Boilerplate for discord bot with python/discord.py

config.json

{
    "prefix"          : "::",
    "token"           :  "get your token from discord"
}

skeleton.py

# Bot boilerplate with discord.py (legacy, not rewrite)

import discord # install discord.py before hand
import asyncio
import json
import logging

# Uncommment this for voice support
#discord.opus.load_opus('/usr/lib/libopus.so.0.6.1')

# Create the file named config.json
# and add the necessary info in it
# and place it in the same directory as this file
config = dict()
try:
    with open ('config.json') as con_file:
        config = json.load (con_file)
except:
    print('Uh oh!')
    exit(42)

logging.basicConfig (level = logging.INFO)

Bot = discord.Client()

@Bot.event
async def on_ready ():
    print('Ready.')

@Bot.event
async def on_message (message):
    pass

Bot.run (config['token'])