Railway•3mo ago

Using discord bot with railway

I'm running a discord bot off a github repo, however i feel like the issue is that since it's pushing off the github repository it's only updating changes locally. so whenevever settings change via the bot in json files or things like that which would normally save i dont think its quite working the way it should, any help would be cool

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Percy•3mo ago

Project ID: e973bf7d-52cf-4a8e-b30c-0829b7914a35

lostkey•3mo ago

e973bf7d-52cf-4a8e-b30c-0829b7914a35 when running locally this does not happen

Brody•3mo ago

you would want to store those json files in a volume https://docs.railway.app/guides/volumes otherwise changes to those json files that are made wont persist between deployments. or in the most ideal scenario, use a database like postgres.

lostkey•3mo ago

ahh shucklebutts 😠 yea im like running an sqlite db

Brody•3mo ago

same goes for that, you would need to store that sqlite database file in a volume

lostkey•3mo ago

alright perfect ill see if that works and get back hold on

Brody•3mo ago

sounds good

lostkey•3mo ago

ok i feel like im tripping i added one for the json but now hte option is no longer popping up does that mean i can only have one vol

Brody•3mo ago

thats correct

lostkey•3mo ago

alr\ @Brody i love you your a beautiful man

Brody•3mo ago

lol thanks

lostkey•3mo ago

got everything working

Brody•3mo ago

awsome, that was fast

lostkey•3mo ago

ok wait one more question if i push something from the github repo will it maintain the volume no matter what

Brody•3mo ago

yes, unless you have done something wrong, like accidently wrote code that deleted files in the volume

lostkey•3mo ago

alright perfect ty, you've been like genuinely sm help

Brody•3mo ago

happy to help 🙂

lostkey•3mo ago

@Brody hello im back i need you the bot is running, and it's checking through a script to see if a userid is in the sqlite db if it isnt it adds it if it is it resumes code that works fine however i think the issue is that since the script is checking a volume and the script isnt it the volume, its bugging out am i crazy second question can i just put everything in a volume

Brody•3mo ago

the script not being in the same location as the database would pose no real issues provided everything was done right, so please show any errors you are getting not quite how it works

lostkey•3mo ago

thats the weird part its just not running like hold on

Brody•3mo ago

code issue then, but without any sort of logs there not too much I can help with

lostkey•3mo ago

It runs whenever i dont host it on here and logs properly

Brody•3mo ago

unfortunately that doesn't mean it's not a code issue what's your volumes mount point

lostkey•3mo ago

a folder with everything i need volumeifieid i did a silly and i think i fucked it up

Brody•3mo ago

you aren't making much sense tbh

lostkey•3mo ago

yea i know sorry im just like running off a few hours of sleep give me like 1 sec Okay sorry, so essentially i'm running a currency manager bot of railway. Whenever you want to add/give currency, it checks an sqlite db thats in the vol to see if the userid is there, if not it'll add the userid + the currency. however when i run it on railway, it just does nothing if it detects the user isnt in the sqlite db i was wondering if this has anything to do with volumes or is just a code issue

Brody•3mo ago

how do you know that the user is in the database? you created an empty volume and then your code would have created an empty database because one didn't exist

lostkey•3mo ago

it turns the the target's @ into a userid and checks the entire thingy to see if it matches anything in the userid column

Brody•3mo ago

I'm not quite sure if that answers my question if you are expecting the sqlite database in the volume to be the same as the one in github you are mistaken

lostkey•3mo ago

yea no i get that fs

Brody•3mo ago

so the database in the volume would be a fresh empty database, unless your app is capable of importing data to it?

lostkey•3mo ago

well yes, but it should persist the changes i do to it

Brody•3mo ago

how are you doing "the changes"

lostkey•3mo ago

as in adding/removing ?

