Twitter Discord Bot Setup Guide

Step 1: Create a Discord Bot

1. Go to the Discord Developer Portal
2. Click "New Application" and name your bot
3. Go to the "Bot" tab
4. Under the Token section:
   • Click "Reset Token" if not yet generated
   • Click "Copy" to get your bot token (you'll add this to the .env file)
5. Scroll down and enable "Message Content Intent" under Privileged Gateway Intents
6. Go to the "OAuth2" tab:
   • Select "bot" under scopes
   • For permissions, select:
     • Embed Links
     • Read Messages/View Channels
     • Send Messages
7. Use the generated URL to add the bot to your server

Step 2: Get Twitter API Access

1. Sign up for a Twitter Developer account at developer.twitter.com
2. Create a new project and app
3. Generate API keys and tokens
4. Find your Twitter user ID:
   • Use a tool like tweeterid.com
   • Or run the script:

     node getTwitterUserId.js

Step 3: Set Up Your Bot

1. Create a new folder for your project

2. Install required packages:

   npm init -y
   npm install discord.js twitter-api-v2 dotenv

3. Get Discord Channel ID

   🛠️ Enable Developer Mode

   • Open Discord
   • Go to User Settings (⚙️ gear icon next to your username)
   • Scroll down to Advanced
   • Enable Developer Mode

   🔍 Find the Channel ID

   • Right-click on the channel where you want to post tweets
   • Click "Copy Channel ID"
   • Paste it into your .env file

4. Create a .env file and add your credentials:

   DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID=your_discord_channel_id
   DISCORD_TOKEN=your_discord_bot_token
   TWITTER_USERNAME=your_twitter_username
   TWITTER_USER_ID=your_twitter_user_id
   TWITTER_API_KEY=your_twitter_api_key
   TWITTER_API_SECRET=your_twitter_api_secret
   TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_twitter_access_token
   TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET=your_twitter_access_secret

Step 5: Run Your Bot

node index.js

Additional Notes

• Keep your .env file secure and never share your tokens
• Make sure to add .env to your .gitignore file
• The bot requires Node.js version 16.0.0 or higher
• https://railway.com is a great place to host your bot for free