MediaHelper

This bot watches chat for video links and replies to messages containing supported links with an embedded video, so you don't need to click the link to watch shared videos.

Idea and hosting by @RTCFlyer.

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Supported links

Facebook
iFunny
Instagram
Reddit
TikTok
Twitter

Self-hosting

Requirements

Node.js v18 or higher
A local webserver to serve static files
yt-dlp
ffmpeg
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Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/eartharoid/discord-media-helper.git bot && cd bot

Then create a .env file with the following contents:

DISCORD_CLIENT_ID=
DISCORD_TOKEN=
DOWNLOAD_DIR=
FFMPEG_BIN=ffmpeg
HOST=
MAX_FILE_SIZE=50M
RAPID_API_KEY=
YTDL_BIN=yt-dlp

Create a Discord application and bot with the message content privileged intent enabled and paste the token into the .env file.

Also, set the other environment variables:

DISCORD_CLIENT_ID: the client ID of the Discord application
DOWNLOAD_DIR: the directory which is served by a web server (e.g. /var/www/html/videos) where videos will be downloaded to
HOST: the web server URL, which must end with a / (e.g. https://example.com/videos/)

Install Node.js dependencies:

npm i

Compile:

npm run build

Download yt-dlp:

curl -o /usr/bin/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp

And then install ffmpeg.

Finally, register the commands:

node scripts/commands