benkaiser / discord-server-backup

Download all the chats from a discord server into a sqlite database

Discord Server Backup

This is a Node.js command-line utility to backup all messages in a Discord server to a local SQLite database.

Getting Started

To get started with this project, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine using git clone https://github.com/benkaiser/discord-server-backup.git
2. Install the required dependencies by running npm install (or yarn)
3. Create a Discord bot and add it to your server following these instructions.
4. Create a .env file at the root of the project and add your Discord bot's token as shown below:

   DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=your-discord-bot-client-id
   

5. Run the project using npm start

Usage

To backup all messages in a Discord server, type the following command in a server text channel where the bot is present:

!backup

This will backup all messages in the server to a local SQLite database named discord.db. The messages will be stored in the messages table of the database. The bot will also store channel and guild data in the channels and guilds tables, respectively.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.