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+config.json
+authority.json
diff --git a/hydrabot/README.md b/hydrabot/README.md
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+# hydrabot
+Hydrabot is an open-source bot made with the intents of demonstrating the capabilities of [discord.js](https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js/).
+
+### Set up
+The easiest setup would be to clone the discord.js repo, and then open a terminal/cmd in this directory and run `node hydrabot.js`.
+
+If you don't want to clone the repo but instead just use this folder, you need to edit `hydrabot.js` to use `require("discord.js")` as opposed to `require("../")`. Cloned directories will always be using the latest **discord.js**.
+
+### Setting up credentials
+
+Edit `config.json` to use your Discord email and password, and then run `node hydrabot.js`.
diff --git a/hydrabot/authority.js b/hydrabot/authority.js
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+var fs = require( "fs" );
+
+var authCache = {};
+
+exports.init = function() {
+	try {
+		var fd = fs.openSync( "./authority.json", "wx" );
+        exports.writeCache();
+	} catch ( e ) {
+		if ( e.errno !== -4075 ){
+			throw e;
+        }else{
+            authCache = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("./authority.json", "utf8"));
+        }
+	}
+}
+
+exports.getLevel = function(user){
+
+    if(authCache[user.id])
+        return authCache[user.id];
+    else
+        return 0;
+
+}
+
+exports.setLevel = function(user, level){
+    authCache[user.id] = level;
+    exports.writeCache();
+}
+
+exports.writeCache = function() {
+	fs.writeFile( './authority.json', JSON.stringify(authCache), function( err ) {
+		if ( err )
+            console.log("Error saving Authority Caches - " + err.code);
+	} );
+}
diff --git a/hydrabot/commands.js b/hydrabot/commands.js
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+var Authority = require("./authority.js");
+
+Commands = [];
+
+Commands["info"] = {
+    oplevel : 0,
+    fn : function(bot, params, message){
+
+        bot.reply(message, "Info!");
+
+    }
+}
+
+exports.Commands = Commands;
diff --git a/hydrabot/hydrabot.js b/hydrabot/hydrabot.js
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+// If you did not clone discord.js, change the require parameter to `discord.js`
+// and then run `npm install --save discord.js` in the same directory as this
+// file. The bot should then run.
+var Discord = require( "../" );
+
+// Load the config file. If you have not already, make one that follows the
+// structure : { "email" : "discordEmail", "password" : "discordPassword" }
+var BotConfig = require( "./config.json" );
+
+// Load the commands file
+var Commands = require( "./commands.js" ).Commands;
+
+// Load the Authority handler
+var Authority = require( "./authority.js" );
+
+// Initialise it
+Authority.init();
+
+// Create a new Discord Client
+var hydrabot = new Discord.Client();
+
+// An array of single character prefixes the bot will respond to
+var commandPrefixes = [ "$", "£", "`" ];
+
+// Log the client in using the auth details in config.json
+hydrabot.login( BotConfig.email, BotConfig.password );
+
+console.log( "Starting up..." );
+
+// When the bot is ready to go, output to the console
+hydrabot.on( "ready", function() {
+	console.log( "Ready!" );
+} );
+
+// When the bot gets disconnected, exit.
+hydrabot.on( "disconnected", function( obj ) {
+	// Say we couldn't connect and then exit
+	console.log( "Disconnected - " + obj.reason );
+	process.exit( 0 );
+} );
+
+hydrabot.on( "message", function( message ) {
+
+	// if the message doesn't begin with a valid command prefix exit
+	if ( commandPrefixes.indexOf( message.content.charAt( 0 ) ) == -1 )
+		return;
+
+	var command = "",
+		params = []; //set the message details
+
+	// remove the prefix from the start of the message
+	message.content = message.content.substr( 1 );
+
+	// split the message by slashes. This will yield something
+	// like: ["command", "a", "b", "c"].
+	var chunks = message.content.split( "/" );
+
+	for ( key in chunks ) { //loop through the chunks and trim them
+		chunks[ key ] = chunks[ key ].trim();
+	}
+
+	command = chunks[ 0 ]; //the first param will be the command
+	params = chunks.slice( 1 );
+
+	// it's less messy if we outsource to another function
+	handleMessage( command, params, message );
+
+} );
+
+function handleMessage( command, params, message ) {
+	var channel = message.channel; // set the channel variable to message.channel
+	var sender = message.author; // set the sender variable to the author of the message
+	var isPM = ( message.channel instanceof Discord.PMChannel ); // set isPM to true if the channel is a Private Message Channel.
+
+	if ( Commands[ command ] ) {
+
+		console.log(Authority.getLevel( message.author ));
+		if ( Authority.getLevel( message.author ) >= Commands[ command ].oplevel ) {
+			//user has authority to do this
+			Commands[ command ].fn( hydrabot, params, message );
+
+		} else {
+			//user doesn't have authority
+			hydrabolt.reply( message, "you don't have authority to do this!" );
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		hydrabot.reply( message, "that command was not found!" );
+	}
+
+}