namxam/nostrum

Elixir Discord Library

Nostrum

An Elixir library for the Discord API.

It is highly recommended to check out the documentation first. It includes all of the information listed here and more.

Installation

Add Nostrum as a dependency:

Stable

Stable documentation can be found here

def deps do
  [{:nostrum, "~> 0.4"}]
end

Dev

def deps do
  [{:nostrum, git: "https://github.com/Kraigie/nostrum.git"}]
end

Edit or create your config file:

The file should be located at /config/config.exs. To run Nostrum you need the following two fields:

config :nostrum,
  token: "666", # The token of your bot as a string
  num_shards: 2 # The number of shards you want to run your bot under, or :auto.

For more information about the differences between dev and stable as well as additional config parameters, please see the documentation.

Example Usage

The below module needs to be started in some fashion to capture events. See here for a full example.

defmodule ExampleConsumer do
  use Nostrum.Consumer

  alias Nostrum.Api

  def start_link do
    Consumer.start_link(__MODULE__)
  end

  def handle_event({:MESSAGE_CREATE, msg, _ws_state}) do
    case msg.content do
      "ping!" ->
        Api.create_message(msg.channel_id, "I copy and pasted this code")
      _ ->
        :ignore
    end
  end

  # Default event handler, if you don't include this, your consumer WILL crash if
  # you don't have a method definition for each event type.
  def handle_event(_event) do
    :noop
  end
end

Although it's recommended to run under a supervisor, you could start it from iex.

  iex()> ExampleConsumer.start
  {:ok, #PID<0.208.0>}

Getting Help

If you need help, visit #elixir_nostrum on the unofficial Discord API guild!

License

MIT