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Discord Feed Bridge

Security (Read This)

Golden rule: Only give the bot access to channels you want to display publicly. Never allow the bot to view staff/private/ticket/log channels.

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Requirements

• Discord bot token

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Discord Bot Setup

1) Create a bot

Create a new application + bot in the Discord Developer Portal: https://discord.com/developers/applications?new_application=true

2) Invite the bot to your server

• The bot does not need special permissions

• Just ensure it can View Channel + Read Message History for the channels you want to expose

Invite Bot Screenshot

3) Enable Message Content Intent

Enable Message Content Intent so message text is available reliably:

Enable Message Content Intent Screenshot

4) Copy your bot token

Copy the token (marked as (1) in the screenshot above). Keep it secret.

5) Edit your scripts config:

Next, you just have to insert the Bot token in the server/discord_config.lua file! Here is how it looks:

local DiscordFeedConfig = {
    enabled = false,
    botToken = "YOUR_DISCORD_TOKEN",
    guildId = "1342863880879345716", -- optional, used to build message URLs/extra validation context
    cacheSeconds = 60,
    requestTimeoutMs = 10000,

    -- make sure the ids and channelIds match what config.js has!
    feeds = {
        { id = "news",   channelId = "1470413761406959732", limit = 25, enabled = true, showAvatars = true },
        { id = "devlog", channelId = "1464942754147598473", limit = 25, enabled = true, showAvatars = true },
        { id = "events", channelId = "1464942768223944725", limit = 15, enabled = true, showAvatars = true },
    }
}

Also make sure, that these feeds (channeld and id) match the feeds JSON block found in build/config.js

  feeds: [
    {
      id: "news",
      type: "discord",
      title: "News",
      subtitle: "Latest announcements",
      enabled: true,
      discord: {
        channelId: "1470413761406959732",
        pollMs: 1000 * 180, // how often to poll for new messages (unused)
        limit: 25,
        showAvatars: true,
      },
    },
    {
      id: "devlog",
      type: "discord",
      title: "Devlog",
      subtitle: "Development updates",
      enabled: true,
      discord: {
        channelId: "1464942754147598473",
        pollMs: 1000 * 180,
        limit: 25,
        showAvatars: true,
      },
    },
    {
      id: "events",
      type: "discord",
      title: "Events",
      subtitle: "Upcoming events",
      enabled: true,
      discord: {
        channelId: "1464942768223944725",
        pollMs: 1000 * 180,
        limit: 15,
        showAvatars: true,
      },
    },
  ],