Gives you a personal invite link for a giveaway with Invite friends on. Any member can run it. The Giveaways service must be enabled ("The Giveaways service is not enabled here."). giveaway_id autocompletes with this server's live giveaways that have Invite friends on. The reply is private to you.
Invite friends is a row of the giveaway's builder: extra chances for each friend who joins, a number of invited friends needed to be in the draw or both. A giveaway without it answers "This giveaway has no referral entries." One that has ended answers "This giveaway is no longer active." One from another server answers "Giveaway not found."
The bot creates an invite to the giveaway's channel just for you and reuses it on later calls. It expires when the giveaway ends. Discord caps invites at seven days, so a longer giveaway gets a fresh link once the old one lapses. The bot needs the Create Invite permission in that channel, otherwise: "I need the Create Invite permission in the giveaway channel to make your link."
The reply starts with "🔗 Your invite link: https://discord.gg/..." and "Referrals so far: 2". Depending on the giveaway it adds "Each member who joins through it adds +1 entry for you.", "You need 3 referrals to be eligible when winners are picked." and "Joined accounts must be at least 7 days old to count."
A friend is counted when someone joins the server through your link. Bots do not count and you cannot invite yourself. Accounts younger than the giveaway's minimum age (7 days unless the host changed it) do not count either. Extra chances are added right away, whether you entered before or after the join. When the giveaway asks for a number of invited friends, entrants with fewer are left out of the draw.
Good to know
- The "My invite link" button on the giveaway post gives the same reply.
- The bot reads the server's invite use counts to credit friends, which needs its Manage Server permission.