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pythondiscorddiscord.py

How do I run my discord.py bot without a hardcoded token?

I have been coding a discord bot for a while now, but have not figured out how to load my bot's token from somewhere else than by bot's python file. I'd want to use a text file (config.txt) for this, but anything of the sort works.

I have python 3.11.1 if that matters :D

imports blahblah
intents blahblah
...
client.run('token here')
Solution

  • Found a better solution on my own:

    to your imports add

    import json

    add this code

    with open("./config.json") as config:
  configData = json.load(config)
token = configData["Token"]

    to the bottom

    client.run(token)

    this is the config.json

    {"Token": "token here"}