DiscordJS Bot Template

Using DiscordJS v13

Installation / Setup

• Required dependencies:

  • nodejs https://nodejs.org

• Click "Use this template" on Github or Clone/Fork this repository and use your own repo.

• Copy config.json.template to config.json.

• Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications.

  • Click "New Application".

  • Go to "Bot".

  • Click "Add Bot".

  • Click "Copy" to get your bot token, put this in config.json.

  • Add "bot" and "applications.commands" scopes in OAuth2 section, and copy the link.

  • Paste the link into a browser tab, and invite the bot to a testing server you have set up.

  • Copy the Client ID from the OAuth section in the portal, paste this to client_id option in config.json.

  • Right click on your test guild icon in discord, click Copy ID, add this to config.json as guild_id.

• In a terminal, run npm install in the directory to install dependencies.

• Run npm run dev

Things to note

DO NOT UPLOAD OR SEND YOUR BOT TOKEN ANYWHERE