SmallD

SmallD is a minimalist Java library for making Discord bots. It doesn't aim to hide the Discord API from the developer, but instead to expose it for use in a convenient way. SmallD takes care of just the necessities of communicating with the Discord API, leaving a large amount of flexibility in the developer's hands.

Features considered in scope:

• Authentication, Identifying, Resuming
• Hearbeat
• Rate Limiting

Features considered out of scope:

• Serialization and deserialization of JSON messages/payloads
• Caching

Multi-Language

The flexibility provided by the minimal API means SmallD is ideal for using from non-Java JVM languages. As such, there are examples of using SmallD from many languages included in this documentation.

There are getting started guides for:

• Java
• Ruby

The SmallD concept has also been ported to:

• Python

Installing

SmallD is published to maven central. It can be added with Maven or Gradle as below. Replace VERSION with the version you wish to use. The latest version is:

Maven

  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.princesslana</groupId>
    <artifactId>smalld</artifactId>
    <version>VERSION</version>
  </dependency>

Gradle

compile 'com.github.princesslana:smalld:VERSION'

Contributing

Head over to the GitHub or the Discord Projects Hub on Discord.