discord.js - Imagine ❄•5mo ago

Channel not found!

Dear everyone, i'm learning the basics and for learning purpose i wanted to create a fivem server status script. I got stucked at querying the channel id of the target "status" channel, it always says channel not found. All the intents, permission are set for the bot. code:

const { EmbedBuilder, Client, Intents } = require('discord.js');
const axios = require('axios');

const config = {
    statusChannelId: mychannelid,
    updateInterval: 60000 // 1 minute
};

async function getServerStatus() {
    try {
        const response = await axios.get(`myendpoint/players.json`);
        const players = response.data.length;

        return {
            status: 'Online',
            players: players
        };
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error fetching server status:', error);
        return {
            status: 'Offline',
            players: 0
        };
    }
}

async function updateStatusChannel(client) {
    const status = await getServerStatus();
    const embed = new EmbedBuilder()
        .setColor('#0099ff')
        .setTitle('FiveM Server Status')
        .addFields(
            { name: 'Status', value: status.status, inline: true },
            { name: 'Players', value: status.players.toString(), inline: true }
        )
        .setTimestamp();

    try {
        const channel = await client.channels.cache.get(config.statusChannelId);
        if (channel) {
            const messages = await channel.messages.fetch({ limit: 1 });
            const lastMessage = messages.first();
            
            if (lastMessage && lastMessage.embeds.length > 0) {
                await lastMessage.edit({ embeds: [embed] });
            } else {
                await channel.send({ embeds: [embed] });
            }
        } else {
            console.error('Channel not found!');
        }
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error fetching channel:', error);
    }
}

module.exports = async (client) => {
    updateStatusChannel(client);
    setInterval(() => updateStatusChannel(client), config.updateInterval);

    client.on('messageCreate', async (message) => {
        if (message.content === '!status') {
            const status = await getServerStatus();

            const embed = new EmbedBuilder()
                .setColor('#0099ff')
                .setTitle('FiveM Server Status')
                .addFields(
                    { name: 'Status', value: status.status, inline: true },
                    { name: 'Players', value: status.players.toString(), inline: true }
                )
                .setTimestamp();

            message.channel.send({ embeds: [embed] });
        }
    });
};

const { EmbedBuilder, Client, Intents } = require('discord.js');
const axios = require('axios');

const config = {
    statusChannelId: mychannelid,
    updateInterval: 60000 // 1 minute
};

async function getServerStatus() {
    try {
        const response = await axios.get(`myendpoint/players.json`);
        const players = response.data.length;

        return {
            status: 'Online',
            players: players
        };
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error fetching server status:', error);
        return {
            status: 'Offline',
            players: 0
        };
    }
}

async function updateStatusChannel(client) {
    const status = await getServerStatus();
    const embed = new EmbedBuilder()
        .setColor('#0099ff')
        .setTitle('FiveM Server Status')
        .addFields(
            { name: 'Status', value: status.status, inline: true },
            { name: 'Players', value: status.players.toString(), inline: true }
        )
        .setTimestamp();

    try {
        const channel = await client.channels.cache.get(config.statusChannelId);
        if (channel) {
            const messages = await channel.messages.fetch({ limit: 1 });
            const lastMessage = messages.first();
            
            if (lastMessage && lastMessage.embeds.length > 0) {
                await lastMessage.edit({ embeds: [embed] });
            } else {
                await channel.send({ embeds: [embed] });
            }
        } else {
            console.error('Channel not found!');
        }
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error fetching channel:', error);
    }
}

module.exports = async (client) => {
    updateStatusChannel(client);
    setInterval(() => updateStatusChannel(client), config.updateInterval);

    client.on('messageCreate', async (message) => {
        if (message.content === '!status') {
            const status = await getServerStatus();

            const embed = new EmbedBuilder()
                .setColor('#0099ff')
                .setTitle('FiveM Server Status')
                .addFields(
                    { name: 'Status', value: status.status, inline: true },
                    { name: 'Players', value: status.players.toString(), inline: true }
                )
                .setTimestamp();

            message.channel.send({ embeds: [embed] });
        }
    });
};

What could be the problem? Thank you for your help in advance. Have a great day!

