discord2html

Generate styled HTML transcripts from Discord channel message history. Processes Discord-flavored markdown, embeds, attachments, reactions, threads, and Discord Components V2.

discord2html is a maintained fork of discord-html-transcripts. This fork fixes the critical v3.3.0 bug, adds full Discord Components V2 support, and modernizes the package for current Discord.js and Node.js versions.

What's different from the original

• Bug fix: v3.3.0 introduced a stray ; after the <style> JSX tag that prevented all custom CSS from loading, breaking the visual rendering of every Components V2 message. Fixed.
• Components V2: Select menu option emojis now render as images (not raw URL strings). Premium button style handled. All unknown component types degrade gracefully to null instead of throwing.
• Modern markdown: Headings (#, ##, ###) and subtext (-#) are now rendered as styled HTML instead of falling through to plain text — important for Components V2 messages that rely on them.
• Footer branding: New branding option ({ text, url?, color? }) renders your brand in the transcript footer, optionally as a clickable link.
• CJS interop fix: discord-markdown-parser's parse is now imported as a named export. The previous default import resolved to the whole module.exports object under ESM, causing a runtime parse is not a function error.
• Dual CJS/ESM output: Package now ships both dist/index.js (CJS) and dist/index.mjs (ESM) with matching .d.ts / .d.mts type declarations. The exports field is set correctly.
• Dependency fix: debug was in devDependencies but is used in production code — moved to dependencies.
• Bundled React (self-contained): React, ReactDOM and @derockdev/discord-components-* are bundled into the dist at build time. The package renders with React 19 (react-dom/static), but @derockdev/discord-components-react peer-requires React ≤18 — so a naïve install left two React copies in the tree, and elements created under React 18 failed to render under React 19 with "Objects are not valid as a React child". Bundling resolves every import React to a single React 19 instance baked into the package, so consumers never need to install React or add overrides — only discord.js. The ESM build injects a createRequire shim so the bundled CJS react-dom server can load Node built-ins (util, stream, …) without the "Dynamic require of X is not supported" error.
• Modernized: TypeScript target updated to ES2020. React updated to 19.2.4. Build pipeline switched from raw tsc to tsup.

Installation

npm install discord2html

Peer dependency: discord.js v14 or v15

Quick start

import * as discord2html from 'discord2html';
// or: const discord2html = require('discord2html');

// Using the built-in message fetcher
const transcript = await discord2html.createTranscript(channel);
channel.send({ files: [transcript] });

// Using your own message array/collection
const transcript = await discord2html.generateFromMessages(messages, channel);
channel.send({ files: [transcript] });

API reference

createTranscript(channel, options?)

Fetches all messages from a TextBasedChannel and generates an HTML transcript.

Returns Promise<AttachmentBuilder> by default, or Promise<Buffer> / Promise<string> based on returnType.

generateFromMessages(messages, channel, options?)

Generates an HTML transcript from a provided message collection or array.

Options

All options are optional.

{
  // createTranscript only:
  limit: number;           // Max messages to fetch. -1 fetches all. Default: all
  filter: (msg) => bool;  // Filter function applied before rendering

  // both functions:
  returnType: ExportReturnType; // 'attachment' | 'buffer' | 'string'. Default: 'attachment'
  filename: string;             // Attachment filename. Default: 'transcript-{channel-id}.html'
  saveImages: boolean;          // Download images and inline as base64. Default: false
  poweredBy: boolean;           // Show "Powered by discord2html" footer. Default: true
  footerText: string;           // Footer text. Use {number} and {s}. Default: 'Exported {number} message{s}.'
  favicon: 'guild' | string;    // 'guild' uses the server icon, or pass a URL. Default: 'guild'
  hydrate: boolean;             // Server-side hydrate the HTML. Default: false

  callbacks: {
    resolveChannel: (id: string) => Awaitable<Channel | null>;
    resolveUser:    (id: string) => Awaitable<User | null>;
    resolveRole:    (id: string) => Awaitable<Role | null>;
    resolveImageSrc: (attachment: APIAttachment, message: APIMessage) => Awaitable<string | null | undefined>;
  };
}

ExportReturnType (enum)

import { ExportReturnType } from 'discord2html';

ExportReturnType.Attachment  // returns AttachmentBuilder (default)
ExportReturnType.Buffer      // returns Buffer
ExportReturnType.String      // returns string

TranscriptImageDownloader

Builder for the resolveImageSrc callback. Downloads and optionally compresses images inline.

import { TranscriptImageDownloader } from 'discord2html';

callbacks: {
  resolveImageSrc: new TranscriptImageDownloader()
    .withMaxSize(5120)            // Skip images over 5 MB
    .withCompression(40, true)    // 40% quality, convert to WebP (requires `sharp`)
    .build(),
}

TypeScript

The package ships .d.ts and .d.mts type declarations. No @types/discord2html package is needed.

import type { CreateTranscriptOptions, GenerateFromMessagesOptions, ExportReturnType } from 'discord2html';

License

Apache-2.0. Original work by Derock. Fork maintained by José Hernanes.