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-<img align="right" src="http://bwmarrin.github.io/discordgo/img/discordgo.png">
-Basic API Example
-====
-
-This example demonstrates how to utilize DiscordGo to connect to Discord 
-and print out all received chat messages.  
-
-This example uses the low-level REST API functions to connect to Discord.
-
-### Build
-
-This assumes you already have a working Go environment setup and that 
-DiscordGo is correctly installed on your system.
-
-```sh
-go build
-```
-
-### Usage
-
-You must authenticate using either an Authentication Token or both Email and 
-Password for an account.  Keep in mind official Bot accounts only support
-authenticating via Token.
-
-```
-./api_basic --help
-Usage of ./api_basic:
-  -e string
-        Account Email
-  -p string
-        Account Password
-  -t string
-        Account Token
-```
-
-The below example shows how to start the bot using an Email and Password for
-authentication.
-
-```sh
-./api_basic -e EmailHere -p PasswordHere
-```
diff --git a/examples/api_basic/main.go b/examples/api_basic/main.go
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-// This file provides a basic "quick start" example of using the Discordgo
-// package to connect to Discord using the low level API functions.
-package main
-
-import (
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo"
-)
-
-var (
-	Email    string
-	Password string
-	Token    string
-	BotID    string
-)
-
-func init() {
-
-	flag.StringVar(&Email, "e", "", "Account Email")
-	flag.StringVar(&Password, "p", "", "Account Password")
-	flag.StringVar(&Token, "t", "", "Account Token")
-	flag.Parse()
-}
-
-func main() {
-
-	// Create a new Discord Session struct and set a handler for the
-	dg := discordgo.Session{}
-
-	// Register messageCreate as a callback for the messageCreate events.
-	dg.AddHandler(messageCreate)
-
-	// If no Authentication Token was provided login using the
-	// provided Email and Password.
-	if Token == "" {
-		err := dg.Login(Email, Password)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("error logging into Discord,", err)
-			return
-		}
-	} else {
-		dg.Token = Token
-	}
-
-	// Open websocket connection to Discord
-	err := dg.Open()
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
-	}
-
-	fmt.Println("Bot is now running.  Press CTRL-C to exit.")
-	// Simple way to keep program running until CTRL-C is pressed.
-	<-make(chan struct{})
-	return
-}
-
-// This function will be called (due to AddHandler above) every time a new
-// message is created on any channel that the autenticated bot has access to.
-func messageCreate(s *discordgo.Session, m *discordgo.MessageCreate) {
-
-	// Print message to stdout.
-	fmt.Printf("%20s %20s %20s > %s\n", m.ChannelID, time.Now().Format(time.Stamp), m.Author.Username, m.Content)
-}