Host a Discord Bot online 24/7 for FREE!

November 4, 2020

Today I'll explain the 100% working method to host a Discord bot online 24/7 for free.

First we have to upload our bot in repl.it, then we'll add a bg task in the bot and then we'll setup the uptime robot in a special way.

1. uploading your project on repl.it

Create a new repl and select the language.

repl.it

Upload your project simply by dragging & dropping it from your PC or by importing it from github… here is an example:

example

Now we have to add a background task in the bot, have to keep it alive because repl.it auto sleeps after few minutes.
Now Im goin to tell you adding background tasks in two languages that are discord.js and discord.py

2. Adding a bg task and keeping the bot alive.

(1) Keeping the bot alive & Adding BG tasks in a discord js v11 bot :

To keep our bot alive we have to add the following code on the head of our js file.

code

code :

var http = require('http');  

http.createServer(function (req, res) {   
  res.write("I'm alive");   
  res.end(); 
}).listen(8080);

As a bg task we will be adding an auto changing bot status feature in our bot.

bot status

here is the sample code :

bot.on('ready', () => {

  console.log('Your Bot is now Online.')
  let activities = [`chill gang`, `with the gang`, `with the gang`   ],i = 0;

  setInterval(() => bot.user.setActivity(`${activities[i++ %  activities.length]}`,  
  {type:"STREAMING",url:"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWcJFNfaw9c"  }), 5000)

)}

2. Keeping the bot alive & Adding BG tasks in a discord.Py bot :

After uploading your project in repl.it don't forget to install the python packages. by goin to packages option on the left side and searching python.
To keep our bot alive we have to add the following code on the head of our py file.

bot alive

code :

from flask import Flask
from threading import Thread

app = Flask('')

@app.route('/')
def main():
  return "Your Bot Is Ready"

def run():
  app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)

def keep_alive():
  server = Thread(target=run)
  server.start()

Adding a background task :

bg task

here is the sample code :

status = cycle(['with Python','JetHub'])

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
  change_status.start()
  print("Your bot is ready")

@tasks.loop(seconds=10)
async def change_status():
  await bot.change_presence(activity=discord.Game(next(status)))