[](https://discord.gg/bRCvFy9) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/discord.js) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/discord.js) [](https://travis-ci.org/hydrabolt/discord.js) [](https://david-dm.org/hydrabolt/discord.js) [](https://nodei.co/npm/discord.js/) discord.js is a powerful node.js module that allows you to interact with the [Discord API](https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/intro) very easily. ## Installation **Node.js 6.0.0 or newer is required.** Without voice support: `npm install discord.js --save` With voice support ([node-opus](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-opus)): `npm install discord.js node-opus --save` With voice support ([opusscript](https://www.npmjs.com/package/opusscript)): `npm install discord.js opusscript --save` If both audio packages are installed, discord.js will automatically choose node-opus. The preferred audio engine is node-opus, as it performs significantly better than opusscript. Using opusscript is only recommended for development on Windows, since getting node-opus to build there can be a bit of a challenge. For production bots, using node-opus should be considered a necessity, especially if they're going to be running on multiple servers. ## Example Usage ```js const Discord = require('discord.js'); const client = new Discord.Client(); client.on('ready', () => { console.log('I am ready!'); }); client.on('message', message => { if (message.content === 'ping') { message.reply('pong'); } }); client.login('your token'); ``` A bot template using discord.js can be generated using [generator-discordbot](https://www.npmjs.com/package/generator-discordbot). ## Links * [Website](http://hydrabolt.github.io/discord.js/) * [Discord.js server](https://discord.gg/bRCvFy9) * [Discord API server](https://discord.gg/rV4BwdK) * [Documentation](http://hydrabolt.github.io/discord.js/#!/docs/tag/master) * [Legacy (v8) documentation](http://discordjs.readthedocs.io/en/8.2.0/docs_client.html) * [Examples](https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js/tree/master/docs/custom/examples) * [GitHub](https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js) * [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/discord.js) * [Related libraries](https://discordapi.com/unofficial/libs.html) ## Contributing Before creating an issue, please ensure that it hasn't already been reported/suggested, and double-check the [documentation](http://hydrabolt.github.io/discord.js/#!/docs/tag/master). See [the contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) if you'd like to submit a PR. ## Help If you don't understand something in the documentation, you are experiencing problems, or you just need a gentle nudge in the right direction, please don't hesitate to join our official [Discord.js Server](https://discord.gg/bRCvFy9).