How to create a Discord bot

Discord bots can take over various automated tasks in your Discord channels. The prerequisite is having your own Discord server. Keep reading to find out how to make a Discord bot and how to add a pre-made one to your server.

How to integrate a pre-programmed Discord bot:

1. Select a Discord bot from a website offering a Discord bot list (e.g. ‘top.gg’).
2. Click on ‘Invite’ on the bot website.
3. Select your server and grant the bot the permissions it needs.
4. The bot will then be added to your Discord server.

How to make your own Discord bot:

1. Turn on ‘Developer mode’ in your Discord account.
2. Click on ‘Discord API’.
3. In the Developer portal, click on ‘Applications’. Log in again and then, back in the ‘Applications’ menu, click on ‘New Application’.
4. Name the bot and then click ‘Create’.
5. Go to the ‘Bot’ menu and generate a token using ‘Add Bot’.
6. Program your bot using the bot token and save the file.
7. Define other details for your bot under ‘General Information’.
8. Click on ‘OAuth2’, activate ‘bot’, set the permissions, and then click on ‘Copy’.
9. Select your server to add your bot to it.

Bots have become a central part of the Internet. These automated programs can take on tasks and fulfill them independently. For example, a bot could act as a customer service associate, collect data from social media, or crawl the web to improve search machines. In Discord, users can employ bots with a variety of features, in order to improve the functionality or entertainment value of their server.

Some popular forms of Discord bots include:

• Discord music bots, which automatically play music
• Voice command bots for voice control of Discord
• Allrounder bots that combine various functions, e.g. gaming integration, automatic notifications, and moderating
• Translation bots
• Statistics bots for analysing server data

Discord bots are particularly practical for the gaming community, as they can automatically communicate with a dedicated Valheim server or Minecraft server, evaluate user behaviour, and establish a connection between Discord and the gaming server.

The first thing you’ll need is a Discord account, if you don’t already have one. Then use the account to set up your own Discord server, which is where you’ll integrate the bot. From this point you have two options for using a Discord bot:

If you’re not a skilled programmer, your best bet is to use one of the numerous pre-programmed bots out there. You can find a wide variety of bots with either broad or specialised functions on websites like ‘top.gg’.

To use a pre-programmed Discord bot, take the following steps:

Step 1: Go to a Bot list website such as ‘top.gg’. Once you’ve chosen a bot, you’ll be redirected to the bot website. Alternatively, you can go directly to the website of your chosen Discord bot. For example, if you know that you want to download the music bot Hydra, you can go directly to the website ‘hydra.bot’.

Step 2: Click on ‘Invite’ on the bot page to invite the Discord bot to your Discord server.

Step 3: Enter the login information for your Discord account.

Step 4: At this point, a window should open where you can choose the server that you want to add the Discord bot to. Grant the bot the necessary permissions.

Step 5: The bot will then appear as a user in your channel. You can usually read about the bot’s features and commands in the bot instructions or using the command ‘.help’.

Step 8: The authentication link including client ID should look as follows:

Step 9: Select your Discord server in order to add your bot.