A boilerplate for building Discord bots using TypeScript, Discord.js, and Node.js.

• Discord Bot Boilerplate
  • Table of Contents
  • Installation
  • Configuration
  • Usage
  • Project Structure
  • Commands and Events
    • Example Command (src/commands/exampleCommand.ts)
    • Example Event (src/events/ready.ts)
  • Contributing
  • License

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/DFanso/discord-bot-boilerplate.git
   cd discord-bot-boilerplate

2. Install the dependencies:

   yarn install

3. Compile the TypeScript code:

   yarn build

Create a config.json file in the src directory with the following structure:

{
  "token": "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN",
  "clientId": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID"
}

Replace YOUR_BOT_TOKEN and YOUR_CLIENT_ID with your actual Discord bot token and client ID.

Rename .env.example file to .env and add the MONGO_URI:

MONGO_URI=mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@cluster0.mongodb.net/<dbname>?retryWrites=true&w=majority

To start the bot, run:

yarn start

This will use nodemon to watch for file changes and automatically restart the bot.

discord-bot-boilerplate/
├── src/
│   ├── commands/
│   │   └── exampleCommand.ts
│   ├── events/
│   │   └── ready.ts
│   ├── services/
│   │   └── UserService.ts
|   ├── models/
│   │   └── user.ts
│   ├── dto/
│   │   └── UserDTO.ts
│   ├── utils/
|   |   └── deploy.ts
│   │   └── database.ts
│   ├── config.json
│   └── index.ts
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── nodemon.json

• commands/: Directory for command files.
• events/: Directory for event files.
• services/: Directory for additional services.
• dtos/: Directory for Data Transfer Objects.
• utils/: Directory for utility files, such as database connection.
• config.json: Configuration file containing the bot token and client ID.
• index.ts: Entry point of the bot.

• Commands are stored in the src/commands directory and must export a data property with command metadata and an execute function.
• Events are stored in the src/events directory and must export a name and execute function.

import { CommandInteraction } from 'discord.js';

module.exports = {
  data: {
    name: 'example',
    description: 'Example command'
  },
  async execute(interaction: CommandInteraction) {
    await interaction.reply('Hello from the example command!');
  }
};

import { Client } from 'discord.js';

module.exports = {
  name: 'ready',
  once: true,
  execute(client: Client) {
    console.log(`${client.user?.tag} is online!`);
  }
};

Contributions are welcome! Please create a pull request or open an issue to discuss your ideas.

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.