discord.js - Imagine an app•7mo ago

Editing message

I am making a bot that will update a message every hour, the code works so far but when trying to edit the message it gives the error that the command or function is not found and wfter a bit of looking i couldn#t find the problem: Header:

const { Client, Intents, GatewayIntentBits, IntentsBitField} = require('discord.js');
const client = new Client({ intents: [IntentsBitField.Flags.Guilds, IntentsBitField.Flags.GuildMessages, GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent], autoReconnect: true });

const { Client, Intents, GatewayIntentBits, IntentsBitField} = require('discord.js');
const client = new Client({ intents: [IntentsBitField.Flags.Guilds, IntentsBitField.Flags.GuildMessages, GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent], autoReconnect: true });

Creating message:

countDownMsg = client.channels.cache.find(channel => channel.name === 'announcements-‧₊˚✩').send(`# NEXT STAIRCLIMB <t:${nextHourS}:R> #`);

countDownMsg = client.channels.cache.find(channel => channel.name === 'announcements-‧₊˚✩').send(`# NEXT STAIRCLIMB <t:${nextHourS}:R> #`);

Editing message:

countDownMsg.edit(`# NEXT STAIRCLIMB <t:${nextHourS}:R> #\nLast one  <t:${lastHourS}:R>`)
        .then(msg => console.log(`Updated the content of a message to ${msg.content}`))
        .catch(console.error);

countDownMsg.edit(`# NEXT STAIRCLIMB <t:${nextHourS}:R> #\nLast one  <t:${lastHourS}:R>`)
        .then(msg => console.log(`Updated the content of a message to ${msg.content}`))
        .catch(console.error);

Error:

C:\Discord.js\timerBot.js:14
    countDownMsg.edit(`# NEXT STAIRCLIMB <t:${nextHourS}:R> #\nLast one  <t:${lastHourS}:R>`)
                 ^

TypeError: countDownMsg.edit is not a function
    at Timeout.changeTime [as _onTimeout] (C:\Discord.js\timerBot.js:14:18)
    at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:573:17)
    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:514:7)

Node.js v20.8.1

C:\Discord.js\timerBot.js:14
    countDownMsg.edit(`# NEXT STAIRCLIMB <t:${nextHourS}:R> #\nLast one  <t:${lastHourS}:R>`)
                 ^

TypeError: countDownMsg.edit is not a function
    at Timeout.changeTime [as _onTimeout] (C:\Discord.js\timerBot.js:14:18)
    at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:573:17)
    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:514:7)

Node.js v20.8.1

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d.js toolkit•7mo ago

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Cat on the MountainOP•7mo ago

there is a delay between the send and the edit of 2 seconds, i was also curious if that was the problem so i printed it out and the message was loaded with this being the start of the message object:

Promise {
  <ref *1> Message {
    channelId: 'xxxxx',
    guildId: 'xxxxx',
    id: 'xxxx',
    createdTimestamp: 1717054848197,
    type: 0,
    system: false,
    content: '# NEXT STAIRCLIMB <t:1717054860:R> #',
    author: ClientUser {

Promise {
  <ref *1> Message {
    channelId: 'xxxxx',
    guildId: 'xxxxx',
    id: 'xxxx',
    createdTimestamp: 1717054848197,
    type: 0,
    system: false,
    content: '# NEXT STAIRCLIMB <t:1717054860:R> #',
    author: ClientUser {

and await just breaks it?

 countDownMsg = await client.channels.cache.find(channel => channel.name === 'announcements-‧₊˚✩').send(`# NEXT STAIRCLIMB <t:${nextHourS}:R> #`);
                   ^^^^^

SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules
    at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1205:27)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:83:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47

 countDownMsg = await client.channels.cache.find(channel => channel.name === 'announcements-‧₊˚✩').send(`# NEXT STAIRCLIMB <t:${nextHourS}:R> #`);
                   ^^^^^

SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules
    at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1205:27)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:83:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47

d.js docs•7mo ago

Resources to understand Promise: - MDN: learn more - Guide: learn more - JavaScript info: learn more

Cat on the MountainOP•7mo ago

but even if the message is loaded it still says that .edit is not a function, i also tried editMessage which i found somewhere else, didn't work either yeah it was still a promise but already had the or something, it's fixed now, thanks

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