using only id to send DM

hey guys, quick question. to avoid api calls, I plan on saving a user's id to my database, then when I need to DM them:

const { Client, GatewayIntentBits, REST, Routes, WebhookClient, User,} = require('discord.js');
const user = new User(discordClient,{id:database_id})
user.send(message)

const { Client, GatewayIntentBits, REST, Routes, WebhookClient, User,} = require('discord.js');
const user = new User(discordClient,{id:database_id})
user.send(message)

it *seems * to work for the few users I've tried. but I have a feeling there are crucial downsides to it (all the other fields in user are null for example). anyone know more about this?

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d.js toolkit•5mo ago

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d.js docs•5mo ago

:method: UserManager#send @14.15.3 Sends a message to a user.

IH8MTGOP•5mo ago

does that get the user info with an api call? ok awesome! thanks I'll try it now yep worked perfectly. do you know any downsides to this? (I'm assuming users can't change their snowflake id right?)

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IH8MTGOP•5mo ago

ok great. thanks guys! I'll close this thread (unless you want me to keep it open)

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