discord-cli-node

discord-cli-node

This is a discord client written is node.js for the CLI. It allows you to send and read messages from a discord server.

Current limitations

• No access to DMs
• No access to servers you can't add a bot too
• Can't change settings or view users in the server
• Must be behind a discord bot

Usage

You can follow ##Installation to download and install this project or use the npx package (npx discord-cli-node)

This project was created to help with development where it can be annoying to change windows just to try talking to a command. This can be used to send/read messages.

Commands in CLI

• !q, !e, !quit, !exit To exit the chat
• !p, !ping To ping a user, you will be prompted for a user to ping (hit enter to autocomplete) and a message to send after the ping

Features

• Read the last 50 messages sent in server
• Send messages
• View the time a message was sent, the user who sent it, and the message that was sent
• Ping Server members (has autocomplete to help quickly finish names)

Installation

• Make sure node v20+, yarn and git is installed on your computer

• Download and open the folder

  git clone https://github.com/kozmiknano/discord-cli-node
  cd discord-cli-node
  

• Install the deps

  yarn
  

• Now you can get a discord bot token and do one of two things

  • Just start the program (yarn start) and paste your token in
  • Or, create a .env file and create a variable like so:

  DISCORDTOKEN=yourdiscordtokenhere
  

  Then run the program (yarn start)