Brody•3mo ago

anything, how do you think you are making changes to the database

lostkey•3mo ago

datas = await func.DataFetch(self.bot, 'all', 'points', msg.guild.id)
            if len(datas) != 0:
                for data in datas:
                    if data[1] == msg.author.id:
                        AuthorData = data
                        break
                    else:
                        AuthorData = None
                if AuthorData:
                    await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"UPDATE points SET points = {AuthorData[2]+POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE} WHERE guild_id = {AuthorData[0]} and user_id = {AuthorData[1]}")
                else:
                    await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"INSERT INTO points(guild_id, user_id, points) VALUES(?,?,?)", msg.guild.id, msg.author.id, POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE)
            else:
                await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"INSERT INTO points(guild_id, user_id, points) VALUES(?,?,?)", msg.guild.id, msg.author.id, POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE)
        except:
            print(traceback.format_exc())

datas = await func.DataFetch(self.bot, 'all', 'points', msg.guild.id)
            if len(datas) != 0:
                for data in datas:
                    if data[1] == msg.author.id:
                        AuthorData = data
                        break
                    else:
                        AuthorData = None
                if AuthorData:
                    await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"UPDATE points SET points = {AuthorData[2]+POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE} WHERE guild_id = {AuthorData[0]} and user_id = {AuthorData[1]}")
                else:
                    await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"INSERT INTO points(guild_id, user_id, points) VALUES(?,?,?)", msg.guild.id, msg.author.id, POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE)
            else:
                await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"INSERT INTO points(guild_id, user_id, points) VALUES(?,?,?)", msg.guild.id, msg.author.id, POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE)
        except:
            print(traceback.format_exc())

if thats what your asking for

Brody•3mo ago

not really, I'm asking for a more broad overview, because right now it seems like you're just interacting with an empty database

lostkey•3mo ago

i probably am sounding very slow rn but i am so lost

Brody•3mo ago

or you aren't interacting with a database on the volume at all, because you have gotten your paths incorrect what is the volumes mount point

lostkey•3mo ago

well no its /assets which is where the db, the functions that assist the db and anything else that needs to be in a volume is whenever a id that is already in the sqlite db is pulled it works perfectly

Brody•3mo ago

what is the volumes mount point

lostkey•3mo ago

Brody•3mo ago

show me the code that opens the sqlite database

lostkey•3mo ago

            datas = await func.DataFetch(self.bot, 'all', 'points', msg.guild.id)
            if len(datas) != 0:
                for data in datas:
                    if data[1] == msg.author.id:
                        AuthorData = data
                        break
                    else:
                        AuthorData = None
                if AuthorData:
                    await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"UPDATE points SET points = {AuthorData[2]+POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE} WHERE guild_id = {AuthorData[0]} and user_id = {AuthorData[1]}")
                else:
                    await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"INSERT INTO points(guild_id, user_id, points) VALUES(?,?,?)", msg.guild.id, msg.author.id, POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE)
            else:
                await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"INSERT INTO points(guild_id, user_id, points) VALUES(?,?,?)", msg.guild.id, msg.author.id, POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE)
        except:
            print(traceback.format_exc())

            datas = await func.DataFetch(self.bot, 'all', 'points', msg.guild.id)
            if len(datas) != 0:
                for data in datas:
                    if data[1] == msg.author.id:
                        AuthorData = data
                        break
                    else:
                        AuthorData = None
                if AuthorData:
                    await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"UPDATE points SET points = {AuthorData[2]+POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE} WHERE guild_id = {AuthorData[0]} and user_id = {AuthorData[1]}")
                else:
                    await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"INSERT INTO points(guild_id, user_id, points) VALUES(?,?,?)", msg.guild.id, msg.author.id, POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE)
            else:
                await func.DataUpdate(self.bot, f"INSERT INTO points(guild_id, user_id, points) VALUES(?,?,?)", msg.guild.id, msg.author.id, POINTS_TO_BE_GIVEN_PER_MESSAGE)
        except:
            print(traceback.format_exc())

