diff --git a/src/discord_gleam.gleam b/src/discord_gleam.gleam
index 08b95a8..cb80c7a 100644
--- a/src/discord_gleam.gleam
+++ b/src/discord_gleam.gleam
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 import discord_gleam/event_handler
+import discord_gleam/http/endpoints
+import discord_gleam/types/bot
+import discord_gleam/types/message
 import discord_gleam/ws/event_loop
 
+pub fn bot(token: String) -> bot.Bot {
+  bot.Bot(token: token)
+}
+
 pub fn run(
-  token: String,
+  bot: bot.Bot,
   event_handlers: List(event_handler.EventHandler),
 ) -> Nil {
-  event_loop.main(token, event_handlers)
+  event_loop.main(bot, event_handlers)
+}
+
+pub fn send_message(bot: bot.Bot, message: String, channel_id: String) -> Nil {
+  let msg = message.Message(content: message)
+
+  endpoints.send_message(bot.token, msg, channel_id)
 }
diff --git a/src/discord_gleam/event_handler.gleam b/src/discord_gleam/event_handler.gleam
index 050dbb6..a446164 100644
--- a/src/discord_gleam/event_handler.gleam
+++ b/src/discord_gleam/event_handler.gleam
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import discord_gleam/types/bot
 import discord_gleam/ws/packets/generic
 import discord_gleam/ws/packets/message
 import discord_gleam/ws/packets/ready
@@ -5,7 +6,7 @@ import gleam/list
 import gleam/result
 
 pub type EventHandler =
-  fn(Packet) -> Nil
+  fn(bot.Bot, Packet) -> Nil
 
 pub type Packet {
   MessagePacket(message.MessagePacket)
@@ -13,10 +14,14 @@ pub type Packet {
   UnknownPacket(generic.GenericPacket)
 }
 
-pub fn handle_event(msg: String, handlers: List(EventHandler)) -> Nil {
+pub fn handle_event(
+  bot: bot.Bot,
+  msg: String,
+  handlers: List(EventHandler),
+) -> Nil {
   let packet = decode_packet(msg)
 
-  list.each(handlers, fn(handler) { handler(packet) })
+  list.each(handlers, fn(handler) { handler(bot, packet) })
 }
 
 fn decode_packet(msg: String) -> Packet {
diff --git a/src/discord_gleam/http/endpoints.gleam b/src/discord_gleam/http/endpoints.gleam
index 32ea83e..96f56c7 100644
--- a/src/discord_gleam/http/endpoints.gleam
+++ b/src/discord_gleam/http/endpoints.gleam
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import discord_gleam/http/request
 import discord_gleam/internal/error
+import discord_gleam/types/message
 import discord_gleam/types/user
 import gleam/dynamic
 import gleam/hackney
 import gleam/http
 import gleam/http/response
+import gleam/io
+import logging
 
 pub fn me(token: String) -> Result(user.User, error.DiscordError) {
   let request = request.new_auth(http.Get, "/users/@me", token)
@@ -29,3 +32,36 @@ pub fn me(token: String) -> Result(user.User, error.DiscordError) {
     Error(err) -> Error(error.HttpError(err))
   }
 }
+
+pub fn send_message(
+  token: String,
+  message: message.Message,
+  channel_id: String,
+) -> Nil {
+  let data = message.to_string(message)
+
+  io.debug(data)
+
+  logging.log(logging.Debug, "Sending message: " <> message.content)
+
+  let request =
+    request.new_auth_post(
+      http.Post,
+      "/channels/" <> channel_id <> "/messages",
+      token,
+      data,
+    )
+  case hackney.send(request) {
+    Ok(resp) -> {
+      io.debug(resp)
+
+      Nil
+    }
+    Error(err) -> {
+      logging.log(logging.Error, "Failed to send message: ")
+      io.debug(err)
+
+      Nil
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/discord_gleam/http/request.gleam b/src/discord_gleam/http/request.gleam
index 798ca77..f11eea8 100644
--- a/src/discord_gleam/http/request.gleam
+++ b/src/discord_gleam/http/request.gleam
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub fn new(method: http.Method, path: String) -> request.Request(String) {
   |> request.prepend_header("accept", "application/json")
   |> request.prepend_header(
     "User-Agent",
-    "DiscordBot using Gleam and cyteon/discord_gleam",
+    "DiscordBot (https://github.com/cyteon/discord_gleam, 0.0.0)",
   )
 }
 
