Discord Secret Message Bot

This bot allows server members to send anonymous messages to a designated channel via Direct Messages (DMs).

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✨ Features

• 📨 Anonymous Messaging — Users send a DM to the bot, and the bot posts it anonymously to the server, keeping the sender's identity a secret.
• ⚙️ Interactive Setup Panel — An admin-only /setup command that provides buttons, dropdowns, and modals for effortless configuration.
• 🔧 Fully Configurable — Set the destination channel and user cooldown duration.
• 🚫 Spam & Abuse Prevention — Features a configurable, per-user cooldown system and automatically blocks messages containing links or file attachments.
• 💾 Persistent Settings — Configurations are saved in a config.json file, so your settings are never lost on restart.
• 🎮 Bot Presence — Display "Receiving Secret Messages | DM me!". This status is set automatically when the bot starts.

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🚀 Setup & Installation

Follow the steps below to run this bot on your own server.

1. Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+ — Download here
• pip — Comes with Python
• Git — Download here

2. Create Bot & Get Required Info

Create a Discord Bot Application

1. Go to the Discord Developer Portal
2. Click "New Application", give it a name
3. Navigate to the "Bot" tab, click "Add Bot", then confirm

Obtain Bot Token

1. Still under the "Bot" tab, click "Reset Token" to get your bot token
2. Store it securely — Never share it publicly

Enable Privileged Intents

• Under the "Bot" tab, scroll to "Privileged Gateway Intents"

• Enable both:

  • PRESENCE INTENT
  • MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT

Invite the Bot to Your Server

1. Go to the "OAuth2" tab, then "URL Generator".

2. In the "SCOPES" section, check both bot and application.commands.

3. In the "BOT PERMISSIONS" section that appears, check the following permissions:

   • Send Messages

   • View Channels

4. Copy the generated URL at the bottom and open it in your browser to invite the bot to your server.

3. Clone the Repository

Open your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/AdityaLF/Discord-SecretMessage-Bot.git
cd Discord-SecretMessage-Bot

4. Install Dependencies

Navigate into the project folder in your terminal and install the required libraries.

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Set Up Your Environment File (.env)

Your secret bot token is stored in a .env file. A template file (.env.example) is provided to guide you.

1. Open the template file, .env.example
2. Fill it out by replacing bot_token_here with your actual bot token.
3. Save your changes, then rename the file from .env.example to .env

6. Run the Bot

After saving your changes and ensuring dependencies are installed, run the bot with:

python bot.py

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👤 Author

• GitHub: @AdityaLF
• Discord: @05.07am
• Support Me: ko-fi.com/adityaf

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.