Tutorial

1. Export a channel to .json

• Download DiscordChatExporter
• Use DiscordChatExporter to export a channel to .json format:
  

2. Create the bot

• Go to: https://discord.com/developers/applications
• Click "New Application" on the top-right.

• Give it a name and press Create
• On the left panel, click Bot

• Click Add Bot
• Copy the Token, you'll need this for later steps. (If you don't see a token, click "Reset")

• Turn on Message Content Intent so it can read messages.

• On the left panel again, click 'URL Generator' under OAuth2

• Under Scopes, check Bot

• Under Bot Permissions, check Read Messages/View Channels, Send Messages, Manage Messages, Embed Links, Attach Files, Read Message History

• Copy the URL generated under Scopes and paste it into your browser

• Select the server you want the bot in

WARNING: DO NOT try to use the bot in multiple servers at once as it was designed to only support 1. Create more bots if you have to.

3. Download .NET 6

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0

4. Start the bot

• Download the executable
• Open the command line
• Run the executable with the argument as the token:
  Windows

  "C:\Users\Joe\Downloads\Discord-Channel-Importer.exe" "MQENWQKNQWKRNWQRQOWR.WQEOJQWEODN3AKDNAKNXeIA"
  Linux

  "/home/Joe/Downloads/Discord-Channel-Importer" "MQENWQKNQWKRNWQRQOWR.WQEOJQWEODN3AKDNAKNXeIA"

5. Import the .json

• Upload the .json you exported with DiscordChatExporter to a URL that will display its raw text:

  Dropbox

  If you upload a file to dropbox, there will be a "Copy Link" button. Simply add &raw=1 to the end.

  https://www.dropbox.com/s/c5rvkp/Ethorbit%27s%20server62220422552%5D.json?dl=0&raw=1
  

• Inside the Discord server, type: !importer import (replace with url) #channel

If this doesn't work, you can get the channel ID and use that instead of the name: !importer import (replace with url) <#channel id here>

For more info, see: Commands