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.
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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.