discord.js - Imagine an app•3mo ago

Attempting to remake my bot the "Correct" way

I made my entire bot in one file, and I'm looking to recreate it and section off to folders in a layout like this.. (Image below) I figured out how to export & import my commands. However, I'm getting issues where it's trying to parse the .js files themselves before loading them into my bot.js? Is anyone aware how I can get around this "client is not defined" issue? My commands look like this.

// commands/ping.js
export const ping = {
    name: 'ping',
    description: 'Replies with Pong!',
    execute(interaction) {
        interaction.reply({ content: 'Pong! 🏓', ephemeral: true });
    },
};

// commands/ping.js
export const ping = {
    name: 'ping',
    description: 'Replies with Pong!',
    execute(interaction) {
        interaction.reply({ content: 'Pong! 🏓', ephemeral: true });
    },
};

& they are imported like this

import { ping } from './commands/ping.js';
const commands = new Collection();
commands.set(ping.name, ping);
// Then do client.on blah blah blah

import { ping } from './commands/ping.js';
const commands = new Collection();
commands.set(ping.name, ping);
// Then do client.on blah blah blah

10 Replies

d.js toolkit•3mo ago

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MandiOP•3mo ago

[email protected] v20.14.0 Please ping me if anyone knows

TÆMBØ•3mo ago

Take a look at your logging util. You don't seem to have access to your client in that function, so the easiest way is to pass your client as another parameter of that function

MandiOP•3mo ago

// utils/logging.js

export function log(message) {
    console.log(`[${new Date().toLocaleString()}] ${message}`);

    const embed = {
        color: 0xCC5490,
        description: `**${message}**`,
        timestamp: new Date(),
        footer: {
            text: "REDACTED",
        },
    }
    const logid = 'REDACTED';
    client.channels.cache.get(logid).send({embeds: [embed]});
}

// utils/logging.js

export function log(message) {
    console.log(`[${new Date().toLocaleString()}] ${message}`);

    const embed = {
        color: 0xCC5490,
        description: `**${message}**`,
        timestamp: new Date(),
        footer: {
            text: "REDACTED",
        },
    }
    const logid = 'REDACTED';
    client.channels.cache.get(logid).send({embeds: [embed]});
}

could log not just retrieve that from bot.js? im not informed on multi-file anything lol, for all my projects i end up working with 1 file for the most part

TÆMBØ•3mo ago

From an import? That's not ideal, you'd very likely be creating circular dependencies by importing your client instead of passing it as a parameter instead

MandiOP•3mo ago

Couldn't I just throw

const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessageReactions, GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent] });

const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessageReactions, GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent] });

Inside of the logging.js at the top?

client.channels.cache.get(logid).send({embeds: [embed]});
                                    ^
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'send')

client.channels.cache.get(logid).send({embeds: [embed]});
                                    ^
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'send')

TÆMBØ•3mo ago

No, because that's not your logged-in client, that's a separate client you're creating

MandiOP•3mo ago

d.js docs•3mo ago

:guide: Getting Started: Introduction read more

PPX005•3mo ago

@Mandi I would take a look at this guide Especially at the command and event handling It teaches what you’re looking for

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Attempting to remake my bot the "Correct" way