very simple lurkdis-like bot for discord.

bot.js

'use strict';

// set up the Discord client.
let Discord = require("discord.js");
let bot = new Discord.Client({ forceFetchUsers: true });

// this is not an api-compatible bot, so we must log 
// in as a regular user.  These are those credentials.
let botEmail      = "";
let botPasswd     = "";

let targetUserIDs = [
    "12341234",
    "23452345",
    "34563456"
];

// empty list of destination user objects.  we populate it 
// when the client says it is ready and the "ready" event 
// fires.
let targetUserObjects = [];

bot.on("ready", function () {
    // find the users who match the targetUserIDs and add 
    // them to an array of users to send messages to.
    for (let user of bot.users) {
        if (targetUserIDs.indexOf(user.id) !== -1) {
            targetUserObjects.push(user);
        }
    }

    // for sanity, print out the usernames & discriminator 
    // numbers of the users we're going to send to.
    for (let user of targetUserObjects) {
        console.log("Sending to: " + user.name + "#" + user.discriminator);
    }
});

// exit when disconnected so that forever.js can restart us promptly.
bot.on("disconnected", function () {
    console.log("Disconnected!");
    process.exit();
});

// if message is from an admin send it to the specified users.
bot.on("message", function(msg) {
    if (    msg.author.hasRole("09876") || // you'll have to find the IDs for the 
            msg.author.hasRole("98765") || // role(s) you want to rebroadcast 
            msg.author.hasRole("87654")) { // messages from.

        for (let targetUser of targetUserObjects) {
            bot.sendMessage(
                targetUser,
                "`"   + timeStamp() + " UTC"    + "` "  +
                " *"  + msg.channel.server.name + "* "  +
                "__#" + msg.channel.name        + "__ " +
                "**"  + msg.author.name         + "** " +
                msg.cleanContent
            );
        }
    }
});

// log in to Discord.
bot.login(botEmail, botPasswd).then(success).catch(err);

// show login success message when login is successful.
function success(token) {
    console.log("Connected!");
}

// show login failure message when login is unsuccessful.
function err(token) {
    console.log("Error: " + token);
}

// get a human readable date representing this instant.
function timeStamp() {
    let now = new Date();

    let date = [now.getMonth() + 1, now.getDate(), now.getFullYear()];
    let time = [now.getHours(), now.getMinutes(), now.getSeconds()];

    let suffix = (time[0] < 12) ? "AM" : "PM";

    time[0] = (time[0] < 12) ? time[0] : time[0] - 12;
    time[0] = time[0] || 12;

    for (let i = 1; i < 3; i++) {
        if (time[i] < 10) {
            time[i] = "0" + time[i];
        }
    }

    return date.join("/") + " " + time.join(":") + " " + suffix;
}