Creating a Discord Bot in Python (2025) | Episode 1: Setup & Basics

Looking to create a Discord Bot for your server? In Episode 1 of our 2025 series, "Creating a Discord Bot in Python," we walk you through the initial steps of setting up your bot with Discord and writing your first lines of code. This tutorial is perfect for beginners who want to dive into Discord bot development using Python in 2025.
🚀 In this episode, you will learn:
1. How to register your bot with Discord
2. How to set up the necessary libraries for Discord bot development
3. Writing your first few lines of code for your bot
📚 Resources:
Discord Developer Portal: / discord
Visual Studio Code: code.visualstu...
How to install Python on Windows: www.digitaloce...
How to install Python on Mac: macpaw.com/how...
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[@blouu9635]

i was just watching your old series and you posted a fresh one

[@James_S]

Should be similar for the first couple of episodes however then it will be different so you should hopefully be able to transfer your code across

[@jsmm2]

real

[@maltyhopperbrewing5513]

I found the original series and currently watching that and have joined the discord. Welcome back! A video on a killfeed bot that links into a remote server would be great.

[@James_S]

Thank you so much. Sure that sounds great thank you I’ll add that to the list of episodes for this series

[@maltyhopperbrewing5513]

@@James_S That would be amazing!

[@ZERO-OFFICIAL77]

And when we needed him the most, he returned

[@zawzszee]

welcome back old friend : D

[@James_S]

Thank you, glad to be back :)

[@iluk3606]

And when we needed him the most, he returned.

[@James_S]

Back for good 🔥

[@Wendover0]

i stumbled onto this while looking for videos on how to make a discord bot. this is really cool. thanks!!!

[@James_S]

Glad you liked it, thank you :))

[@milkywayish9315]

I am so happy that you're back!

[@James_S]

🔥I’m so glad to be back :))

[@MorollYTGaming]

keep up the good work! you earned a sub!

[@James_S]

Thank you so much

[@Yousttv]

you just earned a sub !!! keep going

[@James_S]

Thank you so much

[@CurrentlyStargazing_]

Having an issue with something simple.. When in terminal i typed python3 --version, It came up with "Python was not found; run without arguments to install from the Microsoft Store, or disable this shortcut from Settings > Manage App Execution Aliases." But I already have python installed. When i had gone into manage app execution alliances in settings.. All it did was complicate thigs further when I had disabled the shortcut. God I'm stuck and i have no clue what to do..

[@stupidredguy87]

use py

[@Ruelor]

When is your next episode released? Do you have a schedule set or just when you can?

[@James_S]

Next one should be coming out in the next day or two. The plan is to release one every week or two. When I get into the swing of things I’m hoping to release a video every Friday :)

[@SakulTheSlayer]

When's the next video? (btw, loved this video, worked flawlessly)

[@James_S]

Thank you and glad it worked. Next video should be coming out in the next day or two

[@SakulTheSlayer]

@@James_S Can't wait!

[@milkywayish9315]

HELL YEAH

[@aryandatla5188]

i get the following error when running the python script using Spyder: Error: asyncio.run() cannot be called from a running event loop e:\python\bot\main.py:30: RuntimeWarning: coroutine 'Client.run..runner' was never awaited print(f"Error: {e}") RuntimeWarning: Enable tracemalloc to get the object allocation traceback

[@zyek_17]

Nice video!

[@James_S]

Thanks

[@sheikhtsukki1190]

Bro can you teach us how to make a music bot?

[@James_S]

Yep sure, I plan to cover that a couple of episodes in

[@Shmzi]

Why The bot only work in the privete didnt work in the server ?

[@James_S]

This might be because of permissions for that specific server. Maybe the server doesn’t allow for bots with administrator permissions?

[@Shmzi]

​@@James_S I gave the bot administrator permission

[@teamkhaleesi3956]

How do you shutdown the bot properly?

[@James_S]

The best way to do it is in the terminal, pressing Ctrl-C. This will then stop the Python program from running

[@CanavaroTM]

I get an error at the end, when I run the bot by running ''main.py'' This is what the therminal says: ''discord.errors.LoginFailure: Improper token has been passed.''

[@tenchi2075]

Same let me know if there’s a fix for this

[@James_S]

This is most likely due to the token being passed not being valid for your bot. I’d recommend logging into the discord developer portal, going to the bot section, and regenerating a new token and then paste that into your code. Hopefully that should fix the problem

[@tenchi2075]

I finally found a solution, if the solution stated above doesnt work, then try debugging the code and for some reason the bot will start working, at least for mine.

[@CanavaroTM]

@@tenchi2075 how do I debug it? I’m pretty new to coding😂🥲

[@CanavaroTM]

@@tenchi2075 I've found another selution, Adding the discord tool extension, re-open the app and run it through prompt, works fine too!

[@stardark2619]

where were you from 1 year 😏

[@acrostorm1721]

Finally!

[@YSGaming01]

w

[@Amane-l4o]

How to make tool that'd DM all your friends in discord

[@James_S]

Sure, I’ll make sure to include an episode in this series about this

[@Amane-l4o]

@@James_S thanks mate

[@TheRythmMaster]

2025??????????? its literally 2024

[@Not-a-cow-mc]

its probably so that people will think its the most updated tutorial (which, it is) and therefore click on it instead of some outdated one that wont work