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?

d.js toolkit•7/24/24, 6:42 PM

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d.js docsAPP•7/24/24, 6:43 PM

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

IH8MTGOP•7/24/24, 6:45 PM

does that get the user info with an api call?

IH8MTGOP•7/24/24, 6:46 PM

ok awesome! thanks I'll try it now

IH8MTGOP•7/24/24, 6:55 PM

yep worked perfectly. do you know any downsides to this? (I'm assuming users can't change their snowflake id right?)

IH8MTGOP•7/24/24, 6:57 PM

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