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How it works

The Discord connector indexes all channels for all servers(guilds) mentioned.

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Setting up a Bot User

1

Open Discord developer portal

Login to your discord’s developer portal https://discord.com/developers/applications
2

Create application

Click on the “New Application” button.
3

Name and create

Give the application a name and click “Create”.
4

Configure Bot tab

Navigate to the “Bot” tab to configure it.
5

Public Bot option

Make sure that Public Bot is ticked if you want others to invite your bot.
6

Enable privileged intents

Under the Privileged Gateway Intents make sure MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT is checked.
7

Copy bot token

Copy the token using the “Copy” button. If you have lost your token, you can click on Reset Token.

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Inviting the Bot User to server(s)

So you’ve made a Bot User but it’s not actually in any server. To add the bot user in your server follow the steps:
1

Open application

Open your application at https://discord.com/developers/applications .
2

Open Installation tab

Head over to the Installation tab.
3

Enable Guild Install

Check the Guild Install under the Installation contexts.
4

Add bot scope

Add bot scope under the scopes for Guild Install.
5

Set minimum permissions

Under the permissions section for Guild Install, give these minimum permissions Manage Messages, Read Message History and View Channels.
6

Install bot with link

Use the Discord Provided Link to install the bot to the server(s) you want. Make sure you have Manager server permissions on that guild or server
7

Add bot to servers

Open the link in the browser and add the bot to your server(s)

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Indexing

1

Open Discord connector

Navigate to the Connector Dashboard and select the Discord Connector.
2

Enter Bot Token

Enter the Bot Token under credentials you fetched from Setting up a Bot User step 6.
3

Enter server IDs

Enter the server IDs. By default all channels of all servers/guilds in which the bot user is added will be indexed or processed.
4

Find server ID

To fetch server ID of a particular server, right click on the name of the server located on the top right corner and click on Copy Server ID
5

Enter channel names

Enter the channel names. By default all channel names under the server(s) from step 3 that the bot user has access to will be indexed or processed.
6

Find channel name

To get the channel name, hit on the settings icon next to the channel name. You will find the channel name in the Overview section
7

Optional Start Date

Optionally you can set a Start Date in the format of YYYY-MM-DD. Only messages after this date will be indexed or processed.