Updated MangaDex discord webhook with Google Script

Inspired GuilhermeFaga's version but implemented in MangaDex's v5 API.

A simple Google Script to which can be set up in a few minutes (no downloads required). This allows for automatic chapter updates from MangaDex to be forwarded to Discord via Webhooks.

The output in Discord:

Updates

• 13.02.2024 Removed account integration to link follow feed since /user/auth/ has been deprecated. You should only use feeds.

Installation

Prerequisites

• MangaDex Account
• Google Account

Steps

Creating an MDList

• Log into your account and create a public MDList

• Add manga to be tracked to the list through the Add to MDList on the manga page

Creating a Google Sheets

• Create a Google Sheets
• Create two sheets feeds and webhooks (Case sensitive)

• Copy the id of your list (from the url)

• In the feeds sheet, paste the id in the first column (multiple feeds can be pasted; also note, columns other than the first can have any text, useful for identifying which ID is which)

• Open App Script through Extensions -> App Script

• Paste in Code.gs

• Create a new Script called helper.gs
• Paste in the code from helper.gs
• Create a new Trigger

• With the following settings: function: main, event source: Time-driven, type of time: Minutes timer, Select minute interval: Every 10 minutes

Creating a Discord WebHook

• Open server settings

• Go to Integrations -> Webhooks -> New Webhook and copy its url

• The url should look like: https://discord.com/api/webhooks/954780574910939239/8kOKc413vL0CvxqsYtA8CUtZ0Hse8U3fTWiNqv42NWUymxV0k4_Rqya6oeGeA48JgYks

• Paste the link into the first column in the webhooks sheet

Custom Messages

• Simply add the text you want the specified webhook to send in the cel of the 2nd column

• To ping a certain role, put the custom text as <@&role_id> where role_id is the ID of the role
• The ID of a role can be obtained by right clicking the role and clicking Copy ID
• This will require Discord Developer Mode

Customisation

• At the moment only the Trigger Interval and Target Language can be changed through modifying the script

Target Language

• Modifying line 5 of Code.gs will change the target language which the script detects

• LANGUAGE can be changed to any of the values specified by MangaDex's API

Trigger Interval

• Modifying line 2 of Code.gs will change the interval at which new chapters are polled (in minutes)
• However, the trigger interval should also be modified in the Google Script