# How To Guides

These how-to guides offer common solutions for integrating Discord Social SDK features into your game.

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:::card{title="Debug & Log" href="/guides/how-to-debug-log"}
Use logging and debugging tools to troubleshoot issues.
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:::card{title="Use with Discord APIs" href="/guides/how-to-use-with-discord-apis"}
Make requests to Discord's HTTP APIs from your game.
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:::card{title="Integrate Moderation" href="/guides/how-to-integrate-moderation"}
Integrating and managing content moderation for your game when using the Discord Social SDK.
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:::card{title="Market Your Integration" href="/guides/how-to-market-your-integration"}
Guidelines and best practices for announcing your Discord Social SDK integration to players.
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:::card{title="Handle Special Characters in Display Names" href="/guides/how-to-handle-special-characters-display-names"}
Handling Unicode characters in Discord Display Names for your game's chat and friend lists.
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:::card{title="Voice Muting Based on Player Blocks" href="/guides/how-to-voice-muting-for-blocked-players"}
Apply voice muting in lobbies based on Discord block relationships or external platform signals.
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:::card{title="Handle Rate Limits" href="/guides/how-to-handle-rate-limits"}
Detect and handle rate limit errors using ClientResult.
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## Change Log

| Date          | Changes               |
| ------------- | --------------------- |
| July 23, 2025 | migrated several docs |
| June 17, 2025 | added How To category |

## Related pages

- [API Reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [App Fundamentals](./app-fundamentals-index.md)
- [Best Practices](./best-practices-index.md)
- [Bots & Companion Apps](./bots-companion-apps-index.md)
- [Building Games](./building-games-index.md)
- [Building on Discord](./building-on-discord-index.md)
- [Change Log](./change-log-index.md)
- [Communities & Servers](./communities-servers-index.md)
- [Components](./components-index.md)
- [Core Concepts](./core-concepts-index.md)

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