I need help making a bot that automatically sends tweets whenever someone writes a message in my Discord server. I’m working with discord.js and node.js but I’m having trouble finding good tutorials or guides for this specific setup. Most of the resources I’ve found are about the opposite - getting Twitter posts into Discord channels instead of sending Discord content to Twitter. I know this kind of integration is possible since I’ve seen other services doing it. Has anyone successfully built something like this before? What APIs or libraries would work best for connecting Discord message events to Twitter’s posting system? Any code examples or step-by-step guidance would be really helpful.
yeah, i tried this a while back but had to quit when twitter started charging for API access. if you’re still on the old free tier, you’ll need the twitter api v2 client library with discord.js. listen for message events and use client.v2.tweet() to post. just make sure you filter out bots or you’ll end up spamming yourself lol
Built something similar 8 months ago. Main pain point was getting Discord’s message structure to play nice with Twitter. I went with twitter-api-v2 and discord.js - solid combo. Discord attachments and embeds were a curveball since they don’t convert to Twitter at all. You’ll need preprocessing for those. Heads up - Twitter’s API now costs at least $100/month, so budget for that. The coding part’s pretty straightforward after you nail the auth, but expect the content filtering and formatting to eat up way more time than you think.
I built something like this last year for a gaming community. The tricky part isn’t the code - it’s managing rate limits and filtering content properly. You’ll need Twitter API v2 with OAuth 2.0 auth plus your discord.js setup. Create a message event listener that sends a POST request to Twitter’s tweet endpoint. But here’s the thing - Discord messages have mentions, emotes, and formatting that look terrible on Twitter. I’d set up a whitelist for specific channels or users, add character limits (Discord messages are way longer than tweets), and throw in a cooldown between posts so you don’t slam the API. Both API docs are okay once you find what you need, but plan to spend serious time on error handling and weird edge cases.