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Discord

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

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Connect a server

  1. Go to Accounts in the TryPost dashboard
  2. Click Connect on Discord
  3. You’ll be redirected to Discord — choose the server to add the TryPost bot to and authorize it
  4. You’re returned to TryPost with that server connected as an account
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 account.

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Choosing a channel

A Discord account 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. 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

TypeDescription
Message (discord_message)Text with up to 10 images/videos, optional mentions and rich embeds
Discord allows up to 2000 characters of message text. Images are optimized to Discord’s limits; videos and GIFs are sent as-is.

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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 platforms. Only the mentions you explicitly add will ping; a literal “@everyone” typed into the shared caption does not.

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Embeds

Attach one or more rich embeds (title, description, URL, image, and accent color) to make announcements stand out. They render as Discord’s native embed cards.

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Analytics

Discord exposes no impressions or reach for bot messages. TryPost surfaces what is available:
  • Members — the server’s member count (shown account-wide and on each post)
  • Reactions — per-post reaction counts (🎉 👍 …)
  • Comments — replies in the post’s thread, when one exists

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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: 
DISCORD_CLIENT_ID=
DISCORD_CLIENT_SECRET=
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=
DISCORD_CLIENT_REDIRECT="${APP_URL}/accounts/discord/callback"
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: 
DISCORD_PERMISSIONS=248832
DISCORD_SCOPES=bot,identify,guilds
See the Self-Hosting configuration guide for the full platform credentials reference.