Reportbot

Discord bot that allows Discord users to report messages using a context menu command.

Installation

• Create a discord bot here: https://discord.com/developers/applications
• Take a note of the discord bot token and the application's client ID
• git clone https://github.com/Jykinturah/reportbot.git
• cd reportbot
• npm install
• cp config.json.sample config.json
• Edit the config.json file with your credentials and other information.
• node deploy_commands.js
• node index.js
• The bot is now running.

Using PM2

• PM2 can be used to run the process in the background.
• npm install pm2@latest -g
• pm2 startup
• Follow the onscreen instructions to enable pm2 autostart on reboot.
• pm2 start index.js --name reportbot
• pm2 save
• pm2 status
• reportbot should be running now.

How it works

1. Users can right click or long press on a message in discord to bring up the context menu.
2. Within the context menu under apps, there is the report command.
3. The bot will send the message to the configured reportChannelID in config.json and notify everyone in that channel with @here.
4. The user will see an ephemeral message only they can see that confirms their report.

Notes

With the new Intents that Discord requires, this bot needs access to GUILD, GUILD_MESSAGES, and most critically MESSAGE_CONTENT. The Message Content Intent must be enabled in the bot application configuration in the Discord Developers Portal. It can be found under your application > Bot > Privileged Gateway Intents.

Planned features

• An additional report command that supports a Modal so that users can add their own notes to a report if desired.