CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.js
Tso
Tso

Reputation: 21

Discord Bot, Why does it remain offline ? [Noob]

I've followed this tutorial.

I've got 3 files :

package.json

{
"name": "greeter-bot",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "My own Discord bot",
"main": "bot.js",
"author": "YOUR-NAME-HERE",
 "dependencies": {}
}

auth.json

{
   "token": "Abcde123blahblah"
}

bot.js

var Discord = require('discord.io');
var logger = require('winston');
var auth = require('./auth.json');
// Configure logger settings
logger.remove(logger.transports.Console);
logger.add(logger.transports.Console, {
    colorize: true
});
logger.level = 'debug';
// Initialize Discord Bot
var bot = new Discord.Client({
   token: auth.token,
   autorun: true
});
bot.on('ready', function (evt) {
    logger.info('Connected');
    logger.info('Logged in as: ');
    logger.info(bot.username + ' - (' + bot.id + ')');
});
bot.on('message', function (user, userID, channelID, message, evt) {
    // Our bot needs to know if it will execute a command
    // It will listen for messages that will start with `!`
    if (message.substring(0, 1) == '!') {
        var args = message.substring(1).split(' ');
        var cmd = args[0];

        args = args.splice(1);
        switch(cmd) {
        // !ping
            case 'ping':
                bot.sendMessage({
                    to: channelID,
                    message: 'Pong!'
                });
            break;
            // Just add any case commands if you want to..
         }
     }
});

Installed dependencies : 

npm install discord.io winston --save

Finally, using 

node bot.js

should run my bot, if I understand correctly. Sadly it remains offline on the server. Anything I missed ?

Thanks !

Upvotes: 1

Views: 19609

Answers (1)

Dan Oswalt
Dan Oswalt

Reputation: 2189

I think you missed this part of the tutorial where it shows you how to get your token in auth.json (under the auth.json section). 'YOUR-BOT-TOKEN' is not going to work.

-----> guide

EDIT: Also, the OP needed these additional dependencies to get the above code from the tutorial to work (see this github discussion):

npm install discord.io github:woor/discord.io#gateway_v6 winston --save

Upvotes: 4

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