discord_bot_example

This simple piece of codes shows how to create Discord bot in Python using library discord.py.

Actions covered in the example:

• initializing client object
• connecting to a guild
• perform action after succesful connection
• replying to the DM
• creating cyclic events
• sending message top the specified channel
• getting user list
• getting channels list
• simple error handling

Configuration

To ensure token safety store your token and guild name in your environment variables.

Linux:

export TOKEN=<your_token_here>
export GUILD=<your_guild name_here>

Windows:

$env:TOKEN = <your_token_here>
$env:GUILD = <your_guild name_here>

Useful materials

Full tutorial about creating a discord bot including creating discord development account and generating token can be found here: https://realpython.com/how-to-make-a-discord-bot-python/

Documentation of discord.py library: https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

License

For the details refer to LICENSE.md file