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Discussion on: Send automated Discord messages through Webhooks using JavaScript (Part 2 - Embeds)

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Abhay

Can the webhook be used to read the message in a channel? I am a subscriber but not the owner of the Discord Channel but want to be notified by SMS or Email when a new post appears in the channel

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Oskar Codes

That isn’t possible using Webhooks, as they are made to only send data in server channels, and not receive. However, you can setup a Discord Bot to read messages, but for that you’ll need to host a server.

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Abhay

if I host a server and build this discord bot, can this read messages from other channels of which I am not the admin?

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Oskar Codes • Edited

Yes absolutely, the only permission the bot needs is to be able to read messages from that channel, and if that permission is granted then it’ll work