discord-bot-lib

discord-bot-lib

A basic discord bot lib for node.js but the library doesn't cache discord objects.

Installation

$ npm install discord-bot-lib

Key points

• Simple command handler.
• Simple handler for slash commands.
• This lib does NOT cache external discord objects.
• This lib does NOT support voice (sorry music bots)
• This lib gives you full control on how you cache discord data.
• This lib gives you full control on how you handle discord gateway events.
• Really customizable.

Links and Sections

• GitHub Repository
• Simple Bot Example
• Documentation
  • Getting Started
  • Bot
  • Assigning a basic/slash Command
  • Basic Context
  • Interaction Context
  • HTTP Exceptions
  • Requesting directly to the Discord API
  • Creating your own caching system
• Examples
  • Simple avatar command
  • Working with buttons
  • Integrating with node-canvas
  • Adding a cooldown to a command
  • Deleting a message
  • DMing the message author
  • Editing a message
  • Creating a message embed
  • Handling HTTP exceptions
  • Creating a select menu
  • Creating an advanced server info command
  • Creating an advanced user info command
  • Waiting for a message response

Simple Bot Example

// require the lib
const Client = require('discord-bot-lib');

// create the client
const bot = new Client({
    token: "Discord Token",
    prefix: "/"
});

bot.addEventListener('ready', data => {
    console.log(`The bot is ready! Serving ${data.guilds.length} guilds.`);
});

bot.addEventListener('error', async (ctx, err) => {
    await ctx.send(`Whoopsies! The bot did an oopsie woopsie!\n\`${err}\``);
});

bot.addEventListener('close', () => console.log("Goodbye, world! :c"));

// simple command handler example
bot.command({
    name: "ping",
    aliases: ["pong"],
    run: async (ctx) => {
        return await ctx.send('Pong');
    }
});

// run the bot
bot.run();