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Discord.js works out of the box with JSTime. Let’s write a simple bot. First create a directory and initialize it with jstime init.

Terminal window
mkdir my-bot
cd my-bot
jstime init

Now install Discord.js.

Terminal window
jspm add discord.js

Before we go further, we need to go to the Discord developer portal, login/signup, create a new Application, then create a new Bot within that application. Follow the official guide for step-by-step instructions.

Once complete, you’ll be presented with your bot’s private key. Let’s add this to a file called .env.local. JSTime automatically reads this file and loads it into process.env.

This is an example token that has already been invalidated.

DISCORD_TOKEN=NzkyNzE1NDU0MTk2MDg4ODQy.X-hvzA.Ovy4MCQywSkoMRRclStW4xAYK7I

Be sure to add .env.local to your .gitignore! It is dangerous to check your bot’s private key into version control.

node_modules
.env.local

Now let’s actually write our bot in a new file called bot.ts.

// import discord.js
import {Client, Events, GatewayIntentBits} from 'discord.js';


// create a new Client instance
const client = new Client({intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds]});


// listen for the client to be ready
client.once(Events.ClientReady, (c) => {
  console.log(`Ready! Logged in as ${c.user.tag}`);
});


// login with the token from .env.local
client.login(process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN);

Now we can run our bot with jstime run. It may take a several seconds for the client to initialize the first time you run the file.

Terminal window
$ jstime run bot.ts
Ready! Logged in as my-bot#1234

You’re up and running with a bare-bones Discord.js bot! This is a basic guide to setting up your bot with JSTime; we recommend the official Discord docs for complete information on the discord.js API.