"ValidationError: Expected a string primitive" when adding options to a StringSelectMenuBuilder

Hey, got a question: I want to add a StringSelectMenuBuilder, and for the options I have this:

const optionsSSM = choices.slice(0, 22).map(choice => ({ name: choice, value: choice }));
// ...
const component = new StringSelectMenuBuilder({
  custom_id: ...,
  placeholder: ...,
  options: optionsSSM
});

const optionsSSM = choices.slice(0, 22).map(choice => ({ name: choice, value: choice }));
// ...
const component = new StringSelectMenuBuilder({
  custom_id: ...,
  placeholder: ...,
  options: optionsSSM
});

choices is an Array[] but when I do this later on in my code, I get the following error:

ValidationError: Expected a string primitive

when I log my optionsSSM in the console, I get this (which in my eyes is a valid format to the StringSelectMenuBuilder class):

[
  {
    name: 'choice1',
    value: 'choice1'
  },
  {
    name: 'choice2',
    value: 'choice2'
  },
  {
    name: 'choice3',
    value: 'choice3'
  },
  // And so on
]

[
  {
    name: 'choice1',
    value: 'choice1'
  },
  {
    name: 'choice2',
    value: 'choice2'
  },
  {
    name: 'choice3',
    value: 'choice3'
  },
  // And so on
]

3 Replies

d.js toolkit•10mo ago

- What's your exact discord.js npm list discord.js and node node -v version? - Not a discord.js issue? Check out #other-js-ts. - Consider reading #how-to-get-help to improve your question! - Explain what exactly your issue is. - Post the full error stack trace, not just the top part! - Show your code! - Issue solved? Press the button! - ✅ Marked as resolved by OP

treble/luna•10mo ago

string select menu options have labels, not names

b3ssel•10mo ago

bruh I have the docs open and I constantly read "name" instead of "label" that was an easy fix thanks for helping me out lol

Gaming

Programming

"ValidationError: Expected a string primitive" when adding options to a StringSelectMenuBuilder