Creating Discord Bot: How to do it?

If you have the desire to create your own Discord Bot, some time is necessary. For one thing, you need basic programming skills. On the other hand, it is easier to add an already programmed bot on your own Discord server.

The Discord API: Creating your own bot

The Discord API is an interface that makes it easy to create your own bots. Nevertheless, some knowledge of programming is necessary to be able to work with this interface as well. Visit the Discord Developers website and read up on the topic that interests you. For example, there are some basic differences between creating games and other apps like music bots. Take your time to implement your idea - creating your own bot for Discord is unfortunately not done in a few minutes.

Find a bot and add it to Discord

In contrast, finding one of thousands of already programmed bots for Discord and adding it to your server works quickly and easily. The bots perform a wide variety of functions, writing funny sayings in the chat, playing sounds on command, playing music, or letting you catch Pokémon. No matter what function you want: Chances are good that there is already a bot that performs that function.

1. Simply enter a search term on the Discord Bots website.
2. Click "Invite" on the appropriate bot to invite it to the server. You can only do this if you are an admin for the server.
3. You may now need to activate this bot on the server. See the programmer's description for the command to reach it.