discord.js - Imagine a bot•6mo ago

How do I know which gateway intents I need for a certain event in Discord.js?

How do I know which gateway intents I need for a certain event in Discord.js? For instance, if I want my bot to respond to the "messageCreate" event, how can I find out which gateway intents are necessary?

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d.js toolkit•6mo ago

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Svitkona•6mo ago

you can see the list of intents on the official discord documentation https://discord.com/developers/docs/topics/gateway#list-of-intents then map it to whatever GatewayIntentBits you need https://discord-api-types.dev/api/discord-api-types-v10/enum/GatewayIntentBits

AmirOP•6mo ago

I'm working on a no-code bot-maker project, and I need to include all event nodes in it. So, do I have to find and include the necessary gateway intents for each event one by one?

Svitkona•6mo ago

it's not really a good idea to include all intents. the whole point of the system is to use what you need

AmirOP•6mo ago

Yes, that's exactly what I mean. Is there any built-in method to see which intents an event requires? It takes too much time to search for them one by one.

Mark•6mo ago

you could have a k/v pair like intent: [arr, of, related, events]

AmirOP•6mo ago

You mean something like this?:

const events = {
    channelCreate: ['GuildModeration'],
    channelUpdate: ['GuildModeration'],
    threadCreate: ['GuildModeration'],
    threadUpdate: ['GuildModeration'],
    messageCreate: ['GuildMessages', 'MessageContent'],
    messageUpdate: ['GuildMessages', 'MessageContent']
};

const events = {
    channelCreate: ['GuildModeration'],
    channelUpdate: ['GuildModeration'],
    threadCreate: ['GuildModeration'],
    threadUpdate: ['GuildModeration'],
    messageCreate: ['GuildMessages', 'MessageContent'],
    messageUpdate: ['GuildMessages', 'MessageContent']
};

Mark•6mo ago

you have it backwards from what i suggested but it would also work

AmirOP•6mo ago

Thanks

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How do I know which gateway intents I need for a certain event in Discord.js?