Discord RSS Bot

A Discord bot that reads messages from a channel, stores them in SQLite, and serves them as an RSS feed.

Setup

1. Create a Discord Bot

1. Go to Discord Developer Portal
2. Click "New Application" and give it a name
3. Go to the "Bot" section and click "Add Bot"
4. Copy the bot token
5. Under "Privileged Gateway Intents", enable:
   • Server Members Intent
   • Message Content Intent
6. Go to "OAuth2" > "URL Generator"
7. Select scopes: bot
8. Select bot permissions: Read Messages/View Channels, Send Messages
9. Use the generated URL to invite the bot to your server

2. Configure Environment

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env and add:

• DISCORD_TOKEN - Your bot token
• DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID - The channel ID to monitor (enable Developer Mode in Discord to copy channel IDs)

3. Install Dependencies

npm install

4. Run

npm start

Usage

RSS Feed

Access the RSS feed at:

http://localhost:3000/rss/{channel_id}

Or with a custom limit:

http://localhost:3000/rss/{channel_id}?limit=20

List Available Channels

GET http://localhost:3000/rss/

Manually Trigger Fetch

POST http://localhost:3000/fetch/{channel_id}

API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/rss	List all channels with messages
GET	/rss/:channelId	Get RSS feed for a channel
GET	/rss/:channelId?limit=N	Get RSS feed with N messages
POST	/fetch/:channelId	Trigger message fetch
GET	/health	Health check

Configuration

Variable	Default	Description
DISCORD_TOKEN	-	Discord bot token
DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID	-	Channel to monitor
PORT	3000	Server port
BASE_URL	http://localhost:3000	Base URL for RSS links
FETCH_INTERVAL_MS	300000	Auto-fetch interval (5 min)

Database

Messages are stored in data/messages.db (SQLite). The database is created automatically on first run.