discord.js - Imagine an app•11mo ago

avatarURL function is broken?

Hey. I've been making a website with an integration through a Discord bot to get a staff list and its information. I've came accross an issue with the avatarURL function always returning null (I use an alternative for now, displayAvatarURL(). Here the code of the staff route:

const staffList = this.app.config.discordData.staffList;

let staffData: StaffData[] | undefined = this.app._cache.get("staffData");
if (!staffData) {
staffData = [];
const guild = this.app._client.guilds.cache.get(this.app.config.discordData.guildId) || await this.app._client.guilds.fetch(this.app.config.discordData.guildId);
   for (const staff of staffList) {
      const user = guild.members.cache.get(staff) || await guild.members.fetch(staff);
      console.log(user.displayAvatarURL())
      staffData.push({
         staff: user,
         highestRole: user.roles.highest,
         avatar: user.avatarURL() as string
      });
   }

   this.app._cache.set("staffData", staffData);
}

res.render("staff", { title: "Staff", data: staffData });

const staffList = this.app.config.discordData.staffList;

let staffData: StaffData[] | undefined = this.app._cache.get("staffData");
if (!staffData) {
staffData = [];
const guild = this.app._client.guilds.cache.get(this.app.config.discordData.guildId) || await this.app._client.guilds.fetch(this.app.config.discordData.guildId);
   for (const staff of staffList) {
      const user = guild.members.cache.get(staff) || await guild.members.fetch(staff);
      console.log(user.displayAvatarURL())
      staffData.push({
         staff: user,
         highestRole: user.roles.highest,
         avatar: user.avatarURL() as string
      });
   }

   this.app._cache.set("staffData", staffData);
}

res.render("staff", { title: "Staff", data: staffData });

And here is where I login the bot in the structures/app.ts file:

private initializeClient() {
  this._client.on("ready", () => {
    this.logger.info(`Connected to Discord through the bot ${this._client.user?.tag}`, "Discord");
  });

  this._client.login(this.config.discordData.botToken).catch(err => {
    this.logger.error(`Discord connection failed; This may cause an outage.`);
  });
}

private initializeClient() {
  this._client.on("ready", () => {
    this.logger.info(`Connected to Discord through the bot ${this._client.user?.tag}`, "Discord");
  });

  this._client.login(this.config.discordData.botToken).catch(err => {
    this.logger.error(`Discord connection failed; This may cause an outage.`);
  });
}

4 Replies

d.js toolkit•11mo ago

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monbrey•11mo ago

Thats not broken. It can return null. For when they dont have an avatar

AdamOP•11mo ago

So avatarURL() function returns the custom avatar on a server or what? As every member has an avatar, but I can only retrieve it using the displayAvatarURL()

monbrey•11mo ago

Depends if you're calling it on a GuildMember or User, but yes, that's the point of the methods avatarURL() will return null if they don't have one displayAvatarURL() will default to a higher level avatar

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avatarURL function is broken?