Creating a Discord Bot in Python 3.9 Tutorial (Fast & Easy)

In this video I'll be showing you how you can create a very easy Discord Chat Bot that can do cool things on your Server using Python.

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00:00 Intro
01:08 Discord Developer Portal
04:39 Adding the Bot to the server
06:16 Adding responses
11:16 Running the Bot

[Indently]

I've noticed that they had a recent update in Discord. If your code is missing intents, try creating some:

intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.message_content = True
client =

Also remember to go on the developer website and under the "BOT" section you can toggle a new "MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT" switch.

For the 2024 version + source code:

[masonburke]

For all of you that actually want to make a discord bot, this is the only one i could find that actually helps :)

[thomasburns]

With the changes you need to fix client= - Here's the change: client =

[felipezak]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! this tutorial was very short compared to all the others, and it set me up with a fully functional bot! can't wait to add more to it! 🙌

[Lordecai]

Ok I have put this in my watch later, hopefully I learn. Thanks bro!!!!

[xyiqjts]

I can’t thank you enough for saving my ass in frustration of not me being able to solve my one error. I got butterflies when I finally got it, it almost made me feel sick lmao. Again, Thank you!

[abe]

for anyone watching during or after 2022, at 3:28 they changed it so you have to click the tab on the side under OAuth2 where it says 'URL generator'

[dwindra]

Thanks! Your tutorial is really easy to understand

[battypompano]

Thanks, this was a very well done tutorial. I am currently adding to the base program, and running it on my raspberry pi.

[sashuponnaganti]

The bot is not responding on the server.

[fredithefish]

In my terminal where i run the bot it do not print the message :/

FrediTheFish: (lulu-chat)
FrediTheFish: (lulu-chat)
FrediTheFish: (lulu-chat)

[lifeassasingaming]

Great video! Short and easy to understand very useful.

[lkingsley]

Thank you so much for this video, Can there please be more content about this in the future?

[Vix]

This is really helpful, straight to the point, and very very helpful. Thank you very much!!!!

[zaknd]

I did everything in this video and it runs in the terminal fine, but for some reason the bot is not responding on the server, help?

[musicianintraining]

I noticed you did all that unnecessary split stuff. I believe you can just do message.author.name

[franzrelleck]

To anyone running into a very long SSL Certificate Error on mac, what fixed it for me was going to Application/Python/ and using the Install Certificates Command.

[twan]

thanks man really help full as a new biginner

[leosan]

this guy made the exact bot I needed tysm new sub

[schoki]

When I type pip install discord it gives me a warning instead of the text