Discord Social Media URL Info Bot

A Discord bot that extracts and displays useful information from social media URLs posted in chat.

🚀 Status

Production Ready (Active Use)

⚠️ Currently, only YouTube URLs and Spotify Track URLs are fully supported. Support for additional platforms is planned.

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✨ Features

• Detects social media URLs in messages
• Extracts metadata from supported links
• Displays clean, readable info directly in Discord

✅ Supported Platforms

• YouTube (Fully Supported)

  • Video title
  • Channel name
  • View count
  • Upload date

🔜 Planned Support

• Instagram
• TikTok
• Twitter / X
• Spotify

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🛠️ Setup

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/your-repo-name.git
cd your-repo-name

2. Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root directory:

DISCORD_TOKEN=your_discord_bot_token
YOUTUBE_API=your_youtube_api_key

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▶️ Running the Bot

python main.py

Once started, the bot will automatically monitor messages for supported URLs.

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💬 Usage

Simply send a YouTube link in any channel the bot has access to.

Example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

The bot will respond with extracted video information.

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⚙️ Requiremts

• Python
• discord.py
• YouTube Data API v3
• dotenv

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⚠️ Limitations

• Only YouTube URLs are currently processed
• Requires a valid YouTube API key
• Rate limits depend on API usage

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🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. If you want to add support for more platforms, feel free to fork the repo and submit changes.

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📄 License

GNU LICENSE 3.0

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📌 Notes

This bot is actively used in production environments, but still under continuous development. Expect improvements and new platform support over time.