Discord Management

Discord server/channel management via REST API.

Prerequisites

export DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN="xxx"
export DISCORD_GUILD_ID="xxx"

Quick Reference

Get Channels

curl -H "Authorization: Bot $DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN" \
  "https://discord.com/api/v10/guilds/$DISCORD_GUILD_ID/channels"

Create Channel

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bot $DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "new-channel", "type": 0}' \
  "https://discord.com/api/v10/guilds/$DISCORD_GUILD_ID/channels"

Send Message

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bot $DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"content": "Hello!"}' \
  "https://discord.com/api/v10/channels/$CHANNEL_ID/messages"

Create Webhook

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bot $DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "My Webhook"}' \
  "https://discord.com/api/v10/channels/$CHANNEL_ID/webhooks"

Channel Types

Permissions

Common permission bits:

• VIEW_CHANNEL: 1024
• SEND_MESSAGES: 2048
• MANAGE_CHANNELS: 16

Rate Limits

• 50 requests/second per bot
• Use X-RateLimit-* headers to track

See references/api-endpoints.md for full API reference.