16 Replies

d.js toolkit•5mo ago

- What's your exact discord.js npm list discord.js and node node -v version? - Not a discord.js issue? Check out #other-js-ts. - Consider reading #how-to-get-help to improve your question! - Explain what exactly your issue is. - Post the full error stack trace, not just the top part! - Show your code! - Issue solved? Press the button! - ✅ Marked as resolved by OP

sigmaOP•5mo ago

Discord JS version: [email protected] Node: v20.12.1

treble/luna•5mo ago

How is config.statusChannelId defined And show your client constructor

sigmaOP•5mo ago

const config = {
    statusChannelId: mychannelid,
    updateInterval: 60000 // 1 minute
};

const config = {
    statusChannelId: mychannelid,
    updateInterval: 60000 // 1 minute
};

client:

const client = new Discord.Client({
    allowedMentions: {
        parse: [
            'users',
            'roles'
        ],
        repliedUser: true
    },
    autoReconnect: true,
    disabledEvents: [
        "TYPING_START"
    ],
    partials: [
        Discord.Partials.Channel,
        Discord.Partials.GuildMember,
        Discord.Partials.Message,
        Discord.Partials.Reaction,
        Discord.Partials.User,
        Discord.Partials.GuildScheduledEvent
    ],
    intents: [
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildMembers,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildBans,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildEmojisAndStickers,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildIntegrations,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildWebhooks,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildInvites,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildVoiceStates,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessageReactions,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessageTyping,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.DirectMessages,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.DirectMessageReactions,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.DirectMessageTyping,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildScheduledEvents,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent
    ],
    restTimeOffset: 0
});

const client = new Discord.Client({
    allowedMentions: {
        parse: [
            'users',
            'roles'
        ],
        repliedUser: true
    },
    autoReconnect: true,
    disabledEvents: [
        "TYPING_START"
    ],
    partials: [
        Discord.Partials.Channel,
        Discord.Partials.GuildMember,
        Discord.Partials.Message,
        Discord.Partials.Reaction,
        Discord.Partials.User,
        Discord.Partials.GuildScheduledEvent
    ],
    intents: [
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildMembers,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildBans,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildEmojisAndStickers,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildIntegrations,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildWebhooks,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildInvites,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildVoiceStates,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessageReactions,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessageTyping,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.DirectMessages,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.DirectMessageReactions,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.DirectMessageTyping,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.GuildScheduledEvents,
        Discord.GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent
    ],
    restTimeOffset: 0
});

treble/luna•5mo ago

this still doesnt tell me how the id actually is defined and do you really need all those intents

d.js docs•5mo ago

We highly recommend only specifying the intents you actually need. - Note, that 98303, 32767 or whatever other magic number you read that represents "all intents", gets outdated as soon as new intents are introduced. - The number will always represent the same set of intents, and will not include new ones. There is no magic "all intents" bit.

sigmaOP•5mo ago

what do you mean? its defined in config {}. for this small script, not really. but they are needed for other purpose

treble/luna•5mo ago

ok how is mychannelid defined then I highly doubt one would ever need DirectMessageTyping

sigmaOP•5mo ago

I've just replace the integer with mychannelid. it should be 1267435664815689808 of course.

treble/luna•5mo ago

Not to mention this causes unnecessary resource usage They should not be integers They should be strings

sigmaOP•5mo ago

i have tried with string but the result was the same. now i'm giving the channelid in string, but still "channel not found". is it possible to query all the channels my bot see? 😄

treble/luna•5mo ago

Log the id right before you get from cache thats what client.channels.cache is

sigmaOP•5mo ago

i understand 😄 Channel ID (debug): 1267435664815689808 Channel not found! for some reason, the channel is not in the cache or the bot can't see it at all. what do you think would be the best solution? I'll try to resolve it somehow.

treble/luna•5mo ago

Where do you call that function

sigmaOP•5mo ago

the bot runs this when it starts up, and then every minute using setInterval, all within the same file. however, it reports that it can't find the channel on the initial start, but it works during the minute-by-minute updates, and the data in the channel is refreshed correctly. I assume that after the bot has loaded, it caches the channels and then I can manage them?

treble/luna•5mo ago

No The client just isnt ready the first time Call it in your ready event

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