## About discord.js is a powerful [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) module that allows you to easily interact with the [Discord API](https://discord.com/developers/docs/intro). - Object-oriented - Predictable abstractions - Performant - 100% coverage of the Discord API ## Installation **Node.js 16.6.0 or newer is required.** ```sh-session npm install discord.js yarn add discord.js pnpm add discord.js ``` ### Optional packages - [zlib-sync](https://www.npmjs.com/package/zlib-sync) for WebSocket data compression and inflation (`npm install zlib-sync`) - [erlpack](https://github.com/discord/erlpack) for significantly faster WebSocket data (de)serialisation (`npm install discord/erlpack`) - [bufferutil](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bufferutil) for a much faster WebSocket connection (`npm install bufferutil`) - [utf-8-validate](https://www.npmjs.com/package/utf-8-validate) in combination with `bufferutil` for much faster WebSocket processing (`npm install utf-8-validate`) - [@discordjs/voice](https://github.com/discordjs/voice) for interacting with the Discord Voice API (`npm install @discordjs/voice`) ## Example usage Install all required dependencies: ```sh-session npm install discord.js @discordjs/rest discord-api-types yarn add discord.js @discordjs/rest discord-api-types pnpm add discord.js @discordjs/rest discord-api-types ``` Register a slash command against the Discord API: ```js const { REST } = require('@discordjs/rest'); const { Routes } = require('discord-api-types/v9'); const commands = [{ name: 'ping', description: 'Replies with Pong!' }]; const rest = new REST({ version: '9' }).setToken('token'); (async () => { try { console.log('Started refreshing application (/) commands.'); await rest.put( Routes.applicationGuildCommands(CLIENT_ID, GUILD_ID), { body: commands }, ); console.log('Successfully reloaded application (/) commands.'); } catch (error) { console.error(error); } })(); ``` Afterwards we can create a quite simple example bot: ```js const { Client, Intents } = require('discord.js'); const client = new Client({ intents: [Intents.FLAGS.GUILDS] }); client.on('ready', () => { console.log(`Logged in as ${client.user.tag}!`); }); client.on('interactionCreate', async interaction => { if (!interaction.isCommand()) return; if (interaction.commandName === 'ping') { await interaction.reply('Pong!'); } }); client.login('token'); ``` ## Links - [Website](https://discord.js.org/) ([source](https://github.com/discordjs/website)) - [Documentation](https://discord.js.org/#/docs) - [Guide](https://discordjs.guide/) ([source](https://github.com/discordjs/guide)) See also the [Update Guide](https://discordjs.guide/additional-info/changes-in-v13.html), including updated and removed items in the library. - [discord.js Discord server](https://discord.gg/djs) - [Discord API Discord server](https://discord.gg/discord-api) - [GitHub](https://github.com/discordjs/discord.js) - [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/discord.js) - [Related libraries](https://discord.com/developers/docs/topics/community-resources#libraries) ### Extensions - [RPC](https://www.npmjs.com/package/discord-rpc) ([source](https://github.com/discordjs/RPC)) ## Contributing Before creating an issue, please ensure that it hasn't already been reported/suggested, and double-check the [documentation](https://discord.js.org/#/docs). See [the contribution guide](https://github.com/discordjs/discord.js/blob/main/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) if you'd like to submit a PR. ## Help If you don't understand something in the documentation, you are experiencing problems, or you just need a gentle nudge in the right direction, please don't hesitate to join our official [discord.js Server](https://discord.gg/djs).