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Discord

TryPost publishes to Discord servers through a shared TryPost bot that you add to your server. Each connected channel in TryPost is a server (guild) — you pick which Discord channel to post in on each post.

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Connect a server

  1. In the sidebar, open Channels and click Connect channel (or use New > Connect a new channel)
  2. Choose Discord and click Connect Discord
  3. On Discord, choose the server to add the TryPost bot to and authorize it
  4. On the confirmation page, check the server and click Finish connection
TryPost opens the new channel’s Publish page and asks how many times a week you want to post. See Connecting channels for the full flow.
You need the Manage Server permission on a Discord server to add a bot to it. The authorization adds the bot with the permissions it needs to post: View Channel, Send Messages, Embed Links, Attach Files, Read Message History, and Mention Everyone.
Connect as many servers as you like — each one becomes its own channel in TryPost.

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Choosing a Discord channel

A Discord connection is the whole server, so every Discord post must target a channel. In the post editor’s Discord settings, pick the channel from the searchable list. A post without a channel cannot be scheduled or published (platforms[].meta.channel_id on the API; list channels with List Discord channels, GET /social-accounts/{account}/channels). Only channels the bot can actually post in are shown — text and announcement channels where the bot has View Channel + Send Messages. Forum, voice, stage, and category channels are excluded (they don’t accept a direct message), as are channels the bot has no access to.
If a channel is missing from the list, give the TryPost bot access to it in Discord (channel or role permissions), or move it under a category the bot can see. The list is cached for a few minutes after a change.

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Supported content types

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Media limits

Official specs: Uploading Files (20 MiB bot default). Full catalog: Media. Images are optimized to Discord’s limits; videos and GIFs are sent as-is.

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Text and per-post options

  • 2,000 characters of message text.
  • Mentions — add mentions (e.g. @everyone, a role, or a member) in the Discord settings. Mentions only ping on Discord — they’re stored separately from the shared post text, so they never leak as literal <@id> markup to your other networks. Only the mentions you explicitly add will ping; a literal “@everyone” typed into the shared caption does not.
  • Embeds — attach up to 10 rich embeds (title up to 256 characters, description up to 4,096, URL, image, and accent color). They render as Discord’s native embed cards.
  • Alt text — up to 1,024 characters per image.

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Insights

Discord is not included in Insights: Discord exposes no impressions or reach for bot messages, and TryPost does not show Discord metrics.

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Self-hosting setup

Discord uses a single shared bot application. Create one in the Discord Developer Portal (New Application → Bot), copy its Bot Token, and grab the Client ID / Client Secret from the OAuth2 settings. Then configure:
In the Developer Portal, add the redirect URL above to your application’s OAuth2 → Redirects.Use the OAuth2 Client Secret for DISCORD_CLIENT_SECRET — not the application’s Public Key. They’re different values, and the Public Key causes an invalid_client error on connect.The bot is invited with a fixed permission bitfield (248832 = View Channel + Send Messages + Embed Links + Attach Files + Read Message History + Mention Everyone) and the bot identify guilds scopes. Both are configurable if you need to change them:
Hide Discord with DISCORD_ENABLED=false. See Configuration for the full platform credentials reference.