@@ -22,3 +22,16 @@ pub fn new_auth(
   new(method, path)
   |> request.prepend_header("Authorization", "Bot " <> token)
 }
+
+/// We have this to send post requests with token authentication
+pub fn new_auth_post(
+  method: http.Method,
+  path: String,
+  token: String,
+  data: String,
+) -> request.Request(String) {
+  new(method, path)
+  |> request.prepend_header("Authorization", "Bot " <> token)
+  |> request.set_body(data)
+  |> request.prepend_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+}
diff --git a/src/discord_gleam/types/bot.gleam b/src/discord_gleam/types/bot.gleam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6cd0aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/discord_gleam/types/bot.gleam
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub type Bot {
+  Bot(token: String)
+}
diff --git a/src/discord_gleam/types/message.gleam b/src/discord_gleam/types/message.gleam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5293a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/discord_gleam/types/message.gleam
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import gleam/json
+
+pub type Message {
+  Message(content: String)
+}
+
+pub fn to_string(msg: Message) -> String {
+  json.object([#("content", json.string(msg.content))])
+  |> json.to_string
+}
diff --git a/src/discord_gleam/ws/event_loop.gleam b/src/discord_gleam/ws/event_loop.gleam
index 9a5707a..630fb8a 100644
--- a/src/discord_gleam/ws/event_loop.gleam
+++ b/src/discord_gleam/ws/event_loop.gleam
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import discord_gleam/event_handler
+import discord_gleam/types/bot
 import discord_gleam/ws/packets/hello
 import discord_gleam/ws/packets/identify
 import gleam/erlang/process
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ pub type State {
   State(has_received_hello: Bool, sequence: Int)
 }
 
-pub fn main(token: String, event_handlers: List(event_handler.EventHandler)) {
+pub fn main(bot: bot.Bot, event_handlers: List(event_handler.EventHandler)) {
   logging.log(logging.Debug, "Requesting gateway")
 
   let req =
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ pub fn main(token: String, event_handlers: List(event_handler.EventHandler)) {
             logging.log(logging.Debug, msg)
             case state.has_received_hello {
               False -> {
-                let identify = identify.create_packet(token)
+                let identify = identify.create_packet(bot.token)
                 let _ = stratus.send_text_message(conn, identify)
 
                 let new_state = State(has_received_hello: True, sequence: 0)
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ pub fn main(token: String, event_handlers: List(event_handler.EventHandler)) {
                 actor.continue(new_state)
               }
               True -> {
-                event_handler.handle_event(msg, event_handlers)
+                event_handler.handle_event(bot, msg, event_handlers)
 
                 actor.continue(state)
               }
diff --git a/src/discord_gleam/ws/packets/message.gleam b/src/discord_gleam/ws/packets/message.gleam
index 3cd3373..66166d8 100644
--- a/src/discord_gleam/ws/packets/message.gleam
+++ b/src/discord_gleam/ws/packets/message.gleam
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ pub fn string_to_data(encoded: String) -> Result(MessagePacket, String) {
         of: dynamic.decode4(
           MessagePacketData,
           dynamic.field("content", of: dynamic.string),
-          dynamic.field("channel_id", of: dynamic.string),
           dynamic.field("guild_id", of: dynamic.string),
+          dynamic.field("channel_id", of: dynamic.string),
           dynamic.field(
             "author",
             of: dynamic.decode2(
diff --git a/test/example_bot.gleam b/test/example_bot.gleam
index 8822df4..62044e1 100644
--- a/test/example_bot.gleam
+++ b/test/example_bot.gleam
@@ -4,24 +4,26 @@ import logging
 
 pub fn main(token: String) {
   logging.configure()
-  logging.set_level(logging.Info)
+  logging.set_level(logging.Debug)
 
-  discord_gleam.run(token, [event_handler])
+  let bot = discord_gleam.bot(token)
+
+  discord_gleam.run(bot, [event_handler])
 }
 
-fn event_handler(packet: event_handler.Packet) {
+fn event_handler(bot, packet: event_handler.Packet) {
   case packet {
     event_handler.ReadyPacket(ready) -> {
       logging.log(logging.Info, "Logged in as " <> ready.d.user.username)
     }
     event_handler.MessagePacket(message) -> {
-      logging.log(
-        logging.Info,
-        "Received message: '"
-          <> message.d.content
-          <> "' from "
-          <> message.d.author.username,
-      )
+      logging.log(logging.Info, "Message: " <> message.d.content)
+      case message.d.content {
+        "!ping" -> {
+          discord_gleam.send_message(bot, "Pong!", message.d.channel_id)
+        }
+        _ -> Nil
+      }
     }
     _ -> Nil
   }