Flow reference: Plugins
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Post a giveaway with Enter / Leave buttons, requirements (role, days in server, level) and automatic winners (Giveaways plugin).
Post a giveaway with Enter / Leave buttons, requirements (role, days in server, level) and automatic winners (Giveaways plugin).
When and how to use it
Connect the input from the preceding step on the path that should perform this operation.
Fill the fields with data available in the trigger's context.
Connect the needed outputs; an unconnected path cannot run later blocks.
Configuration fields
Channel — channel
Choose the channel this block targets or filters. Use its Discord ID or a supported channel variable. Check channel overrides for the bot.
Input: Text.
Format example, not a ready value for your server:
{channel}.Default:
{channel}.Prize — prize
Human-readable giveaway prize. State what is awarded; posting a giveaway does not automatically deliver an external product.
Input: Text with variable suggestions.
Default:
{prize}.Duration (30m, 2h, 1d 12h) — duration
Use the duration format shown by this block's placeholder or help. Duration formats vary between timeout and giveaway actions.
Input: Text with variable suggestions.
Default:
{duration}.Winners — winners
Number of winners to draw. Keep it realistic relative to the number of eligible entrants.
Input: Text with variable suggestions.
Default:
{winners}.Required role (optional) — requiredRole
Role a member must have to enter the giveaway. A requirement checks membership; it does not assign the role.
Input: Text with variable suggestions.
Default: ``.
Days in server (optional) — minDays
Minimum membership age in days for giveaway entry. This is not the Discord account's creation age.
Input: Text with variable suggestions.
Default: ``.
Minimum level (optional, Leveling plugin) — minLevel
Minimum Leveling level required for giveaway entry. Confirm the leveling feature is configured.
Input: Text with variable suggestions.
Default: ``.
Description (optional) — description
Explain this command, role, product or giveaway in terms of its result. Do not put credentials here.
Input: Text with variable suggestions.
Default: ``.
Colour — color
Color in the format shown by the editor, usually six-digit hex such as #5865F2. Color alone does not change permissions.
Input: Text.
Format example, not a ready value for your server:
#F47FFF.Default:
#F47FFF.Outputs and next steps
out: Continue to the next step.failed: The operation failed; provide a safe error response.Test and troubleshoot
Install the corresponding plugin and configure its required accounts, channels and secrets. Test an API read before a write operation. An external-service error is not a reason to recreate the whole bot.
Save, validate and publish. Perform one real test and read the first relevant log error. [Testing](/docs/flow-testing) · [Variables](/docs/flow-variables) · [Permissions](/docs/flow-permissions).
Save, validate and publish. Perform one real test and read the first relevant log error. [Testing](/docs/flow-testing) · [Variables](/docs/flow-variables) · [Permissions](/docs/flow-permissions).