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 # OpenWebUI-Discordbot
 
-A Discord bot to communicate with an OpenWebUI instance.
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+A Discord bot to communicate with an OpenWebUI instance.
+
+A helpful guide to creating your Discord Bot's Token: https://www.writebots.com/discord-bot-token/
+
+Before running you will need to install the required modules
+
+```
+pip install discord.py python-dotenv openai
+```
+
+
+This script:
+
+Uses environment variables for secure configuration
+Initializes a Discord bot with message content intents
+Configures the OpenAI client to point to your OpenWebUI instance
+Watches for messages that mention the bot
+When mentioned, it:
+Removes the mention from the message to get the actual prompt
+Shows a typing indicator while processing
+Sends the prompt to OpenWebUI
+Handles long responses by splitting them if necessary
+Posts the response back to the Discord channel
+To use this bot:
+
+Create a Discord application and bot at the Discord Developer Portal
+Get your bot token and add it to the .env file
+Invite the bot to your server with appropriate permissions
+Set up your OpenWebUI instance and get its API endpoint
+Run the script
+You can mention the bot in any channel it has access to with a message like:
+
+@YourBot What is the weather like today?
+The bot will process the message and respond with the AI-generated response from your OpenWebUI instance.
+
+
+
+
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+DISCORD_TOKEN=your_discord_bot_token
+OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openwebui_api_key
+OPENWEBUI_API_BASE=http://your_openwebui_instance:port/v1
+MODEL_NAME="Your_Model_Name"
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+import discord
+from discord.ext import commands
+from openai import OpenAI
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+# Load environment variables
+load_dotenv()
+
+# Configure OpenAI client to point to OpenWebUI
+client = OpenAI(
+    api_key=os.getenv('OPENAI_API_KEY'),
+    base_url=os.getenv('OPENWEBUI_API_BASE')  # e.g., "http://localhost:8080/v1"
+)
+
+# Initialize Discord bot
+intents = discord.Intents.default()
+intents.message_content = True
+bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!", intents=intents)
+
+async def get_ai_response(prompt):
+    try:
+        response = client.chat.completions.create(
+            model=os.getenv('MODEL_NAME') or "us.anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022-v2:0",  # OpenWebUI should handle this regardless
+            messages=[
+                {"role": "user", "content": prompt}
+            ],
+            temperature=0.7,
+            max_tokens=500
+        )
+        return response.choices[0].message.content
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error getting AI response: {e}")
+        return "Sorry, I encountered an error while processing your request."
+
+
+@bot.event
+async def on_ready():
+    print(f'{bot.user} has connected to Discord!')
+
+@bot.event
+async def on_message(message):
+    # Ignore messages from the bot itself
+    if message.author == bot.user:
+        return
+
+    # Check if the bot is mentioned in the message
+    if bot.user in message.mentions:
+        # Remove the bot mention and get the actual prompt
+        prompt = message.content.replace(f'<@{bot.user.id}>', '').strip()
+        
+        # If there's no prompt after mentioning the bot
+        if not prompt:
+            await message.channel.send("Hello! How can I help you?")
+            return
+
+        # Show typing indicator while processing
+        async with message.channel.typing():
+            # Get response from OpenWebUI
+            response = await get_ai_response(prompt)
+            
+            # Send the response
+            # Split long messages if they exceed Discord's character limit
+            if len(response) > 2000:
+                # Split the response into chunks of 2000 characters
+                chunks = [response[i:i+2000] for i in range(0, len(response), 2000)]
+                for chunk in chunks:
+                    await message.channel.send(chunk)
+            else:
+                await message.channel.send(response)
+
+    await bot.process_commands(message)
+
+def main():
+    # Get the Discord token from environment variables
+    discord_token = os.getenv('DISCORD_TOKEN')
+    if not discord_token:
+        raise ValueError("Discord token not found in environment variables")
+
+    # Run the bot
+    bot.run(discord_token)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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