a01sa01to / autothread-discord-bot

Discord bot that automatically creates threads when a message is posted

AutoThread Discord Bot

What is this?

This is a bot that automatically creates threads in a Discord channel, when a message is posted.

Usage

1. Create a new Discord application from the Discord Developer Portal.
2. Create a bot and generate a token.
3. Create src/config.json with the following content:

{
  "DiscordBotToken": "<YOUR TOKEN HERE>",
  "GuildId": "",
  "ChannelId": ""
}

4. Install deps. yarn install
5. Run the bot. yarn build && node .
6. Invite the bot to a server. You can get the invite link from the console.
7. Restart the bot. ^C (Ctrl-C) and node .
8. Console shows the server name and ID, and its channel names and IDs. Copy the IDs where you want to create threads to src/config.json. Server ID should be GuildId and channel ID should be ChannelId in src/config.json.
9. Restart the bot. ^C (Ctrl-C) and yarn start
10. Now try posting a message in the channel. The bot will create a thread.
11. To stop the bot, yarn stop