yt-discord-bot

A TypeScript bot to post new videos from Youtube channels to a Discord channel.

Dependencies

• discordjs
• dotenv
• fs
• node-fetch
• typescript

To install:

npm install

How to launch

npm run build
npm run start

Configuration

The project have 3 files needed to work.

Config

You need to create a file named config.json. A template file named example.config.json is available so you can know how to write it. For every Youtube channel, you need to get his id. For that you can search on the internet to find it.

Since each Youtube API call search cost 100 credits you need to be carefull no to excedeed it (channels x schedule).

Database

When the app finds new videos, it write the last video url to a file named database.json. You should create it if you haven't.

Example

{"channels":[{"id":"UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ","latestVideo":""}]}

Env

In a .env you have to fill you Discord token and Youtube API key.

License

yt-discord-bot is free and open source under the MIT license.