I am in the process of developing a Discord bot and need assistance with enabling it to delete messages within a server. Although I have written the necessary code, it prompts me for permission upon execution. What steps should I take to grant the bot the required permissions for removing messages in a channel?
If you’re receiving permission errors, you need to ensure that your bot has the correct role in the Discord server with proper permissions assigned. To do this, go to your Discord Server Settings, navigate to roles, find the role assigned to your bot, and make sure the “Manage Messages” permission is enabled. Alternatively, if you’re using the Discord Developer Portal, access your application settings, and ensure the permissions are correctly set in your OAuth2 URL when inviting the bot to the server. Sometimes, removing the bot and re-inviting it with modified permissions resolves these issues.