sabi / lain

Make posts as a bot on Discord. Great for server announcements! Or script system outputs to Discord.

Lain

Sabi. Simple, Lightweight, but Not Beautiful.

Overview

• Lain is a Linux command line utility that allows you to script messages to Discord.

Setup

• Effortless install: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y python3 python3-pip wget && pip3 install requests && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sabi/lain/main/lain.py && python3 lain.py

• python3 lain.py

• Add webhooks to ~/.config/sabi/lain/webhooks.conf in the format:

  • channel-name = https://discord.com/api/123/123

Usage

• Send a message
  • lain <channel> -msg <Replace with message>
  • lain friends -msg Let's love Lain!
• Send an image
  • lain <channel> -img </path/to/image>
  • lain friends -img /home/lain/Pictures/selfie.jpg

How to create a Discord webhook

• Open your Server Settings, then go to Integrations

• Create a new webhook for the appropriate channel, then copy the webhook to clipboard

• Finally add the webhook to ~/.config/sabi/lain/webhooks.conf in the format:

  • channel-name = https://discord.com/api/123/123