Discord Demo Links

Get a message with a download link in your Discord channel each time a CSTV demo on your CS2 Pro server has finished recording.

Pro Server Only

Discord demo links need a Pro server with CSTV turned on. Free servers do not have CSTV.

How It Works

You create a webhook in Discord and paste its address into Discord webhook URL (optional) in the Pro Panel. When a demo has finished recording, the server posts a message with a link to the demo in that Discord channel, so your team can download it.

On a Pro server, these plugins work together:

1. TVFIX restarts CSTV so each match records
2. Demo Monitor moves finished demos into the demos folder
3. Discord Demo Links posts a download link to your Discord channel

You do not install anything. The webhook field is all you set up.

Step 1: Create a Webhook in Discord

You need the Manage Webhooks permission on the Discord server.

1. Open Discord and go to your server
2. Hover over the channel where demos should be posted and click the cog icon, Edit Channel
3. Open Integrations and click Webhooks
4. Click New Webhook
5. Give it a name, for example CS2 Demos, and check the channel
6. Click Copy Webhook URL

Step 2: Add the Webhook in the Pro Panel

1. Go to the Pro Panel
2. Click on your server name
3. Open the Settings tab. It opens on Game settings
4. Scroll down to CSTV and set Enable CSTV to Yes. The webhook field only shows when CSTV is on
5. Paste the address into Discord webhook URL (optional)

The address must start with https://discord.com/api/webhooks/. If you copied one that starts with https://discordapp.com/, https://ptb.discord.com/ or https://canary.discord.com/, change the start to https://discord.com/. The rest stays the same.

Step 3: Save and Restart

1. Click Save changes
2. Restart the server

The webhook is only picked up when the server starts.

Getting Demos Without Discord

Every finished demo is also listed under Demo files on the Files tab, where you can download it. See CSTV.

Links Stop Working After 7 Days

The Discord message holds a link, not the demo file. Demos are deleted from the server after 7 days, and the link stops working then. Download any demo worth keeping within 7 days.

Changing or Removing the Webhook

• Different channel: create a new webhook in that channel, paste it over the old one, save and restart
• Turn it off: clear Discord webhook URL (optional), save and restart

Keep the Webhook Private

Anyone with the webhook address can post in your Discord channel. If it leaks, delete the webhook in Discord, create a new one, and put the new address in the Pro Panel.

Troubleshooting

I cannot see the Discord webhook URL field

Set Enable CSTV to Yes in the CSTV section. The field only shows when CSTV is on.

The panel refuses the webhook address

The address must look like https://discord.com/api/webhooks/<numbers>/<letters and numbers>. Copy it again with Copy Webhook URL, and change discordapp.com, ptb.discord.com or canary.discord.com to discord.com. Do not add spaces or anything after the address.

No message arrives in Discord

• Check that you restarted the server after saving
• Check that a demo actually finished. It shows under Demo files on the Files tab
• Check that the webhook still exists in Discord under Integrations → Webhooks
• One webhook posts to one channel. Check you are looking in the right one

The download link does not work

The demo is older than 7 days and has been deleted from the server. Old demos cannot be restored.

Messages go to the wrong channel

Each webhook belongs to one channel. Create a webhook in the channel you want and replace the address in the Pro Panel.

Related Pages

• CSTV - Turn on CSTV, watch and record matches
• Demo Monitor - Where demo files are kept
• TVFIX - Makes sure each match records
• MatchZy - Records match demos automatically