discord.js - Imagine a boo! 👻•13mo ago

Call client in another file

Hello ! I have my client instance declared in my index.ts as usual and would like to be able to call it in another file of my project and use it to send a message. I'm listening for a twitch stream event, and would like to then send a message when this event trigger. Any tips or documentation ? Thanks !

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d.js toolkit•13mo ago

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Memw•13mo ago

You could have your client exported somewhere and import it everywhere you need it

Zaack•13mo ago

Oh so

// Import necessary modules from libraries
import { ActivityType, Client, Collection, GatewayIntentBits } from "discord.js"; // Imports the Client and Collection classes from the "discord.js" library
import { token } from "../config.json"; // Imports the authentication token from the "config.json" file
import { BotEvent, SlashCommand } from "./types"; // Imports custom types "BotEvent" and "SlashCommand" from the "types" folder
import path from "path"; // Imports the "path" module to manage file paths
import fs, { PathLike } from "fs"; // Imports the "fs" module to handle file operations

// Create a new client instance
const client: Client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMembers, GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages],
    presence: {
        activities: [{
            name: 'salu',
            type: ActivityType.Streaming,
            url: 'https://twitch.tv/zaacklachevre'
        }]
    }
});

// Create a collection to store slash commands
client.slashCommands = new Collection();

// Set the path to the folder containing commands
const foldersPath: PathLike = path.join(__dirname, 'commands');
// Read the list of folders in the specified path
const commandFolders: string[] = fs.readdirSync(foldersPath);

// Import necessary modules from libraries
import { ActivityType, Client, Collection, GatewayIntentBits } from "discord.js"; // Imports the Client and Collection classes from the "discord.js" library
import { token } from "../config.json"; // Imports the authentication token from the "config.json" file
import { BotEvent, SlashCommand } from "./types"; // Imports custom types "BotEvent" and "SlashCommand" from the "types" folder
import path from "path"; // Imports the "path" module to manage file paths
import fs, { PathLike } from "fs"; // Imports the "fs" module to handle file operations

// Create a new client instance
const client: Client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMembers, GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages],
    presence: {
        activities: [{
            name: 'salu',
            type: ActivityType.Streaming,
            url: 'https://twitch.tv/zaacklachevre'
        }]
    }
});

// Create a collection to store slash commands
client.slashCommands = new Collection();

// Set the path to the folder containing commands
const foldersPath: PathLike = path.join(__dirname, 'commands');
// Read the list of folders in the specified path
const commandFolders: string[] = fs.readdirSync(foldersPath);

In this, I could just replace const client... with export const client, then import it ? looks like i'm accessing it from my other file when importing it, but then how would I create and send a message to a specific channel ? 🤔

Memw•13mo ago

You can't export in the index You need to export from other file and import in the index

Zaack•13mo ago

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Zaack•13mo ago

yea i realised it would be much easier to use the ready event to do what i need afterall, thanks for your help guys !

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Memw•13mo ago

no need for it to be a function you can just export const client = new Client(/*...*/);

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