Configuration

How it works

At first, let's understand how linux-discord-rich-presence configuration system works.

When you start linux-discord-rich-presence the following steps are executed:

linux-discord-rich-presence determines if specified config file is executable or not.

The config is executed as if you have executed it from the shell via ~/.config/linux-discord-rich-presencerc as if it was any other application. Let's call started process as "Config Process".
linux-discord-rich-presence connects to stdout (standard output) of the Config Process.
linux-discord-rich-presence listens Config Process' stdout and waits for updates. Update message is serialized as JSON, schema can be found here.
linux-discord-rich-presence parses update message and updates your Discord Rich Presence status according to it.
Execution goes back to step 3.

it is treated as single update message serialized in JSON.

Atfer reading this the following conclusions can be made:

Your configuration file is valid as far as it sends at least one update message. It can be a Python, Bash, Perl (name all of them) script or even a binary.
Your Config Process can enable or disable different Rich Presence applications in your status during the time.

One of the important steps to get linux-discord-rich-presence working is creating Discord Application and uploading all required assets to it.

To do it you need to follow these steps:

Go to Discord Developer Portal.
Create a new Application (name can be changed at any time).
Select it in the list of your applications and go to Rich Presence -> Art Assets. Upload here images that you will use in your status.
Go to Rich Presence -> Visualizer. Here you can preview your configuration.

To write your own config you can check one of the following templates: