Discord Bot Making Tutorial
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ELI5 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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What is the internet and how do we communicate?
http://www.submarinecablemap.com/#/su...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperte...
-servers send http to each other
-EXAMPLE: Go to Discord's website
What is an API?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applica...
-application programming interface: how you talk to a program
-EXAMPLE: Discord's servers listen for specific HTTP messages
What is Discord's API for Bots?
https://discordapp.com/developers/doc...
-details how to send messages to Discord servers
===Thanks, Discord devs!!
What open-source libraries can I use to access Discord's API?
https://discordapi.com/unofficial/com...
-software devs volunteered their time to make these libraries
-you pick your language
-I'll use discord.js
===Thanks, internet and software devs all over!!
What is the Client-Server Model?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client%...
https://www.techopedia.com/definition...
-server distributes work to clients
-EXAMPLE: Discord servers send my computer chat messages and my computer runs the bot
What is Node?
https://nodejs.org/en/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js
-Javascript runtime environment
-open a terminal
##node --version
===Thank you, Node devs!
What is NPM?
https://www.npmjs.com/
-Node Package Manager
##npm --version
===Thank you, npm!
Big Picture
-client program on our end
-Discord servers listen
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Actually coding the bot
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Discord's end
https://discordapp.com/developers/app...
-need to make sure that Discord is listening
-we'll make an app with a bot user
Our end
https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js
-we'll make a simple server using discord.js
-make a directory
-open a terminal
##cd ..
##cd folder
##dir (windows)
##ls (linux, mac)
##npm init
##npm install --save discord.js
-make "index.js" file
-copy example code
-copy token from app
##node index.js
Add a bot to your server
https://discordapp.com/developers/doc...
https://discordapp.com/api/oauth2/aut...
-App client ID
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EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT
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Javascript Tutorial:
http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/d...
(Definitely do this!!)
Callback functions explanation:
http://javascriptissexy.com/understan...
(For after the tutorial)
Deploy bot to internet:
https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles...
(Use a (free) internet server to host your bot)
Discord.js documentation:
https://discord.js.org/#/docs/main/st...
(What else can you do with a discord bot?)
Give your bot permissions:
https://discordapp.com/developers/doc...
(Admin privileges, etc.)
Give your robot persistent memory:
http://blog.capterra.com/free-databas...
https://www.npmjs.com/package/redis
Organizing Node Projects:
https://blog.risingstack.com/node-her...
(Blog post about organizing files so everything's not in index.js)
npm Package List:
https://www.npmjs.com/
(Search for a package, then type
npm install --save PACKAGENAME
and then add to index.js at the top)
A nicely made bot:
https://github.com/Gravebot/Gravebot/...
Other bots:
https://www.carbonitex.net/Discord/bots
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