For developers, the app offers a mode called developer mode. If you’re looking to create a Discord bot, this developer mode will provide you with the required IDs you need to make the bot. You can enable and use Discord’s developer mode on all of Discord’s supported devices.
Enable Discord Developer Mode
Activating Discord’s developer mode is easy and you can do this on Discord’s web client, desktop app, iOS and Android apps.
Turn On Discord Developer Mode on Web/Desktop
The steps to enable developer mode on Discord’s web and desktop clients are pretty much the same. Discord will enable the developer mode without any prompts.
Activate Discord Developer Mode on iOS
In Discord for iOS, you can turn on an option to enable the developer mode. To disable developer mode, toggle off the option that you enabled above.
Enable Discord Developer Mode on Android
Discord on Android offers a toggle to switch developer mode on and off.
Use Discord Developer Mode
One of the most common uses of Discord’s developer mode is to find the unique IDs for servers, channels, users, and messages. Developers usually need these IDs to integrate their bots with Discord. These IDs tell the bots what items to interact with when the bots connect to Discord. You can find these unique IDs on all of Discord’s supported devices.
Get the Unique ID for a Discord Server
You’ll need unique server IDs to build a Discord bot. You can get this ID for any of your servers in Discord. Web/Desktop App: iOS App: Android App:
Copy the Unique ID for a Discord Channel
Like servers, Discord channels also have unique IDs. You can access them using the following steps: Web/Desktop App: iOS/Android App:
Retrieve the Unique ID for a Discord User
You can retrieve a unique ID for users in both your channels and friends list. Web/Desktop App: iOS App: Android App:
Obtain the Unique ID for a Discord Message
All Discord messages also have a unique ID assigned to them. You can reveal this ID on both your desktop and mobile devices. Web/Desktop App: iOS/Android App: If you’re a beginner with Discord development, you can review how to build a Discord music bot as a good starting point. There are endless possibilities with Discord and you can make many types of bots for it.
