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I have another question concerning my catch cmd. If I wanted to make it so that it was no longer an activable command but instead had a small chance of triggering when anyone speaks ever, how would I go about that? Would I need to put it in my message.js file? I know if I put it there as is it will trigger every time someone uses a command. However, I don't want it limited to someone using a command and I don't want it to happen every time. I've also heard of putting it in a separate json file and linking it back somehow. Any help is appreciated.
const profileModel = require("../models/profileSchema");
module.exports = {
name: "catch",
description: "users must type catch first to catch the animal",
async execute(client, message, msg, args, cmd, Discord, profileData) {
const prey = [
"rabbit",
"rat",
"bird",
];
const caught = [
"catch",
];
const chosenPrey = prey.sort(() => Math.random() - Math.random()).slice(0, 1);
const whenCaught = caught.sort(() => Math.random() - Math.random()).slice(0, 1);
const filter = ({ content }) => whenCaught.some((caught) => caught.toLowerCase() == content.toLowerCase());
const collector = message.channel.createMessageCollector({ max: 1, filter, time: 15000 });
const earnings = Math.floor(Math.random() * (20 - 5 + 1)) + 5;
collector.on('collect', async (m) => {
if(m.content?.toLowerCase() === 'catch') {
const user = m.author;
const userData = await profileModel.findOne({ userID: user.id });
message.channel.send(`${userData.name} caught the ${chosenPrey}! You gained ${earnings} coins.`);
}
await profileModel.findOneAndUpdate(
{
userID: m.author.id,
},
{
$inc: {
coins: earnings,
},
}
);
});
collector.on('end', (collected, reason) => {
if (reason == "time") {
message.channel.send('Too slow');
}
});
message.channel.send(`Look out, a ${chosenPrey}! Type CATCH before it gets away!`);
}
}
message.js file just in case
const profileModel = require("../../models/profileSchema");
const cooldowns = new Map();
module.exports = async (Discord, client, message) => {
let profileData;
try {
profileData = await profileModel.findOne({ userID: message.author.id });
if(!profileData){
let profile = await profileModel.create({
name: message.member.user.tag,
userID: message.author.id,
serverID: message.guild.id,
coins: 0,
});
profile.save();
}
} catch (err) {
console.log(err);
}
const prefix = '-';
if(!message.content.startsWith(prefix) || message.author.bot) return;
const args = message.content.slice(prefix.length).split(/ +/);
const cmd = args.shift().toLowerCase();
const command = client.commands.get(cmd) || client.commands.find(a => a.aliases && a.aliases.includes(cmd));
if(!command) return;
if(!cooldowns.has(command.name)){
cooldowns.set(command.name, new Discord.Collection());
}
const current_time = Date.now();
const time_stamps = cooldowns.get(command.name);
const cooldown_amount = (command.cooldown) * 1000;
if(time_stamps.has(message.author.id)){
const expiration_time = time_stamps.get(message.author.id) + cooldown_amount;
if(current_time < expiration_time){
const time_left = (expiration_time - current_time) / 1000;
return message.reply(`Slow down there! You have to wait ${time_left.toFixed(0)} seconds before you can perform ${command.name} again.`);
}
}
if(command) command.execute(client, message, args, cmd, Discord, profileData);
}

Yes...that can be possible. In your command handler, create and export a variable with a boolean
Make sure to do this in global scope (outside any function)
let canBeActivated = true;
module.exports.getCanBeActivated = function () { return canBeActivated };
module.exports.setCanBeActivated = function(value) { canBeActivated = value };
Then, in your command file, import it and check whether it can be activated
const { getCanBeActivated, setCanBeActivated } = require("path/to/message.js")
module.exports = {
...
execute(...) {
// command wont run
if(!getCanBeActivated()) return
}
You can make some logic to make the command run if canBeActivated is false (like get a random number between 1-100 and if it matches 4 run it).In case you need to change it, just run, setCanBeActivated

Discord.JS bot not replying to commands nor returning a error in console regarding it

