Between javacord, JDA, and spring?
I've seen i can write a java discord bot with either of these 3... wondering what are the differences between them, so i can decide which i wanna use? Ty

also, Is there a way with JDA to quote random lines from a text file into a discord channel?
Well, this is one option, the other is to specifiy a bible book name + chapter + verse #
The latter would be ideal, but seems a lot more work
and the entire bible would be in a text file either way


OR

to fetch scripture verses from an online website? with JDA for discord bot

This post was edited by ferf on Nov 7 2021 08:03pm

Never written a discord bot, but I would go with a library made expressly for that purpose (ie javacord or JDA). Using (and learning!) Spring to write a discord bot seems like extreme overkill.

JDA is literally a Java wrapper of Discord’s REST API. So if you want to utilize the REST API in Java, this is the route.

Javacord I have not touched, but the library seems pretty intuitive.

You could use Spring if you’re productive in it and are comfortable with the REST API offerings, but you’ll most likely end up reinventing your own Discord REST API wrapper, aka JDA.

I would always judge it by popularity and documentation, because popularity generally will yield continued release and community support, and good documentation for obvious reasons.

thanks guys