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Discord Bot API
The Discord API lets bots send messages, manage servers and react to events – ideal for community automation and alerts.
- Provider
- Discord
- Pricing
- Free for bots; hosting costs separate
- Authentication
- Bot token
- API key
- Required
Get started
Start building with Discord
Create an account, get your API key and start integrating Discord Bot API.
Technical details
- Endpoint
https://discord.com/api/v10/channels/{channel.id}/messages- Authentication
- Bot token
- Rate limit
- Per-route rate limits with buckets
- SDKs
- JavaScriptPythoncURL
- Documentation
- Open official docs
Details
- Features
- Send and edit messagesSlash commandsServer and role managementGateway event streams
- Use case
- Community moderation, alerts and interactive bots