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Send messages to Discord using curl

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This blog post shows how to create a token:

https://blog.ruanbekker.com/blog/2022/05/05/create-a-discord-bot-in-python/

Enable developer mode:

User Settings
Advanced
Enable Developer Mode

Get the channel id:

Right click on a channel
Select "copy id"

Make a request:

curl -H "Authorization: Bot $DISCORD_TOKEN" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -XPOST "https://discordapp.com/api/channels/$CHANNEL_ID/messages" -d '{"content": "hi"}'