Glitch Discord Bot Starter Kit

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Welcome to our interactive Discord Bot install guide!

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Create your Discord application

Complete these at the Discord Developer Portal

Login to the My Applications section of the Discord Developer Portal Click "New Application" to create an application Click on "Bot" on the sidebar to go to the "Bot" settings page Click the "Add bot" button on the "Bot" settings page You should see a "token" section. Click "copy" to copy the Discord Bot Token

Discord tokens

Warning!

A token is a secret password
It can be used to hack your bot!

Yikes so how do I keep it secure?

Only put it in one place! That's the .env file!

Your .env file might look complicated, but basically the format is to put your secret token after the "=". Don't add any extra spaces because that can cause errors. So let's say your Discord Bot token is PASSWORD123. Then your .env would look like:

              
                GLITCH_DEBUGGER=
                # Environment Config

                # store your secrets and config variables in here
                # only invited collaborators will be able to see your .env values

                # reference these in your code with process.env.SECRET

                DISCORD_TOKEN=PASSWORD123
                # note: .env is a shell file so there can't be spaces around =
                utm_source=starter-botkit-discord
                utm_medium=button
                utm_campaign=glitchButton

Click here to go to your .env file

Go to your .env file Copy your Discord Bot Token next to "DISCORD_TOKEN="

Info

You don't want to put tokens in server.js because by default in Glitch anyone can see that file. And if you copy the project, it will copy the file with the secure token. Yikes!

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Test your install

Click the button to see if your .env is set up right!

Looks like your token is working! Click the refresh button to refresh the page and see further steps for building your bot:

Oops look's like there might be something wrong with your .env file. Check it out and then try again.

Common issues

Spaces between = and the token
Spaces after the token
Missing your Discord Bot token

the good news is you have a good .env file the bad news is it doesn't recognize your token. Head to the Discord Developer Portal to make sure you have the right one

OK so this is awkward...but it appears this project is living on a banned host. Please post the name of this Glitch app here this support forum thread and we'll fix it asap!