DisArchive

Discord message archiver

Overview

A very simple tool to archive messages and attachments from Discord channels. Downloads all message attachments as well as the message content and data into a SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL database.

Self-host

To run DisArchive, follow the steps below.

1. Install Python 3 and Pip
2. Clone this repository
3. Install the requirements with pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Configure the config.yaml file with required information (more below)
5. Run bot.py

Configuration

Note

If a configuration option is labeled as optional, do not just use an empty value for that field, remove the field entirely from the config file.

BOT_INFO | REQUIRED

Field	Description	Requirement
TOKEN	The token for your bot. Create a bot at discord.com/developers	REQUIRED - message content intent is REQUIRED
BOT_COLOR	HEX CODE: Color that will be used for message embeds	OPTIONAL

SQLITE | OPTIONAL

Field	Description	Requirement
NAME	STRING: Name of the SQLite database file	OPTIONAL - Default: disarchive.db

MYSQL / POSTGRESQL | OPTIONAL

Field	Description	Requirement
NAME	STRING: Name of the MySQL/PostgreSQL database	OPTIONAL - Default: disarchive
HOST	STRING: Hostname of the MySQL/PostgreSQL server	OPTION - Default: localhost
PORT	INT: Port of the MySQL/PostgreSQL server	OPTIONAL - Default: 3306 for MySQL, 5432 for PostgreSQL
USER	STRING: Username for the MySQL/PostgreSQL server	REQUIRED
PASSWORD	STRING: Password for the MySQL/PostgreSQL server	REQUIRED