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## About
discord.js is a powerful [node.js ](https://nodejs.org ) module that allows you to interact with the
[Discord API ](https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/intro ) very easily.
- Object-oriented
- Predictable abstractions
- Performant
- 100% coverage of the Discord API
## Installation
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**Node.js 8.0.0 or newer is required.**
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Ignore any warnings about unmet peer dependencies, as they're all optional.
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Without voice support: `npm i discord.js`
With voice support ([node-opus](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-opus)): `npm i discord.js node-opus`
With voice support ([opusscript](https://www.npmjs.com/package/opusscript)): `npm i discord.js opusscript`
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### Audio engines
The preferred audio engine is node-opus, as it performs significantly better than opusscript. When both are available, discord.js will automatically choose node-opus.
Using opusscript is only recommended for development environments where node-opus is tough to get working.
For production bots, using node-opus should be considered a necessity, especially if they're going to be running on multiple servers.
### Optional packages
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- [zlib-sync ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/zlib-sync ) for significantly faster WebSocket data inflation (`npm i zlib-sync`)
- [erlpack ](https://github.com/discordapp/erlpack ) for significantly faster WebSocket data (de)serialisation (`npm i discordapp/erlpack`)
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- One of the following packages can be installed for faster voice packet encryption and decryption:
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- [sodium ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/sodium ) (`npm i sodium`)
- [libsodium.js ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/libsodium-wrappers ) (`npm i libsodium-wrappers`)
- [uws ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/uws ) for a much faster WebSocket connection (`npm i uws`)
- [bufferutil ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bufferutil ) for a much faster WebSocket connection when *not* using uws (`npm i bufferutil`)
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## Example usage
```js
const Discord = require('discord.js');
const client = new Discord.Client();
client.on('ready', () => {
console.log('I am ready!');
});
client.on('message', message => {
if (message.content === 'ping') {
message.reply('pong');
}
});
client.login('your token');
```
## Links
* [Website ](https://discord.js.org/ ) ([source](https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js-site))
* [Documentation ](https://discord.js.org/#/docs )
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* [Discord.js Discord server ](https://discord.gg/bRCvFy9 )
* [Discord API Discord server ](https://discord.gg/discord-api )
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* [GitHub ](https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js )
* [NPM ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/discord.js )
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* [Related libraries ](https://discordapi.com/unofficial/libs.html )
### Extensions
* [discord-rpc ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/discord-rpc ) ([github](https://github.com/devsnek/discord-rpc))
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## Contributing
Before creating an issue, please ensure that it hasn't already been reported/suggested, and double-check the
[documentation ](https://discord.js.org/#/docs ).
See [the contribution guide ](https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md ) if you'd like to submit a PR.
## Help
If you don't understand something in the documentation, you are experiencing problems, or you just need a gentle
nudge in the right direction, please don't hesitate to join our official [Discord.js Server ](https://discord.gg/bRCvFy9 ).