Send a Discord message with a bot and handle rate limits

domain: discord.com · 4 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

Create app + bot, enable required intents (MESSAGE CONTENT is privileged)
Invite via OAuth URL with bot scope and permissions bitfield
POST /channels/{id}/messages with Authorization: Bot <token>
On 429 read retry_after from the JSON body and the X-RateLimit-Bucket headers

Known gotchas

Message Content intent must be enabled in BOTH the dev portal and your gateway identify, or content arrives empty
Global limit 50 req/s plus per-route buckets — respect X-RateLimit-Remaining per bucket
Bot tokens are invalidated when regenerated; webhooks are simpler for one-way posting

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