Launch your bitcoin ordinal discord community with QuickNode

Overview

We know Bitcoin was the first popular network to have value in a decentralized way. The initial idea behind Bitcoin was to combat the bad practices in the financial ecosystem. Now we can even store images and videos! However, there are two sides to the coin: those who support this idea and the maximalists who seek to preserve Bitcoin's original essence.

In this guide, we will accomplish implementing tools to quickly identify the owner of an Ordinal and view the image within the same Discord community. With these tools, you can develop a Bitcoin-ordinal gated community!

What We Will Do

• Setting up our bot service to fetch data from QuickNode.

What You Will Need

• Render Account.

• Create an account on QuickNode.

• Activate the add-on Ordinals & Runes API

• Discord Account.

What is QuickNode?

QuickNode is a platform designed for everyione. It enables teams to create and expand blockchain applications. QuickNode offers tools specifically for dApp development and provides access to over 30 chains and 35 networks!.

Their infrastructure includes features like real-time data delivery, event alerts, and comprehensive support for multiple blockchains.

What is Discord?

Discord is a popular way for people, even those as young as 13, to talk to each other using voice, video, and messages. Lots of people use it to chat with friends and groups. You can have fun chats, plan games, work together on projects, or just stay in touch with people who share your interests.

Discord is like a flexible hub for different types of talking and hanging out.

Creation of our discordbot

To activate your Discord bot, you will need two specific values: CLIENT_PUBLIC_KEY and BOT_TOKEN, please save these values, we will need them in this section: "Creating a service to retrieve information for ourDiscordbot".

Here are the steps to obtain these values:

Go to the Discord Developer Portal website. You can access it by visiting discord.com/developers/applications and logging in with your Discord account.

1. Once you are logged in, click on the "New Application" button to create a new application for your bot. Give your application a name that represents your bot.

   

2. In the left sidebar, select "Bot" under the settings for your application.

3. Under the "Token" section, you will find your BOT_TOKEN.

4. Click on the "Reset Token" button.

   

5. This token acts as your bot's authentication to the Discord API. Keep this token secure and do not share it publicly.

6. To obtain the CLIENT_PUBLIC_KEY, you need to go to the General Information setting. Search for "Public Key" and copy the value.

   

7. After that, you need to invite your bot to your discord, to get the invitation, go to the "OAuth2" section and search for the "URL Generator" sub-section.

8. In this section, you need to check the "bot" and "applications.commands" options. After that, you can see the Bot Permissions, and check the "Administrator" option.

   

9. At the bottom, you need to copy this invitation URL.

10. 

    In consequence, you need to copy the generated URL and paste it into your browser, and press enter:

    

11. You will see a similar screen to the previous image and finally, you can see your bot on your community.

    

12. To retrieve the information from our discord bot, you need to create this command:

    1. /info <ordinalid>

       1. You can retrieve the ordinal information.

          

13. To create the commands, you need to go to:
    https://www.site24x7.com/tools/restapi-tester.html

    1. Creating the command "/info":

       

       1. In "Method", you need to change the option to "POST"

       2. In "Rest API Endpoint", you need to copy this URL and change the "Application ID" for the parameter returned in the following steps above:

          1. discord.com/api/v10/applications/[APPLICATION ID]/commands

       3. In "Post Data" you need to check the "JSON" parameter.

          1. Verify if the "raw" option is selected.

          2. Copy this code and paste it as in the image above.

              {
                  "name": "info",
                  "description": "Retrieve your ordinal",
                  "options": [
                      {
                          "name": "ordinalid",
                          "description": "OrdinalId",
                          "type": 3,
                          "required": true
                      }
                  ]
              }
             

       4. In "Custom Headers" you need to check the "Yes" parameter.

          1. You will see two fields "Name" and "Value".

             1. In Name, write "Authorization".

             2. In Value, Bot <Token>.

                1. You need to change it with the parameter returned in the steps mentioned above.

       5. Click on the "Test again" button.

       6. To view the response to this petition, you can scroll down.

          

14. Obtaining information from QuickNode

Obtaining QUICKNODE_RPC_URL value:

Click on the "Create Endpoint" button.

You need to select the Bitcoin Chain:

And please select the Mainnet network.

After that, activate the add-on Ordinals & Runes API.

Save the HTTP Provider URL.

Creating a service to retrieve information for our Discord bot

You need to go to Render:

Afterward, you need to click on "New". In the subsequent steps, you will need to click on the 'Web Service' option.

You will see this dashboard:

In the Public Git Repository section, you can find a white box where you need to paste this code and click on the "Continue" button:

https://github.com/irwingtello/ordinalfam

You need to change these values:

• In Name, you need to write a name for the service.

• In Build Command, you need to write the next command "npm install".

After defining the above values, we need to scroll down and click on the "Advanced" button.

You need to add the following environment variables :

• QUICKNODE_RPC_URL.

• CLIENT_PUBLIC_KEY.

• BOT_TOKEN.

Afterward, click on the "Create Web Service" button and you will see the next screen.

Congratulations!. You now have your first bot service online. We need to copy the URL for this bot and paste it into our bot configuration on Discord.

In my case, this is my URL:

https://ordinalfam.onrender.com

Setting up our service on Discord

I will save you time!, you need to go to the Discord Developer Portal:

https://discord.com/developers/applications/

Click on the name of your Bot.

After that, you need to go to the "General Information" section and change the "Interactions Endpoint URL".

You need to paste the URL generated by render.com and add the path "/interactions"

Example:
https://ordinalfam.onrender.com/interactions

In the consequent step, you need to click the button "Save changes".

After that, you can use your bot in your community!

Exploring your first discordbot on your community

Go to any channel in your discord and type this command: /info, to discover the ordinal information.

After that, you will see this result:

Conclusion

Congratulations! 🎉 You’ve successfully retrieved information about a Bitcoin Ordinal in your Discord community! 🤖✨

You can enhance the bot’s capabilities by adding a feature to retrieve all the holders from your community. 🙌

I’ve also hidden a secret Easter egg that provides hints for expanding the bot even further—beyond your imagination! 🐣🔍

For more details on the method used in this tutorial, check out the link below:
https://www.quicknode.com/docs/bitcoin/ord_getInscription

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We’d love to hear from you!

Author: Irwing Tello
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