I've been struggling to get my new Discord bot's command handler to work, While it is seeing the command files (as indicated by its log entry on startup stating the amount of commands it has loaded) it either isn't sending the messages, or it isn't even executing them.
Here's my code:
const { Client, Intents, Collection } = require('discord.js');
const { token, ownerid, statuses, embedColors, prefix } = require('./cfg/config.json');
const client = new Client({ intents: [Intents.FLAGS.GUILDS] });
const fs = require('fs');
const { config } = require('process');
client.commands = new Collection();
const commands = [];
const cmdfiles = fs.readdirSync('./cmds').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
client.once('ready', () => {
console.clear
console.log(`Ready to go, Found ${cmdfiles.length} commands and ${statuses.length} statuses!`)
setInterval(() => {
var status = Math.floor(Math.random() * (statuses.length -1) +1)
client.user.setActivity(statuses[status]);
}, 20000)
}),
client.on("error", (e) => console.log(error(e)));
client.on("warn", (e) => console.log(warn(e)));
// Command Handler
for (const file of cmdfiles) {
const command = require(`./cmds/${file}`);
commands.push(command.data);
}
client.on('messageCreate', message => {
if (!message.content.startsWith(prefix) || message.author.bot) return;
const args = message.content.slice(prefix.length).trim().split(/ +/);
const command = args.shift().toLowerCase();
if (!client.commands.has(command)) {
embeds: [{
title: ":x: Oopsie!",
color: config.embedColors.red,
description: `Command ${args.[0]} doesn't exist! Run ${config.prefix}help to see the avaliable commands!`,
footer: app.config.footer + " Something went wrong! :("
}];
} else {
try {
client.commands.get(command).execute(message, args);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
embeds: [{
title: ":x: Oopsie!",
description: "Command execution failed",
fields: [
{ name: "Error Message", value: `${e.message}` }
],
footer: app.config.footer + " Something went wrong :("
}];
}
message.channel.send
}});
client.login(token);
and the test command is
module.exports = {
name: "test",
description: "does as it implies, dingusA",
async execute(client, message, args) {
message.channel.send("This is a message!");
}
}

You need the GUILD_MESSAGES intent in order to receive messages in guilds.
Add the following intent in your code
const client = new Client({ intents: [
Intents.FLAGS.GUILDS,
Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_MESSAGES ]
})
This applies to other things as well eg. DIRECT_MESSAGES for DMs and etc.

Heroku: how to have it access multiple .js files

I'm getting this error message on heroku and I think I'm getting it cause of Procfile.
I'm using Worker at the moment, but I'm trying to figure out how to have heroku access both index.js and ping.js. Unless I'm reading the error message completely wrong and this could be a different issue. Any help is appreciated!
EDIT:
Here's my code for index.js
const Discord = require('discord.js');
const music = require('#koenie06/discord.js-music');
const fs = require('fs');
const { dir } = require('console');
const bot = new Discord.Client({
shards: "auto",
intents: [
Discord.Intents.FLAGS.GUILDS,
Discord.Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_MESSAGES,
Discord.Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_MESSAGE_REACTIONS,
Discord.Intents.FLAGS.DIRECT_MESSAGES,
Discord.Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_VOICE_STATES
]
});
bot.commands = new Discord.Collection();
bot.aliases = new Discord.Collection();
//Command handler and aliases
fs.readdirSync('./commands/').forEach(dir => {
//in the commands folder, we gonna check for the category
fs.readdir(`./commands/${dir}`, (err, files) => {
//console log error(catch error)
if(err)throw err;
//checking if the files ends with .js if its a javascript file
var jsFiles = files.filter(f => f.split('.').pop() === 'js');
//if there is no commands in the file it will return
if(jsFiles.length <= 0) {
console.log("Can't find any commands");
return;
}
jsFiles.forEach(file => {
//console the loaded commands
var fileGet = require(`./commands/${dir}/${file}`);
console.log(`[COMMAND HANDLER] - File ${file} was loaded`);
//gonna let the commands run
try {
bot.commands.set(fileGet.help.name, fileGet);
// it search in the commands folder if there is any aliases
fileGet.help.aliases.forEach(alias => {
bot.aliases.set(alias, fileGet.help.name);
})
} catch(err) {
//catch error in console
return console.log(err);
}
})
})
})
/**
* ECHO STUFF
*/
//slash command to echo
bot.on('ready', async () => {
bot.user.setPresence({ activities: [{ name: "Tedi", type: "WATCHING"}] });
console.log("bye");
const data = {
name: 'echo',
description: 'Echo your text',
options: [{
name: 'text',
type: 'STRING',
description: 'The user input',
required: true,
}],
};
const command = await bot.guilds.cache.get('872986148681703444')?.commands.create(data);
})
bot.on('messageCreate', async message => {
if(message.author.bot || message.channel.type == 'DM') return
let prefix = '~'
let messageArray = message.content.split(' ');
let cmd = messsageArray[0];
let args = messageArray.slice(1);
//it will make the cmd work with his original name and his aliases
let commands = bot.commands.get(cmd.slice(prefix.length)) || bot.commands.get(bot.aliases.get(cmd.slice(prefix.length)));
if(commands) {
if(!message.content.startsWith(prefix)) return
commands.run(bot, message, args, prefix);
}
})
//interactionCreate for echo slash command
bot.on('interactionCreate', async interaction => {
/**
* isButton() used to check if its a button
* isCommand() used to check if its a slash command
* isSelectMenu() used to check if its a dropdown menu
* isMessageComponent()
*/
if(interaction.isCommand()) {
if(interaction.commandName === 'echo') {
const text = interaction.options.getString('text');
await interaction.reply({ content: text, ephemeral: false}); //if ephemeral if true, it would make the slash command private
}
}
})
bot.login(process.env.token);
Here is my ping.js
const Discord = require("discord.js");
module.exports.run = async (Client, message, args, prefix) => {
message.channel.send("pong")
}
module.exports.help = {
name: "ping",
aliases: ["p"]
}