async def DataFetch(bot, command, table, *vals):
    try:
        # There is no use for bot parameter in Sqlite3 but on migration to cloud database like postgresql, you will need it.
        query = f"SELECT * FROM {table}"
        if len(vals) == 1:
            query += f' WHERE guild_id = {vals[0]}'
        elif len(vals) == 2:
            query += f' WHERE guild_id = {vals[0]} and user_id = {vals[1]}'
        else:
            pass
        cursor.execute(query)
        if command == 'all':
            return cursor.fetchall()
        else:
            return cursor.fetchone()
    except:
        print(traceback.format_exc())

async def DataUpdate(bot, query, *vals):
    if len(vals) == 0:
        cursor.execute(query)
    else:
        cursor.execute(query, vals)
    db.commit()

async def DataFetch(bot, command, table, *vals):
    try:
        # There is no use for bot parameter in Sqlite3 but on migration to cloud database like postgresql, you will need it.
        query = f"SELECT * FROM {table}"
        if len(vals) == 1:
            query += f' WHERE guild_id = {vals[0]}'
        elif len(vals) == 2:
            query += f' WHERE guild_id = {vals[0]} and user_id = {vals[1]}'
        else:
            pass
        cursor.execute(query)
        if command == 'all':
            return cursor.fetchall()
        else:
            return cursor.fetchone()
    except:
        print(traceback.format_exc())

async def DataUpdate(bot, query, *vals):
    if len(vals) == 0:
        cursor.execute(query)
    else:
        cursor.execute(query, vals)
    db.commit()

Brody•3mo ago

sorry but that's not at all what I asked for

lostkey•3mo ago

oh my god yea sorry hold on

db = sqlite3.connect('assets/data.sqlite')
cursor = db.cursor()

db = sqlite3.connect('assets/data.sqlite')
cursor = db.cursor()

Brody•3mo ago

nixpacks or dockerfile?

lostkey•3mo ago

nixpacks

Brody•3mo ago

then your mount point is wrong it should be /app/assets

lostkey•3mo ago

uh okay hold on ill try that

Brody•3mo ago

please read https://docs.railway.app/guides/volumes#relative-paths

lostkey•3mo ago

uhh idk i dont think so

Brody•3mo ago

your mount point is wrong, please read the docs I linked

lostkey•3mo ago

it's not locating anything in the volume when i call it using the updated mountpoint

Brody•3mo ago

the volume is empty, therefore the assets folder is now going to be empty your database being stored in the assets folder is not ideal anyway, it should be stored in a separate more applicably named folder

lostkey•3mo ago

so.. what do i do? how do i make the assets folder.. not empty 😭

Brody•3mo ago

mount the volume somewhere else like /app/data then access the database from data/data.sqlite

lostkey•3mo ago

so every time i call something from the original folder i have to add /app infront of it

Brody•3mo ago

lostkey•3mo ago

because the db is not the only thing in a volume, so im confused

Brody•3mo ago

what else do you think is in the volume?

lostkey•3mo ago

all of these is what i have persisting in the volume

lostkey•3mo ago

i want*

Brody•3mo ago

none of those files are in the volume, what makes you say that i think you may be misunderstanding the concept of a volume

lostkey•3mo ago

i am 😭

Brody•3mo ago

do this please

lostkey•3mo ago

ok now im getting errors about no tables in the sqlite db

Brody•3mo ago

yes because it's an empty database empty volume, empty database

lostkey•3mo ago

Brody•3mo ago

it would be must simpler to just use postgres

lostkey•3mo ago

im not sure how to use that so with volumes to be sure, when i put it in a volume its gonna start off empty no matter what

Brody•3mo ago

yes, empty volume, empty database you can pre load stuff into the volume but it's not straightforward

lostkey•3mo ago

ok, is there documentation for that

Brody•3mo ago

no it's more so I tell you how to do it, but I would like to avoid that if possible, and instead ask you to abandon sqlite and use postgres or mysql

lostkey•3mo ago

ah ok ill come back in a bit i need a nap tysm

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