Connecting Google Spreadsheet to Discord API: A Beginner's Guide (2024)

Abstract: Learn how to fetch Discord global usernames, members, and servers using Google Spreadsheet and its scripting capabilities.

2024-06-26 by DevCodeF1 Editors

In this article, we will explore how to connect a Google Spreadsheet to Discord API using Google Apps Script. This guide is intended for beginners who are new to programming and API integrations. By the end of this article, you will have a good understanding of how to fetch Discord global usernames, members, and servers using Google Spreadsheet.

What is Discord API?

Discord API is a set of tools and protocols that allow developers to build bots, applications, and integrations that interact with Discord's platform. Discord is a popular communication platform for gamers and communities, and its API provides a wide range of features and functionality that developers can use to enhance their Discord experience.

What is Google Apps Script?

Google Apps Script is a JavaScript-based scripting language that allows developers to automate and extend Google Workspace applications such as Google Sheets, Docs, and Forms. Google Apps Script provides a wide range of built-in functions and services that make it easy to build custom integrations and workflows.

Connecting Google Spreadsheet to Discord API

To connect a Google Spreadsheet to Discord API, we will use Google Apps Script to write a custom script that fetches data from Discord and writes it to a Google Spreadsheet. Here are the steps to follow:

Create a new Google Spreadsheet
Open the script editor by clicking on Tools > Script editor
Write a custom script that fetches data from Discord API
Write the fetched data to the Google Spreadsheet

Step 1: Create a new Google Spreadsheet

Create a new Google Spreadsheet by going to Google Sheets and clicking on the "Blank" button. Give your spreadsheet a name and save it.

Step 2: Open the script editor

To open the script editor, click on Tools > Script editor. This will open a new tab with the Google Apps Script editor.

Step 3: Write a custom script

To write a custom script, we need to use Discord's REST API to fetch data from Discord. Here's an example script that fetches a list of Discord servers:

function fetchDiscordServers() {// Replace YOUR_DISCORD_TOKEN with your Discord tokenvar token = "YOUR_DISCORD_TOKEN";var headers = {"Authorization": "Bot " + token,"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/58.0.3029.110 Safari/537.36 Edge/16.16299"};var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch("https://discord.com/api/v8/users/@me/guilds", {"headers": headers});var data = JSON.parse(response.getContentText());return data;}

To use this script, replace "YOUR\_DISCORD\_TOKEN" with your Discord token. You can get your Discord token by creating a new bot in the Discord developer portal.

Step 4: Write the fetched data to the Google Spreadsheet

To write the fetched data to the Google Spreadsheet, we can use the setValues() method of the Range class. Here's an example script that writes the fetched server names to the active sheet:

function writeDiscordServers() {var servers = fetchDiscordServers();var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();var range = sheet.getRange(1, 1, servers.length, 1);range.setValues(servers.map(function(server) {return [server.name];}));}

To use this script, run the writeDiscordServers() function. This will fetch the list of Discord servers and write their names to the active sheet.

Fetching Discord Global Usernames

To fetch Discord global usernames, we can modify the fetchDiscordServers() function to fetch the user's profile instead of the servers. Here's an example script:

function fetchDiscordUsername() {// Replace YOUR_DISCORD_TOKEN with your Discord tokenvar token = "YOUR_DISCORD_TOKEN";var headers = {"Authorization": "Bot " + token,"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/58.0.3029.110 Safari/537.36 Edge/16.16299"};var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch("https://discord.com/api/v8/users/@me", {"headers": headers});var data = JSON.parse(response.getContentText());return data.username + "#" + data.discriminator;}

To use this script, replace "YOUR\_DISCORD\_TOKEN" with your Discord token. This script fetches the user's profile and returns their username and discriminator (the four-digit number after the username).

Discord API is a set of tools and protocols that allow developers to build bots, applications, and integrations that interact with Discord's platform.
Google Apps Script is a JavaScript-based scripting language that allows developers to automate and extend Google Workspace applications such as Google Sheets, Docs, and Forms.
To connect a Google Spreadsheet to Discord API, we can use Google Apps Script to write a custom script that fetches data from Discord API and writes it to the Google Spreadsheet.
We can use Discord's REST API to fetch data from Discord, such as a list of servers or the user's profile.
We can use the setValues() method of the Range class to write the fetched data to the Google Spreadsheet.