This error is not because of Heroku, it's basically because there is a file in your command handler that doesn't have a name while handling it, as example like this code over here:
const Discord = require("discord.js");
module.exports.run = async (Client, message, args, prefix) => {
message.channel.send("pong")
}
module.exports.help = {
// here the name isn't included
aliases: ["p"]
}
// so just check if you have a file without a name while handling it and put a name, and if you don't want aliases make it `aliases: []`
This command handler should be like thisCommands Folder commands > Subfolder e.g. Moderation > kick.jsThats how it works, also thank you for watching my videos, I'm UltraX :)

Discord slash command interactions failing despite event handler logging the interactions correctly

Following along with discordjs.guide/creating-your-bot
I've made an event handler that's working correctly and returning the expected terminal logs.
However, none of the commands that were previously working are working. I've had this happen before and I had to restart the bot and the commands started functioning correctly again.
The bit I can't figure out is the interaction are being logged in my terminal successful yet they're showing up as failed interactions in the discord.
My command handler;
const fs = require('fs');
const { REST } = require('#discordjs/rest');
const { Routes } = require('discord-api-types/v9');
const { clientId, guildId, token } = require('./config.json');
const commands = [];
const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
for (const file of commandFiles) {
const command = require(`./commands/${file}`);
commands.push(command.data.toJSON());
}
const rest = new REST({ version: '9' }).setToken(token);
(async () => {
try {
await rest.put(
Routes.applicationGuildCommands(clientId, guildId),
{ body: commands },
);
console.log('Successfully registered application commands.');
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
})();
my event handler;
const fs = require('fs');
const { Client, Intents } = require('discord.js');
const { token } = require('./config.json');
const client = new Client({ intents: [Intents.FLAGS.GUILDS] });
const eventFiles = fs.readdirSync('./events').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
for (const file of eventFiles) {
const event = require(`./events/${file}`);
if (event.once) {
client.once(event.name, (...args) => event.execute(...args));
} else {
client.on(event.name, (...args) => event.execute(...args));
}
}
client.login(token);
Ping command:
const { SlashCommandBuilder } = require('#discordjs/builders'); module.exports = {
data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
.setName('ping')
.setDescription('Replies with Pong!'),
async execute(interaction) {
await interaction.reply('Pong!');
},
};
interactionCreate event listener:
module.exports = { name: 'interactionCreate', execute(interaction) { console.log(${interaction.user.tag} in #${interaction.channel.name} triggered an interaction.); }, }; This is triggering correctly at least, I'm getting an output in my log that's expected.
And my interactionCreate although this lives in with my command handling folder/code. I'll post the folder structure below as well.
client.on('interactionCreate', async interaction => {
if (!interaction.isCommand()) return;
const command = client.commands.get(interaction.commandName);
//If the command doesn't exist, it will return undefined, so exit early with return.
if (!command) return;
//If it does exist, call the command's .execute() method, and pass in the interaction variable as its argument.
try {
await command.execute(interaction);
//In case something goes wrong, log the error and report back to the member to let them know.
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
await interaction.reply({ content: 'There was an error while executing this command!', ephemeral: true });
}
});

UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: ReferenceError: client is not defined

