sends messages to a discord channel using a bot via http POST

discord-bot-post-message.py

# post a message to discord api via a bot
# bot must be added to the server and have write access to the channel
# you may need to connect with a websocket the first time you run the bot
#   use a library like discord.py to do so
import requests
import json

channelID = "your_id_goes_here" # enable dev mode on discord, right-click on the channel, copy ID
botToken = "your_token_here"    # get from the bot page. must be a bot, not a discord app

baseURL = "https://discordapp.com/api/channels/{}/messages".format(channelID)
headers = { "Authorization":"Bot {}".format(botToken),
            "User-Agent":"myBotThing (http://some.url, v0.1)",
            "Content-Type":"application/json", }

message = "hello world"

POSTedJSON =  json.dumps ( {"content":message} )

r = requests.post(baseURL, headers = headers, data = POSTedJSON)

May I know how to send embedded message from JSON? What to put in the content? Can you help me up?

https://anidiotsguide.gitbooks.io/discord-js-bot-guide/examples/using-embeds-in-messages.html

also wondering how this script can be changed to send an image instead

Cool, nice gist, but I have an error {"code": 40001, "message": "Unauthorized"}.
I've added bot to the server and set premissions to send messages.
Do you know how to fix it without using any libraries?

@MxShift you need to connect to the API via a gateway before it will let you send messages, it says:

Before using this endpoint, you must connect to and identify with a gateway at least once.

These links should help
https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/topics/gateway#gateways
https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/topics/gateway#get-gateway

@40163650 Thanks. I found that webhooks is easier solution for just sending messages.

import json
import requests


def sendToDiscord(webhook_url, message):
    """
    Post a message to discord API via a Webhook.
    """
    payload = {
        "content": message
    }
    headers = {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    }
    response = requests.post(webhook_url, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers)
    return response

@p0nt using webhook, images can be send just by adding url to image to payload

payload = {
  "content": message,
  "embeds": [
    {
      "image": {
        "url": image_url
      }
    }
  ]
}

Also full possible structure of webhook message you can find here.

Is it possible to use email and password instead of token?

I keep getting a 405 Method Not Allowed...

this is such an expensive code displayed humbly

Can someone do the same with node.js ?

How to read messages on a date from a channel?. Could someone post a sample get request using a webhook? Sorry newbie here

Can someone do the same with node.js ?

please use Axios. its the same.

May I know how to send embedded message from JSON? What to put in the content? Can you help me up?

https://anidiotsguide.gitbooks.io/discord-js-bot-guide/examples/using-embeds-in-messages.html

Maybe this will be useful
https://leovoel.github.io/embed-visualizer/

How to add role or remove ?

Bot token must be specified with a bot in the beginning of the string. Example: Authorization: Bot MTk4NjIyNDgzNDcxOTI1MjQ4.Cl2FMQ.ZnCjm1XVW7vRze4b7Cq4se7kKWs

How to send with this some commands with slash '/'?

nice and simple, perfect.

I'm just getting 405 method forbidden using Postman

Nvm I had forgotten the last part of the endpoint