permissions at this time (only read/write to channels).
+
+
+### Trivia Questions
+Questions are obtained from [trivia-db on Sourceforge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/triviadb/).
+
+To parse the `.txt` question files, place them in `/data_management/questions/` then run `LoadDB.cpp`. 
+You need to create the database first. Use the included schema and create the database as `/bot/db/trivia.db`.
+
+LoadDB.cpp takes some time to execute.
+
+
+### Commands
+`` `trivia`` is the base command.
+
+| Argument                | Description                                                                                                                                                                |
+| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `questions` `interval`  | Where `questions` and `interval` are integers. Makes the game last `questions` number of questions, optionally sets the time interval between hints to `interval` seconds. | 
+| stop                    | Stops the trivia game currently in the channel the message is sent from, if there is one.                                                                                  |
+| help                    | Prints a help list, similar to this table.                                                                                                                                 |
+
+
+### Compiling
+#### Dependencies
+| Name          | Website                                                       | Notes                                                                                            |
+| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| boost         | [boost.org](http://www.boost.org/)                            |                                                                                                  |
+| websocketpp   | [zaphoyd/websocketpp](https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp) | Included as submodule.                                                                           |
+| cURL          | [curl.haxx.se](https://curl.haxx.se/)                         |                                                                                                  |
+| sqlite3       | [sqlite.org](https://www.sqlite.org/)                         | Included as submodule. Uses a [different repo](https://github.com/azadkuh/sqlite-amalgamation/). |
+| nlohmann/json | [nlohmann/json](https://github.com/nlohmann/json)             | (Slightly modified) source file included in repo.                                                |
+
+#### Linux (debian)
+1. Clone the github repo: `git clone https://github.com/jackb-p/TriviaDiscord.git TriviaDiscord`
+2. Navigate to repository directory: `cd TriviaDiscord`
+3. Clone the submodules: `git submodule init` and `git submodule update`
+4. Install other dependencies: `sudo apt-get install cmake libboost-all-dev libcurl-dev`
+5. `cd TriviaBot`
+6. `cmake .`
+7. `make`
+
+
+### Running
+To run simply execute the program: `./TriviaBot`
+
+If you do not want to be prompted for your token every launch, provide it as an argument: `./TriviaBot {TOKEN}`