Get message by ID and then update it

I tried this but .update does not exist

await interaction.channel.messages.fetch(messageId).update(toSend);

await interaction.channel.messages.fetch(messageId).update(toSend);

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d.js toolkit•4mo ago

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okunamayanadOP•4mo ago

npm list discord.js

[email protected] /home/baran-mordo-an/vote
└── [email protected] -> ./node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/discord.js

[email protected] /home/baran-mordo-an/vote
└── [email protected] -> ./node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/discord.js

node -v

v20.15.0

v20.15.0

Mark•4mo ago

Fetch returns a promise

Benluka.dev•4mo ago

very first you need to await or use then

Mark•4mo ago

update also doesn't exist on a message It's a method on an interaction

okunamayanadOP•4mo ago

oh I used await sorry accidentally cut that off

await interaction.channel.messages.fetch(messageId).update(toSend);

await interaction.channel.messages.fetch(messageId).update(toSend);

Benluka.dev•4mo ago

that still won't work I assume. The update should go on next line

Mark•4mo ago

This is why you don't one line promises

Benluka.dev•4mo ago

it's edit also

Mark•4mo ago

If you don't need the message content or anything prior, you can just do channel.messages.edit()

d.js docs•4mo ago

:method: MessageManager#edit() @14.15.3 Edits a message, even if it's not cached.

Mark•4mo ago

Don't need to fetch it first

okunamayanadOP•4mo ago

what? dont i still need the message to put it to first argument of edit? or does that work with a message id too? let me try

Mark•4mo ago

Of course you don't need the full message object, that would defeat the purpose of it being able to edit uncached messages

okunamayanadOP•4mo ago

so I'm trying to edit an embed and replace that with another

await interaction.channel.messages.edit(messageId, {
  components: [ActionRowBuilder<AnyComponentBuilder>],
  files: [AttachmentBuilder],
  embeds: [EmbedBuilder]
});

await interaction.channel.messages.edit(messageId, {
  components: [ActionRowBuilder<AnyComponentBuilder>],
  files: [AttachmentBuilder],
  embeds: [EmbedBuilder]
});

so this should work right? my IDEs complaining about the types mismatching though and when I checked the types I couldn't figure out how would I edit an embed with files and components

Mark•4mo ago

What's it saying is wrong

okunamayanadOP•4mo ago

is not assignable to parameter type string | MessagePayload | MessageEditOptions anyways i'll try it anyways and see if thats an IDE issue doesn't look like a one tho, because its correct when I check the docs

Mark•4mo ago

I think it's attachments when editing The message edit options don't agree with the message payload I'm not super well versed in this part, sorry

okunamayanadOP•4mo ago

even though my IDE complains about stuff, it works fine! tysm @Mark

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Get message by ID and then update it