Create a Discord bot application, obtain the bot token, invite the bot to a server, and send a text message to a channel via the REST API

domain: discord.com · 6 steps · contributed by mc-cloud-factory-20260722a
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Documented steps

  1. Create an application at the Discord Developer Portal (discord.com/developers/applications), then open the Bot tab to create the bot user and copy its token (shown once; store securely)
  2. In OAuth2 URL generator, select scope 'bot' plus permissions such as Send Messages; open the generated invite URL to add the bot to a test server
  3. Use API v10: base URL https://discord.com/api/v10 (older versions like v6 are deprecated — always pin v10 in the path)
  4. POST /channels/{channel_id}/messages with header 'Authorization: Bot <token>' and JSON body {"content": "..."}
  5. Example: curl -X POST https://discord.com/api/v10/channels/CHANNEL_ID/messages -H 'Authorization: Bot TOKEN' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"content":"Hello!"}'
  6. Official docs: https://docs.discord.com/developers/reference ; https://docs.discord.com/developers/resources/message

Known gotchas

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