discord.js - Imagine ❄•2y ago

Get a guild object inside an express API route

I am trying to make my bot do some changes to our server based on a request to our API endpoint. in the index.js I am starting the server and the bot, then exporting the bot to access the client on the API route. index.js

const { Client } = require('discord.js');
const app = express();

require('./routes')(app);
...

// Log in to Discord with your client's token
client.login(process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN);

const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3001;

app.listen(PORT, () => {
    console.log(`Server is listening in port ${PORT}`);
});

module.exports.client = client;

const { Client } = require('discord.js');
const app = express();

require('./routes')(app);
...

// Log in to Discord with your client's token
client.login(process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN);

const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3001;

app.listen(PORT, () => {
    console.log(`Server is listening in port ${PORT}`);
});

module.exports.client = client;

In the route I want the bot to make changes in: create.js

const express = require('express');

const index = require('../index');

const router = express.Router();

router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
const { name } = req.body;

 if (!name) return res.status(400).send('Name is required');

const { client } = index;

    if (client.isReady()) {
        console.log('Client is Ready');

        const guild = await client.guilds.fetch(process.env.GUILD_ID);
        console.log(guild);
        const role = await guild.roles.create({
             name,
             color: 'Random',
             mentionable: true,
             permissions: [],
         });
    } else {
        res.status(500).send('The Discord bot is not ready.');
    }
}
....

const express = require('express');

const index = require('../index');

const router = express.Router();

router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
const { name } = req.body;

 if (!name) return res.status(400).send('Name is required');

const { client } = index;

    if (client.isReady()) {
        console.log('Client is Ready');

        const guild = await client.guilds.fetch(process.env.GUILD_ID);
        console.log(guild);
        const role = await guild.roles.create({
             name,
             color: 'Random',
             mentionable: true,
             permissions: [],
         });
    } else {
        res.status(500).send('The Discord bot is not ready.');
    }
}
....

This gives me a type error TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'create') The guild I fetch is an object that only has a few properties and I can't access properties like roles, channels...etc

Collection(1) [Map] {
  'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' => OAuth2Guild {
    id: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
    name: 'Testing',
    icon: null,
    features: [ 'NEWS', 'COMMUNITY' ],
    owner: false,
    permissions: PermissionsBitField { bitfield: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}
  }
}

Collection(1) [Map] {
  'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' => OAuth2Guild {
    id: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
    name: 'Testing',
    icon: null,
    features: [ 'NEWS', 'COMMUNITY' ],
    owner: false,
    permissions: PermissionsBitField { bitfield: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}
  }
}

How can I change the fetched guild into an object to access roles and other properties and methods?

4 Replies

d.js toolkit•2y ago

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monbrey•2y ago

This is a pretty bad pattern. Exporting client from your index creates circular references and causes issues

DeathOP•2y ago

Oh thank you for this note 🙌
How can I reach the result I want in a better way? What I am trying to accomplish is that we have an application where I want people to click a button and be able to make the bot create channels, roles...etc.

monbrey•2y ago

you could just make raw API calls

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Get a guild object inside an express API route