Creating your first bot

This page contains instructions on how to set up a discord bot application. If you already have a discord bot on your account, you can skip this and proceed to :

Installation

Setting up a Bot application and Inviting your Bot​

Creating your first Bot Account:​

  1. Open the Discord Developer Portal.

  2. Click on the [New Application] button.

  3. Enter a name for your application.

  4. Click the [Create] button.

  5. Switch to the Bot tab in the left pane.

  6. Click the [Add Bot] button on the right and confirm Yes.

Adding the Bot to your Server:

  1. Switch to the OAuth2 tab in the left pane then select URL Generator.

  2. Then check the following options to gain full functionality for your bot:

  3. Then click the [Copy] button to get the link and paste it into your browser's URL.

  4. Select the server you want to add and click [Authorize].

NOTE:

Adding a bot to a server requires server administration privileges on the server/guild.

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