discordgo/examples/api_basic

Basic API Example

This example demonstrates how to utilize DiscordGo to connect to Discord and print out all received chat messages.

This example uses the low-level REST API functions to connect to Discord.

Build

This assumes you already have a working Go environment setup and that DiscordGo is correctly installed on your system.

go build

Usage

You must authenticate using either an Authentication Token or both Email and Password for an account. Keep in mind official Bot accounts only support authenticating via Token.

./api_basic --help
Usage of ./api_basic:
  -e string
        Account Email
  -p string
        Account Password
  -t string
        Account Token

The below example shows how to start the bot using an Email and Password for authentication.

./api_basic -e EmailHere -p PasswordHere