# Hi Steemians, let's build BOTS!
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On this blog I want to document my progress in implementing bots for the STEEM blockchain. 

https://steemitimages.com/DQmYBEXnPDCks41VWPfQr5HAfE6kfMoH6NYArDbrkzND7pT/robots-764951_1280.png
<center>Image Source: https://pixabay.com/de/roboter-computer-bots-charakter-764951/</center>

In [my last post](https://steemit.com/steem/@botsultant/let-s-build-bots-for-steem-part-04-a-first-bot-for-discord) I developed a bot that sends messages to Discord. Unfortunately this bot breaks after some minutes due to a missing keep alive implementation. 

In the last days I searched for a solution, until I detected the **WEBHOOKS** feature of Discord.

## The Webhook
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If you are admin of a Discord Server, you can create a so called WEBHOOK. A Webhook is an REST API endpoint that allows clients to send messages to Discord channels.

To create a new Webhook, open the Server-Settings, and select the **WebHooks** menu item. 

https://steemitimages.com/DQmWXCzRiFS1dEGUkFX3TdMECVUdWKtS8qhc8F4vvFtqGJ5/Webhook1.png

Click the **Create Webhook** button and define the Name of the Webhook. 

https://steemitimages.com/DQmPwGpYE4kKGkLVH15USJgDq516wNA7wxEKEnLXhxZ5wsQ/Webhook2.png

Please also copy&paste the WEBHOOK URL, we will need this URL later.

## Install Webcord for Python
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If we want to use the new WEBHOOK, we need an additional Python library. I decided to use [webcord](https://github.com/maximinijanijos/webcord), but there are a lot of others available. To install webcord just type.

`pip3 install webcord`


## Hello Discord
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Now it's time to test our WEBHOOK. This tiny script sends a "Hello Discord" to our Discord channel. 

```
from webcord import Webhook

webhook = Webhook("https://discordapp.com/api/webhooks/INSERT_WEBHOOK_URL_HERE", avatar_url=None)
webhook.send_message("Hello Discord", 'botsultant')
```
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We only need to import Webhook from webcord. Please note that you need to insert your WEBHOOK-URL when calling the Webhook constructor. 

If we run the script, we get 

https://steemitimages.com/DQmbDYjFai6wQEZgXYQ7UnNwXYDKtMSGxCD1SZJqTH8oJqh/Webhook3.png

## What's next?
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In my next post we will add some more functionality to the script. I want to get all new posts with hashtag "utopian-io" in my own channel.