discord.js is a powerful Node.js module that allows you to easily interact with the Discord API.
- Object-oriented
- Predictable abstractions
- Performant
- 100% coverage of the Discord API
Node.js 16.9.0 or newer is required.
npm install discord.jsyarn add discord.jspnpm add discord.js- zlib-sync for WebSocket data compression and inflation (
npm install zlib-sync) - erlpack for significantly faster WebSocket data (de)serialisation (
npm install discord/erlpack) - bufferutil for a much faster WebSocket connection (
npm install bufferutil) - utf-8-validate in combination with
bufferutilfor much faster WebSocket processing (npm install utf-8-validate) - @discordjs/voice for interacting with the Discord Voice API (
npm install @discordjs/voice)
Install discord.js:
npm install discord.jsyarn add discord.jspnpm add discord.jsRegister a slash command against the Discord API:
const{REST, Routes }=require('discord.js');constcommands=[{name: 'ping',description: 'Replies with Pong!',},];constrest=newREST({version: '10'}).setToken(TOKEN);(async()=>{try{console.log('Started refreshing application (/) commands.');awaitrest.put(Routes.applicationCommands(CLIENT_ID),{body: commands});console.log('Successfully reloaded application (/) commands.');}catch(error){console.error(error);}})();Afterwards we can create a quite simple example bot:
const{ Client, GatewayIntentBits }=require('discord.js');constclient=newClient({intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds]});client.on('ready',()=>{console.log(`Logged in as ${client.user.tag}!`);});client.on('interactionCreate',async(interaction)=>{if(!interaction.isChatInputCommand())return;if(interaction.commandName==='ping'){awaitinteraction.reply('Pong!');}});client.login(TOKEN);- Website (source)
- Documentation
- Guide (source) See also the Update Guide, including updated and removed items in the library.
- discord.js Discord server
- Discord API Discord server
- GitHub
- npm
- Related libraries
Before creating an issue, please ensure that it hasn't already been reported/suggested, and double-check the
documentation.
See the contribution guide if you'd like to submit a PR.
If you don't understand something in the documentation, you are experiencing problems, or you just need a gentle nudge in the right direction, please don't hesitate to join our official discord.js Server.