Rewrite of “Python Discord Bot Tutorial – Code a Discord Bot And Host it for Free”

Style Guide Used: Google

Original Guide: freeCodeCamp Discord Bot Tutorial

Audience: Novice-level, i.e. trying to add a bot for the first time on discord.

Note: This rewrite focuses on linking the bot to a discord server and excludes steps on how to code and host a discord bot.

Create a discord bot user account

First, you must create a Discord Bot developer account so that you can use the Discord API and Python libraries.

1.     Login to Discord website

2.     Navigate to the Applications page

3.     Click New Application

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4.     Name your application and click Create

5.     Navigate to the Bot tab and click Add Bot. Confirm by clicking Yes, do it!

6.     Keep the default settings. Make sure Public Bot is checked and Require OAuth2 Code Grant unchecked.

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7.     Copy the unique token into your bot’s code to access your bot using Discord’s API. Do not share this publicly as this token allows anyone to execute code on behalf of the bot.

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Invite the bot to join a server

Congratulations, your bot account is now ready to be invited to a server. In order to do that, you need to get an invite URL.

1.     Navigate to the OAuth2 tab and select bot in the SCOPES section.

2.     Choose bot permissions by selecting any relevant options. 

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 3.     After the permissions are selected, click copy to get the invite URL.

4.     Paste the URL into your browser, choose a server to invite the bot to, and then click Authorize.

Note: Your account needs “Manage Server” permissions to add the bot.