Creating a Discord Bot
Discord is a voice and text chat app designed for gamers that lets you easily find, join, and chat with friends. It’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. You can even connect with people across platforms, including PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and more.
Why use a Discord bot?
Discord bots can help you automate tasks, keep your server organized, and help you moderate conversations. For example, you could use a bot to automatically welcome new members to your server, or to keep track of the number of times a specific user has said “ping.”
Creating a Discord Bot
Creating a Discord bot is easy. You can use the Discord Developer Portal to create a new application and then turn that application into a bot.
1. Go to the Discord Developer Portal and log in with your Discord account.
2. Click on “New Application” and enter a name for your bot.
3. Click on “Create Application.”
4. On the next page, click on “Bot.”
5. Click on “Add Bot” and confirm your decision.
6. Copy the “Client ID” and “Token” for later use.
Now that you have a bot, you need to add it to a server.
1. Go to the Discord Server where you want to add the bot.
2. Go to “Server Settings” and then “Integrations.”
3. Click on “Add Bot” and select your new bot from the list.
4. Follow the instructions to authorize the bot for your server.
5. That’s it! Your bot should now be up and running on your server.
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Discord is a chat app with a following of millions of users. It’s simple to use and can be easily integrated into your applications. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to create a Discord bot in Python. We’ll assume that you’re familiar with the basics of Discord and know how to create a new account. If not, the Discord website has a comprehensive guide on how to get started.
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The first step is to create a new Python file and import the necessary libraries. We’ll be using the discord.py library which can be installed with pip:
pip install discord.py
Next, we need to create a Discord client and authenticate with our account. This can be done with the following code:
discord = discord.Client()
discord.authorize( ‘<YOUR_DISCORD_ACCESS_TOKEN>’ )
The <YOUR_DISCORD_ACCESS_TOKEN> should be replaced with the access token you obtained when creating your Discord account.
Now that we have our client set up, we can start coding the bot. The first thing we’ll do is create a function to handle messages from users. This function will take two parameters: the message and the user who sent it. It will also print out the user’s ID so that we can identify them later:
def handle_message( message, user ):
print( user + “: ” + message )
Next, we’ll add a function to send messages to users. This function will take two parameters: the message and the user who should receive it. It will also print out the user’s ID so that we can identify them later:
def send_message( message, user ):
print( user + “: ” + message )
Next, we’ll add a function to handle when users join or leave the Discord server. This function will take two parameters: the user who joined/left and a Boolean value indicating whether they joined or left. It will also print out the user’s ID so that we can identify them later:
def handle_join( user, join ):
if join:
print( user + ” has joined the server” )
else:
print( user + ” has left the server” )
Now that we have our functions set up, we can start writing the bot’s code. The first thing we’ll do is add a message handler to our Discord client. This will call the handle_message() function we created earlier every time a message is sent in the Discord server:
discord.on_message( handle_message )
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