Discord Application Tutorial

A quick and short tutorial on how to create a discord bot application, and how to navigate through the discord developer panel to gain information about your bot.

🏃 Creating An Application

Create the application in order to have your bot profile and information.

1. Go to the discord developer application page.
2. Login to your discord account.
3. Click the New Application button at the top right.
4. Enter the name you would like to give your bot.
5. Lastly, click the create button. And now you should have an application!

🤖 Creating The Bot

Now that you have your application, you can create the actual robot!

1. Click your new application pad.
2. Open the Bot tab to the left.
3. Lastly, click the Add Bot button to the right.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

These questions may come up at a certain point, so might as well take a look right?

Where is my bot token?

By the end of this, the bot token will be copied to your clipboard.

1. Go to the discord developer application page.
2. Click the application pad you want.
3. Open the Bot tab to the left.
4. Click the Copy button under Click to Reveal Token.

How do I change my bot token?

This will make all past tokens created for your bot dysfunctional.

1. Go to the discord developer application page.
2. Click the application pad you want.
3. Open the Bot tab to the left.
4. Click the Regenerate button under Click to Reveal Token.

Where is my application/client ID?

By the end of this, the application ID will be copied to your clipboard.

1. Go to the discord developer application page.
2. Click the application pad you want.
3. Click the Copy button under CLIENT ID.

Where is my bot invite link?

By the end of this, the bot invite link will be copied to your clipboard.

1. Go to the discord developer application page.
2. Click the application pad you want.
3. Open the OAuth2 tab to the left.
4. Click the bot button under Scopes.
5. Scroll down, select all the bot permissions you need.
6. Click the Copy button to the right of the newly generated bot token.

💻 Hosting

This is a complete guide that will teach you the basics of hosting a discord javascript application.

Prerequisites

• Linux Node.js
• Windows Node.js

Windows Hosting

By the end of this tutorial, the bot should be online.

1. Create a file on your desktop with all the bot files in it.
2. Open the file, and copy the navigation link.
3. Open a command prompt.
4. Run the cd <navigation link> command to get into the directory.
5. Run the npm install command to install all the dependencies.
6. Run the node . command to turn the bot online.

Linux Hosting

This tutorial is meant for people with a slight knowledge of how to use Ubuntu.

1. Create a file in any directory and import the bot files into it.
2. Change directory to the file you just created.
3. Run the npm install command to install the dependencies.
4. Run the npm install --global pm2 command to install pm2 on the system.
5. Run the pm2 start . command to start the bot on the system.