Discord Node Chat Bot Template

A simple Discord bot made with Node.js

Prerequisites

Install Node.js

Getting started

Install the project dependencies: npm install

Create a Discord bot

• Create a new bot using the Developer Portal (Instructions)
• Copy the bot token
• Set the token property in the CONFIG object

Add your bot to a server

• Create an invite link for your bot (Instructions)
• Send your invite link to the server owner and have them grant access to the bot

Add your bot to the #general channel

• Ask the server owner for the channel ID of the #general channel (Instructions for getting the channel ID)
• Set the general property in the CONFIG object

This is the CONFIG object mentioned above:

// Config properties
const CONFIG = {
    token: process.env.BOT_TOKEN,
    channels: {
        general: "GENERAL CHANNEL ID GOES HERE",
    },
};

NOTE: The token is stored inside an .env file.

Dependencies

"chalk": "^4.1.0",
"discord.js": "^12.3.1",
"node": "^14.8.0"