Creating and inviting the bot

Creating the Discord Bot application¶

This document aims to guide you through the process of creating a Discord account for your bot (the Discord Bot application), and inviting that account into your Discord server.

• Go to the Discord developer application page.
• Log in with your Discord account.
• Create an application.
• On the General Information tab, fill out the Name field (it's your app's name)
• Upload an image if you want and add an app description. (Optional)
• Go to the Bot tab on the left sidebar.
• Click on the Add a Bot button and confirm that you do want to add a bot to this app.
• Scroll down to the Privileged Gateway Intents section and enable both intents. These are required for a number of features to function properly, and should both be on.

Inviting your bot to your server¶

• On the General Information tab, copy your Client ID from your applications page.
• Replace the 12345678 in this link: https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=12345678&scope=bot&permissions=66186303 with your Client ID.
• The link should now look like this: https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID_HERE&scope=bot&permissions=66186303
• Access that newly created link, pick your Discord server, click Authorize and confirm with the captcha at the end.
• The bot should have been added to your server.