discord.js - Imagine an app•16mo ago

JSON File Counter

I am trying to make a simple word counter in discord.js I have managed to get the bot counting the specific word i want to be counted but how do i permanently store this data in a JSON file and update it when the bot is active.

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d.js toolkit•16mo ago

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treble/luna•16mo ago

the thing you are looking for is probably a database, and not really djs related

NixxOP•16mo ago

but i am using it for a bot through discord.js

gracey•16mo ago

don’t store data in a json file, it’s not a file storage solution

NixxOP•16mo ago

its for a small scale thing just messing around

gracey•16mo ago

It’s slow, prone to failure and slower to write and read than most databases SQLITE etc are very easy to setup and learn much quicker and more efficient that json

NixxOP•16mo ago

Okay I will look into it now and see

gracey•16mo ago

You can handle processes within an sql db too, for example with a JSON file you have to fetch and filter the whole data, whereas with sql you can grab any data from any any column or row in w few words SELECT * FROM table WHERE condition will get you a row of data dtored

treble/luna•16mo ago

depeneds if you want to use SQL or NoSQL though

NixxOP•16mo ago

see i wanted it so when the bot saw the word "example" it would reply saying "this user has said 'example' 4 times" or something I want to use something lite and easy to setup nothing to complex

treble/luna•16mo ago

i find mongodb very easy to work with

gracey•16mo ago

For something like this use a table then, NoSQL might be difficult to understand and keep organised You don’t need to store that though, discord has history as an attribute if you’re only doing stuff locally. Plus, why make this if discord search enables this anyway?

treble/luna•16mo ago

uhh bots cannot access search

gracey•16mo ago

no but people can

treble/luna•16mo ago

yes but this is about using a bot

gracey•16mo ago

Im aware Im just saying that if this is a feature already enabled in discord, there isn’t a large point in making a feature like that

treble/luna•16mo ago

depends on use case regardless for db

gracey•16mo ago

each to their own though

d.js docs•16mo ago

Databases: Initialize database read more

NixxOP•16mo ago

client.on('messageCreate', (message) => {
    if (message.content == 'word') {
        countWord++ == countWord;
        message.reply(`I have detected the word 'hello' by ${message.author.tag} this user has said this ${countWord} times.`);
    }
});

client.on('messageCreate', (message) => {
    if (message.content == 'word') {
        countWord++ == countWord;
        message.reply(`I have detected the word 'hello' by ${message.author.tag} this user has said this ${countWord} times.`);
    }
});

this is what is being done now and essentially when i restart the bot it looses its count all i want to do is permantly store the count

treble/luna•16mo ago

use a db then

NixxOP•16mo ago

is there an easier way without setting up a whole db though? I have never used dbs thats why im trying to avoid it 😭

treble/luna•16mo ago

you can store it in a file but thats slow and if something happens when your bot writes to the file funky stuff might happen with that file

NixxOP•16mo ago

I understand So mongodb and sqlite are the recommendations?

treble/luna•16mo ago

i personally use mongodb since dont want to use SQL

NixxOP•16mo ago

Okay thank you, I will mark this question as solved. Thank you!

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