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How to create a Discord bot and add it to your server
How to create a Discord bot and add it to your server
Discord has evolved a lot over the years and it now stands as a reliable platform for not only gamers but for anyone looking to connect with their peers over messages, video chat, and more. Many even use it as an alternative to WhatsApp and other popular messaging applications, especially thanks to its great emphasis on groups and communities. Discord has millions of daily active users and a good chunk of those use a bot on a day-to-day basis to automate things. If you use Discord in any capacity then there’s a good chance you’ve used a bot. If you’re wondering how to create one yourself then you’re in the right place. In this article, we’ll tell you how to make a Discord bot: Navigate this article:
Creating a Discord bot is a relatively simple task. You do need a little bit of programming knowledge to set things up, but the complexity of the code depends on the kind of bot you’re trying to make. Let’s take a look at a few things you need to get started. First, you need a Discord account, which you probably have. If not, you can create one for free by heading over to the Discord homepage. You can also download the Discord client and use it on your gaming laptop or even a phone. Once done, you need to set up your own server to use the bot. You can then invite the bot to your server easily by following a few simple steps. Once the bot has arrived on your server, you can then code a function for it and use it in your server or assign it to other servers to which you have admin rights. To assign a bot function, we’ll use Node.js to access the discord.js Node library. You can download the latest version of Node.js from the official website. Additionally, we’ll also need a code editor to write and modify the bot functions. We’ll be using Visual Studio Code in this tutorial, although you’re free to use whichever you like. How to create and add a Discord bot to your server The first step is to create an application on Discord for your bot to work. The idea here is to generate a token for your bot so that Discord recognizes the code. For this, you’ll need to head over to Discord’s applications page. You’ll be sent directly to the page once you log in with your Discord account where you’ll see a list of your apps. Don’t worry if the list is empty because we’ll be creating one now.
How to assign bot function and host a Discord bot Now, follow the steps below to create and host a discord bot on your PC: For this tutorial, we’ll be creating a simple ‘Ping-Pong’ Discord bot which, as the name suggests, will reply with ‘Pong’ every time you type ‘Ping’.
You can also create a Discord and host it in the cloud for others to use. For that, you’ll have to use an online IDE such as Replit to host your code. The complexity of the coding process depends on the function you want to assign to your bot. The coding process for a simple ‘Greeting Bot’, for instance, isn’t going to be as complicated as, say, a ‘Music Bot’ that can play music from your preferred platform. You can also create a bot to moderate your server and even kick members that repeatedly break rules in your server. There are tons of useful Discord bots out there, so the possibilities are endless, really. Top.gg is a good place to look for Discord bots if you don’t want to go through the hassle of coding. Just pick up a bot from the website and make changes as necessary to modify the bot according to your needs. There are plenty of options to choose from so be sure to use the search bar on the top to find what you’re looking for. Well, that brings us to the end of this particular tutorial. There are a ton of useful Discord bots out there right now, so we highly recommend doing a Google search to see if somebody’s already created a bot to automate your process. And before you leave, we also suggest you join XDA’s Discord server in which you’ll find like-minded individuals and also stay up-to-date with all things XDA. So which Discord bot are you going to create first? Let us know by dropping a line in the comments below. The post How to create a Discord bot and add it to your server appeared first on XDA. More... |
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