"Python + Discord = Great Bots!"
summary
Builds a dice-rolling Discord bot using the Pycord library and Discord slash commands, reading the bot token from environment variables, using async handlers with context.respond and await. It rolls any number of dice with any-sided dN support, offers ephemeral messages (whisper) and optional direct-message delivery, and runs locally or on hosts like Fly.io. Deployment notes include the 100-server app verification cutoff and sharding for thousands (use AutoShardedBot); sample code runs and demonstrates all features.
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chapters (24)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:02Alexs Background
- 3:44Agenda
- 4:57Tools Needed
- 6:22Dice
- 8:42Intents Scopes
- 10:13Discord History
- 13:01What We Want
- 13:59Sneak Peek
- 15:27Getting Started
- 16:34User Input
- 17:08Command Options
- 19:51Output
- 21:06Whisper
- 22:32User Whisper
- 23:04Direct Messages
- 23:39Code
- 25:45Installation
- 26:52Deployment
- 27:58Publish
- 28:33App Verification
- 29:30Privileged Intents
- 30:15Sharding
- 31:21Conclusion
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