# 📢 Discord AutoPublish Bot

A lightweight Discord bot that automatically crossposts messages in Announcement channels.

Built with:

• Node.js
• discord.js v14
• MongoDB (Mongoose)

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✨ Features

• 🔄 Automatically publishes new messages in announcement channels
• 🎛 Enable/disable auto-publish per server
• 📋 Channel whitelist support
• 📊 View current whitelisted channels
• 🧠 MongoDB-backed persistent configuration
• ⚡ Optimized for low-resource hosting (256MB environments supported)

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🚀 Commands

Enable / Disable

/autopublish toggle state:true
/autopublish toggle state:false

Add or Remove Whitelisted Channel

/autopublish channel target:#announcements action:add
/autopublish channel target:#announcements action:remove

View Whitelisted Channels

/autopublish list

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🧠 How It Works

• If whitelist is empty → bot publishes in all announcement channels.
• If whitelist contains channels → bot publishes only in those channels.
• Discord rate limit: 10 publishes per hour per channel (handled automatically).

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📦 Installation

1️⃣ Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/discord-autopublish-bot.git
cd discord-autopublish-bot

2️⃣ Install Dependencies

npm install

3️⃣ Create .env

DISCORD_TOKEN=your_bot_token
CLIENT_ID=your_application_id
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string

4️⃣ Register Slash Commands

node deploy-commands.js

5️⃣ Start Bot

npm start

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🏗 Deployment

Designed to run as a background Node process.

Recommended:

• 256MB RAM minimum
• Persistent WebSocket support
• No HTTP server required

Works on:

• VPS
• Docker
• Container-based hosts
• Lightweight free-tier platforms

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🔐 Required Bot Permissions

For announcement channels:

• View Channel
• Send Messages
• Manage Messages

Channel must be of type:

Announcement Channel

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📁 Project Structure

src/
  commands/
  events/
  models/
  index.js
deploy-commands.js

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⚠️ Notes

• Skipped messages (due to rate limit or downtime) are not retroactively published.
• Discord enforces publish limits.
• Slash command changes require re-running deploy-commands.js.

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