This bot example is the combined work of members of the Discord.js and Idiot Guide's community. It attempts to provide a "complete" starter example of a simple, one-file bot, with comments and information to properly understand each part and how it works.
I believe I should note that I'm a #speedwhore and the lines used in this example are the fastest in terms of performance, especially using Node 8. Though maybe "indexOf" might look ugly for example, it is faster than startsWith by an order of magnitude. I have the performance tests to prove it.
There is also an upcoming example of a more complete bot with separate command files (command handler) as well as per-server configurations. You can find it at: [to be done!]
If what you need is a selfbot, this won't do. I suggest taking a look at evie.selfbot
- Create a new folder somewhere, give it a bot name, aka
MyBotorSuperBot - Create a file called
app.js, and paste in the contents of app.js below. - Create a file called
config.jsonand give it the following content, using your real bot token:
{ "token" : "MTg-this-IzNzU3OTA5NjA-is.not-DCeFB-a.real-r4DQlO-t0ken-qerT0",
"prefix" : "+"
}You then need to run a couple of things to make this work. Those things are run in console, which
can be opened by using SHIFT+Right-Click in your folder, and selected Open command prompt here
(your version of windows might say "PowerShell", don't worry it'll work fine!). In console, use
the following commands:
npm install discord.js
node app.js
If you've done things right, that should start the bot.
Project created and maintained with the help of:
- eslachance#4611 , aka
〈evie.codes〉, for the heavy lifting - York#2400 , for pointing out mistakes, moral support and jester entertainment.
- TrueBoxGuy#3692 for letting me know of a dumb thing I forgot, and an unfinished comment.