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Send messages to Discord using curl
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use_curl_to_send_discord_messages.md

This blog post shows how to create a token:

Enable developer mode:

  1. User Settings
  2. Advanced
  3. Enable Developer Mode

Get the channel id:

  1. Right click on a channel
  2. Select "copy id"

Make a request:

curl -H "Authorization: Bot $DISCORD_TOKEN" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -XPOST "https://discordapp.com/api/channels/$CHANNEL_ID/messages" -d '{"content": "hi"}'
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