Discord-Chat-Importer

Discord-Chat-Importer allows you to import Discord channels and chats (exported with DiscordChatExporter) across Discord servers.

Steps

Exporting a channel to .json

• Download DiscordChatExporter: https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter
• Use DiscordChatExporter to export a channel to .json:
  
  

Creating 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 OAuth2
• Under Scopes, check Bot
• Under Bot Permissions, check 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
• Go back to the applicaiton page
• On the left panel, click Bot
• Click Add Bot
• Copy the Token, you'll need this for the next step.

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.

Starting the bot

• Download the executable from: https://github.com/Ethorbit/Discord-Chat-Importer/releases
• Open the Command Prompt or Terminal
• Run the executable with the argument as the token
  • Windows example: "C:\Users\Ethorbit\source\repos\Discord-Channel-Importer\bin\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\Discord-Channel-Importer.exe" "MQENWQKNQWKRNWQRQOWR.WQEOJQWEODN3AKDNAKNXeIA"

Importing the .json

• Upload the .json to a url that will display its raw text

  • Example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c5rvnig3pzeackp/Ethorbit%27s%20server%20-%20Text%20Channels%20-%20fkin-general%20%5B892291310927622204%5D.json?dl=0&raw=1 (Dropbox copied link with &raw=1 added at the end)

• Enter the command in: !importer import <url> #channel
  
  

Commands

You need the Manage Messages and Manage Channels permissions.

Type !importer help for the command list.

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