Start a bot and wait for it

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// Needs the bots:lifecycle scope
async function startBot(botId) {
  const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}` }

  const res = await fetch(`https://api.lifebots.cloud/api/v1/bots/${botId}/login`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers
  })
  const json = await res.json()
  if (!json.success) throw new Error(json.error.message) // e.g. PASSWORD_REQUIRED
  if (json.data.status === 'online') return              // already running

  // Logging in takes a while - poll every 5 seconds, for up to 2 minutes
  for (let i = 0; i < 24; i++) {
    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5000))
    const bot = await fetch(`https://api.lifebots.cloud/api/v1/bots/${botId}`, { headers })
      .then((r) => r.json())

    if (bot.data.status === 'online') return
    if (bot.data.status === 'error') throw new Error(bot.data.botError)
  }
  throw new Error('Bot did not come online in time')
}