Creating new category/channel error

Hi I keep getting this error:

DiscordAPIError[50035]: Invalid Form Body
name[BASE_TYPE_REQUIRED]: This field is required
    at handleErrors (/Users//Documents/Cosmic/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:722:13)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async SequentialHandler.runRequest (/Users//Documents/Cosmic/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:1120:23)
    at async SequentialHandler.queueRequest (/Users//Documents/Cosmic/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:953:14)
    at async _REST.request(/Users//Documents/Cosmic/discordBot.js:27:9) {
  requestBody: {
    files: undefined,
    json: {
      name: undefined,
      topic: undefined,
      type: undefined,
      nsfw: undefined,
      bitrate: undefined,
      user_limit: undefined,
      parent_id: undefined,
      position: undefined,
      permission_overwrites: undefined,
      rate_limit_per_user: undefined,
      rtc_region: undefined,
      video_quality_mode: undefined,
      default_thread_rate_limit_per_user: undefined,
      available_tags: undefined,
      default_reaction_emoji: undefined,
      default_auto_archive_duration: undefined,
      default_sort_order: undefined,
      default_forum_layout: undefined
    }
  },
  rawError: {
    message: 'Invalid Form Body',
    code: 50035,
    errors: { name: [Object] }
  },
  code: 50035,
  status: 400,
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://discord.com/api/v10/guilds/1140352024639193200/channels'
}

DiscordAPIError[50035]: Invalid Form Body
name[BASE_TYPE_REQUIRED]: This field is required
    at handleErrors (/Users//Documents/Cosmic/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:722:13)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async SequentialHandler.runRequest (/Users//Documents/Cosmic/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:1120:23)
    at async SequentialHandler.queueRequest (/Users//Documents/Cosmic/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:953:14)
    at async _REST.request(/Users//Documents/Cosmic/discordBot.js:27:9) {
  requestBody: {
    files: undefined,
    json: {
      name: undefined,
      topic: undefined,
      type: undefined,
      nsfw: undefined,
      bitrate: undefined,
      user_limit: undefined,
      parent_id: undefined,
      position: undefined,
      permission_overwrites: undefined,
      rate_limit_per_user: undefined,
      rtc_region: undefined,
      video_quality_mode: undefined,
      default_thread_rate_limit_per_user: undefined,
      available_tags: undefined,
      default_reaction_emoji: undefined,
      default_auto_archive_duration: undefined,
      default_sort_order: undefined,
      default_forum_layout: undefined
    }
  },
  rawError: {
    message: 'Invalid Form Body',
    code: 50035,
    errors: { name: [Object] }
  },
  code: 50035,
  status: 400,
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://discord.com/api/v10/guilds/1140352024639193200/channels'
}

with this code:

 js
let sellCategory = interaction.guild.channels.cache.find(c => c.name === "Sell Information" && c.type === "GUILD_CATEGORY");
        if (!sellCategory) {
            console.log('Working 3')
            sellCategory = await interaction.guild.channels.create("Sell Information", {
                type: "GUILD_CATEGORY",
            });
            console.log('Working 4')
        }

 js
let sellCategory = interaction.guild.channels.cache.find(c => c.name === "Sell Information" && c.type === "GUILD_CATEGORY");
        if (!sellCategory) {
            console.log('Working 3')
            sellCategory = await interaction.guild.channels.create("Sell Information", {
                type: "GUILD_CATEGORY",
            });
            console.log('Working 4')
        }

8 Replies

d.js toolkit•11mo ago

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