Create Discord Bot

Create Discord bots using a simple widget-based framework.

Getting started

Setup bot

Go to Discord's Developer Portal.
Create a new application.

Take note of your bot's client ID. You will need this to invite your bot to a server.

Go to the bot tab and add a bot user to your application.

Take note of your bot's token. You will need this in the next section.

Invite your bot to a server using: https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?scope=bot&client_id=DISCORD_BOT_CLIENT_ID_PLACEHOLDER

Alternatively, npx peterthehan/create-discord-bot will generate a bot invite link for you when you create a bot project and you provide a valid bot token.

A Discord bot's client ID is not the same as its token. Keep your token and any file containing it private. If your token ever leaks or you suspect it may have leaked, simply regenerate a new token to invalidate your compromised token.

Create bot

npx peterthehan/create-discord-bot
cd my-discord-bot/
npm start

Verify the bot is working by using the .ping command.

You're ready to create your own Discord bot! 🎉

Documentation

Updating

Update your core bot files to the latest version in this project by running npx peterthehan/create-discord-bot and entering the same name as your existing Discord bot when asked for the application name. This will update:

Command widget

create-discord-bot includes a command widget. Follow the design of the ping command to start building your own commands.

Widget conventions

All widgets must live under the src/widgets/ folder.
All widgets must have a handlers folder.
A handlers folder can only contain event handler files.
All event handler files must be named exactly the same as the events found on the Client page.

An example file tree diagram of these requirements may look like:

src/
  widgets/
    command/
      handlers/
        ready.js
        message.js
    widget1/
      handlers/
        messageReactionAdd.js
        messageUpdate.js
        other event handlers
    widget2/
      handlers/
        typingStart.js
        userUpdate.js
        other event handlers

Widgets

The following widgets can be used by this framework by adding them into the src/widgets/ folder:

Troubleshooting

Use Git Bash instead of the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) if you are on Windows.
npm -v to check if your npm version supports npx (v5.2+).
node -v to check if you have the latest LTS version of Node.js (v12+).
npm install if running the application outputs Error: Cannot find module '...'.

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Contributing

Read the Contributing documentation to get started!

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