Discord bot to view F1 stats. This is a fork of SmCTwelve's f1-bot
The application requires Python 3.11+.
git clone https://github.com/Carol52x/formulaStats.git
cd formulaStats/
poetry shell
pip install -r requirements.txt --no-depsAfter install:
Rename .env.example to .env
Fill in .env file and optionally, configure in config.ini
To start the bot run python -m main. This will attempt to connect using the env Token (see installation above).
The console will display log messages according to the level specified in config.ini and also output to logs/f1-bot.log.
Edit config.ini to change message display behaviour or restrict the bot to certain Guilds - this will only sync slash commands to the listed servers rather than being globally available (note this will prevent commands being accessible via DM). There may be a delay or some commands missing as Discord syncs the commands to your server.
The application relies on caching both to speed up command processing and to respect API limits. Additionally the FastF1 library includes its own data cache.
A /cache directory will be created in the project root when the bot is running. This may become large over time with session telemetry (~100 MB per race weekend). You can manually delete the /cache folder or specific subfolders, or a script is provided in the root directory: python -m flushcache. Make sure the bot is not running. A new cache will be created during the next startup.
The bot uses Discord slash commands. Once the commands have synced with your Guild, they can be accessed with /command-name.