README.md

Discord.CPP

Discord.CPP or Discord.C++ is a C++ library for interaction with the Discord API.

Documentation

Doxygen-generated documentation is available here.

Dependencies

• boost-beast
• certify
• nlohman-json
• boost-process
• libsodium
• libopus

The communication with Discord is build around boost-beast(using certify to handle certificates) and nlohman-json.
Libsodium and libopus are needed to encrypt voice data.

Features

The library is still in an early state of development, so many features are missing but will be added somewhere in the future. However below is an overview of features based on Discord's library comparision table.

REST API

Channel management

Feature	working?
Create	No
Delete	Yes
DM	Yes
History	Yes
Info	Read-only
Permission	No

Invites

Feature	working?
Create	No
Delete	No
Info	No
Join	No

Message management

Feature	working?
Send	Yes
Send File	No
Edit	Yes
Delete	Yes

Role management

Feature	working?
Create	No
Delete	No
Edit	No
Info	No

Server management

Feature	working?
Create	No
Delete	Yes
Edit	No
Info	Yes
Kick	Yes
Ban	Yes
Unban	Yes
Ban List	No
Change owner	No

User management

Feature	working?
Manage Nicknames	No
Move Users in Voicechannels	No
Mute/Defean Users	No

Other

Feature	working?
Edit Profile	No
Send typing	No

Gateway

Sharding

Feature	working?
Manual sharding	Yes
Auto sharding	Yes

Channel Events

Event	handled?
Create	Yes
Delete	Yes
Update	Yes

Message Events

Event	handled?
Receive	Yes
Delete	No
Update	No

Role Events

Event	handled?
Create	No
Delete	No
Update	No

Presence

Feature	working?
Receive	No
Send	Yes

Server Events

Event	handled?
Create	Yes
Delete	Yes
Update	Yes
Ban	Yes
Unban	Yes

User Events

Event	handled?
Join	Yes
Leave	Yes
Typing	Yes

Voice

Feature	working?
Receive	No
Send	Yes
Multi-Server	Yes(not tested yet)
State Update	Partial(only the bot user)