stefanprokopdev/discord-help-bot

Simple help bot for Discord written in Rust

Discord Help Bot

• Simple Discord bot that will send a HELP message (like --help command) to your channel after you send a !help message.

Prerequisites

Discord Server

• Open the Discord app
• Click the plus icon Add a Server
• Fill all the necessary information
• Click Create

Create Channel

• Click the plus icon on the left side next to the TEXT CHANNELS
• Create a channel
• Get the channel ID
  • Preferences > Appearance > Developer mode
  • Right click on your channel > Copy ID

Add role

• Click on the server dropdown menu
• Select Server settings
• Go to Roles
• Click the plus next to Roles
• Create a new role
• Copy role ID
  • Right click on the role > Copy ID
• Set the to yourself
  • Right sidebar > Roles > check the

Create App

• Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications
• Login and click New application in the top right
• Enter a name

Create Bot

• On the left sidebar of your application page click Bot
• Click Add bot
• Fill all the necessary information
• Click OAuth2 on the left sidebar
• Select the bot scope, Send messages and Read message history permissions
• Copy the generated OAuth URL and open it in new tab
• Register app to your server
• On the Bot page copy the token

Installation & Run

• Clone this repository
• You can modify the HELP_MESSAGE text on the line 9
• Replace the channel_id (line 15) with your channel ID
• Replace the role_id (line 21) with your role ID
• Run cargo build
• Run DISCORD_TOKEN=<token> ./target/debug/discord-help-bot