Is there a quick and easy way to get a channels name by id?

this code drops an error so ig im doing it wrong

client.channels
   .fetch(message.channel)
   .then((ch) => console.log('channel name is: ' + ch.name))
   .catch(console.error);

client.channels
   .fetch(message.channel)
   .then((ch) => console.log('channel name is: ' + ch.name))
   .catch(console.error);

DiscordAPIError[50035]: Invalid Form Body
channel_id[NUMBER_TYPE_COERCE]: Value "<" is not snowflake.
    at handleErrors (/home/j44/Downloads/themer/tut/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:687:13)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async SequentialHandler.runRequest (/home/j44/Downloads/themer/tut/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:1072:23)
    at async SequentialHandler.queueRequest (/home/j44/Downloads/themer/tut/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:913:14)
    at async _REST.request (/home/j44/Downloads/themer/tut/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:1218:22)
    at async ChannelManager.fetch (/home/j44/Downloads/themer/tut/node_modules/discord.js/src/managers/ChannelManager.js:123:18) {
  requestBody: { files: undefined, json: undefined },
  rawError: {
    message: 'Invalid Form Body',
    code: 50035,
    errors: { channel_id: [Object] }
  },

DiscordAPIError[50035]: Invalid Form Body
channel_id[NUMBER_TYPE_COERCE]: Value "<" is not snowflake.
    at handleErrors (/home/j44/Downloads/themer/tut/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:687:13)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async SequentialHandler.runRequest (/home/j44/Downloads/themer/tut/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:1072:23)
    at async SequentialHandler.queueRequest (/home/j44/Downloads/themer/tut/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:913:14)
    at async _REST.request (/home/j44/Downloads/themer/tut/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:1218:22)
    at async ChannelManager.fetch (/home/j44/Downloads/themer/tut/node_modules/discord.js/src/managers/ChannelManager.js:123:18) {
  requestBody: { files: undefined, json: undefined },
  rawError: {
    message: 'Invalid Form Body',
    code: 50035,
    errors: { channel_id: [Object] }
  },

10 Replies

d.js toolkit•13mo ago

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duck•13mo ago

well message.channel is already the channel, not an id

Jannik44OP•13mo ago

when i log it its an id

duck•13mo ago

but you can get a channel by id with <Client>.channels.cache.get(<id>) it definitely shouldn't be and your error suggests otherwise

Jannik44OP•13mo ago

hmm weird

duck•13mo ago

well in this case you appear to be stringifying the channel object it is weird that the first log isn't a channel mention but in general your error behaves as expected for the expected value of <Message>.channel

Jannik44OP•13mo ago

so this will return an actual channel/thread name instead of a mention right?

duck•13mo ago

no, the channel cache contains Channel objects you can access <GuildBasedChannel>.name for non-dm channels

Jannik44OP•13mo ago

oh, its actually that easy 🙂 nice finally its working

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Is there a quick and easy way to get a channels name by id?