Discord channel that counts the amount of github followers a user has.

github follower count channel.py

import discord
from discord.ext import commands
import requests

# ---------------------------------------------------------
TOKEN = '' # Discord bot token
GITHUB_USERNAME = '' #github username (ex: 'etahn-git')

# Follower count channel id
CHANNEL_ID = 
# Characters after the number count
SUFFIX = 'Github followers'
# Characters before the number count
PREFIX = '📣 | '
# ---------------------------------------------------------


data = requests.get(f"https://api.github.com/users/{GITHUB_USERNAME}").json()
dataout = data["followers"]

intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.members = True
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!', intents=intents)

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
  """ Runs once the bot has established a connection with Discord """
  print(f'{bot.user.name} has connected to Discord')

  # check if bot has connected to guilds
  if len(bot.guilds) > 0:
    print('connected to the following guilds:')

    # list guilds
    for guild in bot.guilds:
      # display guild name & id, follower count
      print(f'* {guild.name}#{guild.id}')
      print(f'follower count: {dataout}')
      # update the follower count
      await update_follower_count_channel_name(guild)



async def update_follower_count_channel_name(guild):
  """ updates the name of the follower count channel """
  if CHANNEL_ID != None and SUFFIX != None and PREFIX != None:
    follower_count_channel = discord.utils.get(guild.channels, id=CHANNEL_ID)
    new_name = f"{PREFIX} {dataout} {SUFFIX}"
    await follower_count_channel.edit(name=new_name)
    
if __name__ == "__main__":
# launch bot
    bot.run(TOKEN)