This project is being archived and replaced with this Discord Bot Template 2 for better stability, performance and wider feature set.
This is a rather simple Discord bot built on node.js using the Discord.js api.
For starters you need Node.js and you'll want the current version. 8.0.0 or newer is required.
Once you're sure you have node.js open the folder all the files are located and shift + right click > Open command window here.
You'll then want to run the following command
npm install
Ignore any warnings about unmet peer dependencies, as they're all optional from Discord.js.
Rename config.example.json to config.json and inside it you'll want to replace the token in there with your bot token that you get from Discordapp Dev. If you don't already have an app in there, create one. then press the button to turn the app into a bot user. click to reveal your Token and paste that into the config.json Do NOT share this with anyone
While you're in there copy down your "Client ID", you'll need it later.
Next you'll want to put your owner ID in the config.json. to get that, enable Developer Mode in discord under Settings > Appearance > Advanced > Developer Mode. After that you can just right click your username and Copy ID.
Set whatever Prefix you'd like in there while you're at it. The prefix is the character you'll type before a command.
If all went well you should be able to run Normal Start.bat and see "Bot is online!" in the console window.
Remember that "Client ID" I asked you to write down for later, above? Well we're gonna use that now to generate an invite link for your bot.
You can use a Discord Permissions Calculator or just do what I do and give your bot all permissions by default using
https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=############&scope=bot&permissions=2146958591
Replace the ############ with your Client ID
Then going to the link will ask you what server you want the bot on. I think you can manage that part.
You might notice there's some files called PM2 Start.bat, PM2 Stop.bat and PM2 Console Log.bat. These are for using PM2 which is a package that keeps node programs running after they've crashed or something.
If you don't care about this, delete those 3 files. However if you do want to use this, open a command window again like before shift + right click > Open command window here. then type
npm install -g PM2
then instead of using Normal Start.bat you'll have to click PM2 Start.bat and to see the log click PM2 Console Log.bat. you can have all these windows closed and your bot will still be running in the background as long as it's powered. To stop you click PM2 Stop
Hopefully by now you have a working discord bot. Change up the code in index.js to add more functionality!
I don't exactly intend on helping everyone with any problems they have with this. if there's a bug i'll fix it but support is only available to the friends that I actually gave a link to this project to, Sorry. Check the Discord.js server above for discord.js related help and Google for all the JavaScript related help needs.