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Add Discord

Integrate Discord as a data source.

This guide outlines how to ingest messages from your Discord servers into RAGFlow by setting up a dedicated bot.

Prerequisites

  • Administrative privileges for the target Discord server.
  • Permissions to add data sources within your RAGFlow environment.

Setting up a Discord bot

You need a bot application to access and read messages from your server securely.

  • Go to the Discord Developer Portal.
  • Select "New Application" and assign it a descriptive name.
  • Navigate to the "Bot" section in the left menu and add a new bot.
  • Scroll down to the "Privileged Gateway Intents" section and toggle on "Message Content Intent" so the application can extract message text.
  • Click "Reset Token" to generate your bot token. Copy this token immediately and store it safely.

Invite the bot to your server

The bot must be authorized to view the specific channels you intend to sync.

  • In the Developer Portal, open the "OAuth2" menu and select "URL Generator".
  • Check the bot scope.
  • In the permission list, select "View Channels" and "Read Message History".
  • Copy the resulting URL generated at the bottom of the screen.
  • Open this URL in your browser, select your desired server from the dropdown, and approve the authorization prompt.

Configure the connection in RAGFlow

With the bot active in your server, you can finalize the integration inside RAGFlow.

  • Open RAGFlow and access the data sources configuration module.
  • Choose "Discord" from the list of supported external platforms.
  • Paste your saved bot token into the designated input field.
  • Configure any specific channels or indexing preferences as required by the interface.
  • Save your settings to establish the connection.
  • Attach this newly created Discord data source to your target dataset to begin syncing your conversations.
  1. Navigate to the Dataset tab.
  2. Select or create the target Dataset.
  3. Navigate to the Dataset's Configuration page and select Link data source.
  4. Choose the previously created Discord connector in the popup window.