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This commit adds an example on sending direct messages as it's a frequently asked question. The example sends a "Pong" response through DM when a user sends "ping" in any channel the bot has the permission to see. The example is simply adopted from the ping pong example. |
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DiscordGo Direct Message Ping Pong Example
This example demonstrates how to utilize DiscordGo to create a Ping Pong Bot that sends the response through Direct Message.
This Bot will respond to "ping" in any server it's in with "Pong!" in the sender's DM.
Join Discord Gophers Discord chat channel for support.
Build
This assumes you already have a working Go environment setup and that DiscordGo is correctly installed on your system.
From within the dm_pingpong example folder, run the below command to compile the example.
go build
Usage
This example uses bot tokens for authentication only. While user/password is supported by DiscordGo, it is not recommended for bots.
./dm_pingpong --help
Usage of ./dm_pingpong:
-t string
Bot Token
The below example shows how to start the bot
./dm_pingpong -t YOUR_BOT_TOKEN
Bot is now running. Press CTRL-C to exit.