#discord-ts

A Discord Bot written in TypeScript.

1. run npm i to install dependencies
2. copy file .env.example to .env
3. enter your bot credentials in .env

Link to add bot: https://discord.com/api/oauth2/authorize?client_id=YOUR-CLIENT-ID&permissions=2150681664&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscord.com%2Fapi%2Foauth2%2Fauthorize&response_type=code&scope=bot%20applications.commands%20messages.read

No Gateway intents are required!

The following scopes are needed:

• bot
• applications.commands
• messages.read

The following bot permissions are needed:

• general
  • view channels
• text
  • send messages
  • embed links
  • attach files
  • use slash commands
• voice
  • connect
  • speak

run npm run build to transpile .ts-files to .js. Built destination is build/.

A Dockerfile is provided. To build the docker image, run docker build -t <YOUR DOCKER IMAGE TAG NAME> .

It is recommended to mount / bind a volume on /data.

run npm run start:dev

The bot will automatically restart on file changes within the src-directory.

The bot's prefix is /. By default, the bot reacts to messages in all text channels.

Shorthands are shortcuts for Commands. A Shorthand has a one-character prefix. The Shorthand-Char will be replaced with the Command-Name.

As an example, a Shorthand for the help-Command may be ?. ? /somecommand will internally handled the same as /help /somecommand.

/help, /help <Command name>

The bot will display a list of all available commands.

If you append a command name, it will display detailed help about the command.