Get total number of members in Discord using PHP - php

Question

I have a Discord servern with 1361 members and on my website I want to display a total number of joined users.
I have figured out how to get all online Members on the server using:
<?php
$jsonIn = file_get_contents('https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/356230556738125824/widget.json');
$JSON = json_decode($jsonIn, true);
$membersCount = count($JSON['members']);
echo "Number of members: " . $membersCount;
?>
What should I do differently to get a total number of ALL users that have joined the server, and not just display the online members?

Answer 1

Now, I realize I am reviving a pretty old thread here, but I figure some might still use an answer. As jrenk pointed out, you should instead access https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/356230556738125824/members.
Your 404: Unauthorized comes from the fact that you are -you guessed it- not authorized.
If you have created a bot, it is fairly easy: just add a request header Authorization: Bot YOUR_BOT_TOKEN_HERE. If you use a normal Discord account, the whole problem is a bit more tricky:
You will first have to send a POST request to https://discordapp.com/api/auth/login and set the body to {"email": "EMAIL_HERE", "password": "PASSWORD_HERE"}.
You will get a response with the parameter token. Save this token, you will need it later. BUT:
NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES show anyone this token, as it is equivalent to your login credentials!
With this token, you can now send a POST request to the same address: https://discordapp.com/api/auth/login, but now add the header Authorization: YOUR_BOT_TOKEN_HERE. Note the missing "Bot" at the beginning.
Also, what you mustn't forget:
If you don't add the parameter ?limit=MAX_USERS, you will only get the first guild member. Take a look here to see details.

Answer 2

You have to count the number of online member
here is the working code
<?php
$members = json_decode(file_get_contents('https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/356230556738125824/widget.json'), true)['members'];
$membersCount = 1;
foreach ($members as $member) {
if ($member['status'] == 'online') {
$membersCount++;
}
}
echo "Number of members: " . $membersCount;
?>

Answer 3

You need a bot on your discord server to get all members. Use the Discord js library for example.

Answer 4

First create a discord bot and get a token, see the following url:
https://github.com/reactiflux/discord-irc/wiki/Creating-a-discord-bot-&-getting-a-token
As #2Kreeper noted, do not reveal your token publicly.
Then use the following code, replacing "enter-bot-token-here" and "enter-guild-id-here" with your own information:
<?php
$json_options = [
"http" => [
"method" => "GET",
"header" => "Authorization: Bot enter-bot-token-here"
]
];
$json_context = stream_context_create($json_options);
$json_get = file_get_contents('https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/enter-guild-id-here/members?limit=1000', false, $json_context);
$json_decode = json_decode($json_get, true);
echo '<h2>Member Count</h2>';
echo count($json_decode);
echo '<h2>JSON Output</h2>';
echo '<pre>';
print_r($json_decode);
echo '</pre>';
?>

Answer 5

For anyone still interested, here's the solution I currently use using RestCord:
use RestCord\DiscordClient;
$serverId = <YourGuildId>;
$discord = new DiscordClient([
'token' => '<YourBotToken>'
]);
$limit = 1000;
$membercnt = 0;
$_ids = array();
function getTotalUsersCount($ids, $limit, $serverId, $discord) {
if( count($ids) > 0 ) {
$last_id = max($ids);
$last_id = (int)$last_id;
} else {
$last_id = null;
}
$members = $discord->guild->listGuildMembers(['guild.id' => $serverId, 'limit' => $limit, 'after' => $last_id]);
$_ids = array();
foreach( $members as $member ) {
$ids[] = $member->user->id;
$_ids[] = $member->user->id;
}
if( count($_ids) > 0 ) {
return getTotalUsersCount($ids, $limit, $serverId, $discord);
} else {
return $ids;
}
}
$ids = getTotalUsersCount($_ids, $limit, $serverId, $discord);
$membercnt = count($ids);
echo "Member Count: " . $membercnt;

Answer 6

In addition to Soubhagya Kumar's answer comment by iTeY you can simply use count(), there is no need to loop if you do not require a loop.

Answer 7

I'm reviving this since it still seems to be relevant and the other answers seem a bit too complex I think (maybe the API used to be bad(?)). So:
Generate a permanent discord invite and keep the code at the end (https://discord.gg/xxxxxxx) and then all you do is this:
<?php
$server_code = "xxxxxxx";
$url = "https://discord.com/api/v9/invites/".$server_code."?with_counts=true&with_expiration=true";
$jsonIn = file_get_contents($url);
$json_obj = json_decode($jsonIn, $assoc = false);
$total = $json_obj ->approximate_member_count;
?>
And there you go, that's the total member count. Keep in mind, this will also count the bots I think so you have to account for that if you want to refine it even more