I'm encountering an error while making a command for my discord.js bot which says UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: ReferenceError: client is not defined even tho i defined client in the main bot file so i'm pretty confused the code for the command i'm making:
let ticketGen = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789".split("");
let ticketStr = "";
for(let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
ticketStr += ticketGen[Math.floor(Math.random() * ticketGen.length)];
}
return ticketStr;
}
const fsn = require("fs-nextra");
const colors = require("colors");
module.exports = {
name: 'order',
description: 'Ordering something',
aliases: ['o'],
execute(message) {
let order = message.content.substring(8);
let customer = message.author.id
fsn.readJSON("./blacklist.json").then((blacklistDB) => {
let entry = blacklistDB[message.guild.id];
// Checks is server is blacklisted or not.
if(entry === undefined) {
// Gets ticket ID.
const ticketID = generateID();
// Sends ticket information to tickets channel.
client.guilds.cache.get("745409671430668389").channels.get("746423099871985755").send({embed: {
color: 0xFFFFFF,
title: message.author.username,
fields: [{
name: "New Order",
value: `${message.author.username} would like to order something.`,
}, {
name: "Order Description",
value: order,
}, {
name: "Order ID",
value: ticketID,
}, {
name: "Guild Infomation",
value: `This order came from ${message.guild} (${message.guild.id}) in ${message.channel} (${message.channel.id}).`,
}, {
name: "Order Status",
value: "Unclaimed",
}],
timestamp: new Date(),
footer: {
text: "Taco Bot"
}
}}).then((m) => {
m = m.id;
//rest of the code
forgive me if it was an stupid error i'm completely new to coding and was watching youtube videos to learn the code for the main bot file:
const fs = require("fs");
const { prefix, token, ownerID } = require('./config.json');
const Discord = require('discord.js');
const client = new Discord.Client();
client.commands = new Discord.Collection();
const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
for (const file of commandFiles) {
const command = require(`./commands/${file}`);
client.commands.set(command.name, command);
}
client.on("ready", () => {
console.log(`ready!.`);
console.log(token);
// Activities
const activities_list = [
`Serving Tacos | .help`,
`Preparing Orders | .help`
];
setInterval(() => {
const index = Math.floor(Math.random() * (activities_list.length - 1) + 1);
client.user.setActivity(activities_list[index]);
}, 10000);
});
//Joined Guild
client.on("guildCreate", (guild) => {
console.log(colors.green(`Joined New Guild, ${guild.name}`));
});
//Left Guild
client.on("guildDelete", (guild) => {
console.log(colors.green(`Left Guild, ${guild.name}`));
});
client.on('message', message => {
if (!message.content.startsWith(prefix) || message.author.bot) return;
const args = message.content.slice(prefix.length).trim().split(/ +/);
const commandName = args.shift().toLowerCase();
const command = client.commands.get(commandName)
|| client.commands.find(cmd => cmd.aliases && cmd.aliases.includes(commandName));
if (!command) return;
if (command.guildOnly && message.channel.type === 'dm') {
return message.reply('I can\'t execute that command inside DMs!');
}
if (command.args && !args.length) {
let reply = `You didn't provide any arguments, ${message.author}!`;
if (command.usage) {
reply += `\nThe proper usage would be: \`${prefix}${command.name} ${command.usage}\``;
}
return message.channel.send(reply);
}
try {
command.execute(message, args);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
message.reply('there was an error trying to execute that command!');
}
});
process.on("error", () => {
console.log("Oops something happened!");
});
client.login(token);

There is no need to create a new client, and absolutely no need to pass it in as an additional argument in your execute method. As you have seen in the comments, the issue is that while client is defined in your main bot file, it is not defined in your command's file. Variables defined in one file aren't accessible in all other files, unless you specifically export that variable using module.exports.
But luckily, you don't need to export your client or pass it as a parameter; discord.js conveniently has a message.client property on the message object which allows you to access your client easily. All you need to do to fix your code is add a single line to the top of your execute() method in your command file:
module.exports = {
name: 'order',
description: 'Ordering something',
aliases: ['o'],
execute(message) {
const client = message.client; //<- Line added right here
let order = message.content.substring(8);
let customer = message.author.id
fsn.readJSON("./blacklist.json").then((blacklistDB) => {
let entry = blacklistDB[message.guild.id];
// Checks is server is blacklisted or not.
if(entry === undefined) {
// Gets ticket ID.
const ticketID = generateID();
// Sends ticket information to tickets channel.
client.guilds.cache.get("745409671430668389").channels.get("746423099871985755").send({embed: {
color: 0xFFFFFF,
title: message.author.username,
fields: [{
name: "New Order",
value: `${message.author.username} would like to order something.`,
}, {
name: "Order Description",
value: order,
}, {
name: "Order ID",
value: ticketID,
}, {
name: "Guild Infomation",
value: `This order came from ${message.guild} (${message.guild.id}) in ${message.channel} (${message.channel.id}).`,
}, {
name: "Order Status",
value: "Unclaimed",
}],
timestamp: new Date(),
footer: {
text: "Taco Bot"
}
}}).then((m) => {
m = m.id;
//rest of the code
And that's all! Problem solved. That message.client property is amazingly convenient.
Relevant Resources:
https://discord.js.org/#/docs/main/stable/class/Message?scrollTo=client

I will suggest you to add the client in the command.execute() too, because it is easier to use. So you will have:
try {
command.execute(client, message, args);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
message.reply('there was an error trying to execute that command!');
}
And in every command file you just simply do this.
execute(client, message, args) {
//code
}