Discord bot with Python

Create the application in Discord

Go to the Discord Developer Portal, click New Application, give it a name and confirm.

Get the bot token

Open the Bot tab and click Reset Token. Copy the token and keep it to yourself.

On the same page, under Privileged Gateway Intents, turn on Message Content Intent. Prefix commands need it.

Invite the bot to your Discord server

Open OAuth2 → URL Generator, tick the bot scope and the Send Messages and Read Message History permissions. Open the generated link and pick your server.

Prepare the project

On your computer, create a folder with three files.

discord.py>=2.4
python-dotenv>=1.0

import os
import discord
from discord.ext import commands
from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
load_dotenv()
 
intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.message_content = True
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!", intents=intents)
 
@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f"Logged in as {bot.user}")
 
@bot.command()
async def ping(ctx):
    await ctx.reply("Pong!")
 
bot.run(os.environ["DISCORD_TOKEN"])

DISCORD_TOKEN=paste_your_token_here

Upload the files to the panel

In the RHQ panel open the Files tab and upload requirements.txt, main.py and .env.

Set the main file and start

In the Startup tab set the main file to main.py, then click Start. Libraries install on the first start. When Console shows Logged in as ..., type !ping in Discord.