You can then take these commands and create your bot with much less code and much less hassle.
To put it simply, libraries package up everything you can do in the Discord API into a nice, clean set of commands. Instead of writing low-level code and handling a bunch of web requests, a library does all of the hard work for you. The good news is, there have been dozens of packages created for the Discord API making it easier to use. Our bot officially speaks! Libraries Simplify Your Life This code looks through any new messages for the word ‘ping”, and if it finds it, sends back a chat message through the Discord API into our channel. In the ping-pong example, we created code that handles any new chat messages (our event trigger). If your bot has code to handle an event, then it goes through and runs that bit of code you associated with the event. Whenever certain events happen in your Discord channel your bot gets notified through the Discord API (Application Programming Interface). This is a simplified example, but that’s essentially how bots work on the back-end. If it finds the word ping in the message, it responds saying, “pong!” The bot then reads this message and looks for the word “ping”. When it’s online, the bot is in my channel and actively listening to all chat messages.Įvery time a chat message is sent, the bot gets a little notification from the Discord API saying, “Hey, we have a callback/event! A chat message was sent!” You get to program that action.Ī great example is the ping pong bot we have below. This means that when something happens in Discord, your bot sees it happen and takes action. Your typical Discord bot has some programming/code in the background that tells it what to do when it encounters a trigger you specified. You’ll see them show up in channels just like a regular user would, with the only real differentiator being their blue “bot” tag. Let’s get rolling… What Are Discord Bots?ĭiscord bots are essentially “automated robots” that join your server and respond to events.
Once we have that covered, we’ll show you how to create your own discord bot with absolutely no coding, show you the easiest method to get a bot off the ground (in just 15 minutes…), and then go into some more advanced topics like 24/7 bot hosting, getting your bots online, and idea generation to help you come up with the next big Discord bot sensation. How do Discord bots work after all? What’s going on behind the scenes? Then we’ll jump into creating bots in Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, and even in mobile development environments. We’ll start off by going over the basics.
After reading this guide you’ll have a clear path forward to creating your own bot in 5 popular programming languages (including a ‘zero code, no programming required’ option), and you’ll also have a clear picture of how Discord bots work behind the scenes.
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