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discord.py
how to make a discord bot with python and host it 24/7 for free
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I'm Mara Hart!

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Why a Discord Bot?

Shifting demographics on Discord
Ease of automation
People pay $$$
Quick and easy set up
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Create a Test Server
1 3

SET 2

UP 4
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Create a Developer Account
https://discord.com/developers/applications

SET 1. Create a New Application

2. Sidebar > Bot > Add a New Bot
3. Sidebar > OAuth2 > Give Permissions > Bot > Administrator

UP
a. Admin is a strong permission to give a bot, but allows you
to do a lot and bypass a lot of private channels. A lot of
Discord bots will ask for Admin, but if you want, you can
limit permissions in your future bots!
4. Copy the link generated
5. Go to the link and add the bot to your new test server!
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LET'S GET replit.com

CODING
create a Python replit
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Shhh...
Create a secret variable
for your bot token
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main.py
import discord
import os

bot = discord.Client()

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
print('We have logged in as {0.user}'.format(bot))

@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
if message.author == bot.user:
return
if message.content.startswith('$hello'):
await message.channel.send('Hello!')

bot.run(os.environ['TOKEN'])
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main.py
...
@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
...
if message.content.startswith('$echo'):
await message.channel.send(message.content[5:])

...
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main.py
...
@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
...
if message.content.startswith('$hi'):
if len(message.mentions) != 0:
await message.channel.send("Hey, <@" + message.author.id +
"> !")
else:
for mention in message.mentions:
await message.channel.send("Hey, <@" + mention.id + "> !")

...
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main.py
...
@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
...
if message.content.startswith('$channel'):
channel_name = message.content[8:]
await message.channel.category.create_text_channel(channel_name)

...
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stay_awake.py

from flask import Flask

from threading import Thread
# code from FreeCodeCamp
app = Flask("")

@app.route('/')
def home():
return "Hey, I'm awake!"

def run():
app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=8080)

def stay_awake():
t = Thread(target=run)
t.start()
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main.py

import discord
import os
from stay_awake import stay_awake

stay_awake()

bot = discord.Client()

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
print('We have logged in as {0.user}'.format(bot))

...
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