discord.js - Imagine an app•2mo ago

Posting img with REST

I may be approaching this in an inefficient manner, so while I am asking specifically how to post an image using REST, I am open to other ideas. My use case involves occasionally posting as the bot, typically components like buttons that are permanent. I prefer not to use / commands for these, as I only need to update if I change the code. These utility functions are currently written as mini-apps, creating a client, logging in, and then posting on the ready event. But I don't think this is the best way to do so, as I am now logging in as a second client. So, I have been trying to use a simple REST post. I got it working; not really hard, I can do text, buttons, menus, etc., but I can't get files (i.e., images) to post. Here is the relevant code I am using.

await rest.post(
        Routes.channelMessages(config.devMaps.channels['selfService'] ?? ''),
        {
            body: {
                files: [
                    {
                        attachment: `${join(import.meta.dirname, '../assets/images/self-service.png')}`,
                    },
                ],
                content: 'Test',
            },
        },
    );

await rest.post(
        Routes.channelMessages(config.devMaps.channels['selfService'] ?? ''),
        {
            body: {
                files: [
                    {
                        attachment: `${join(import.meta.dirname, '../assets/images/self-service.png')}`,
                    },
                ],
                content: 'Test',
            },
        },
    );

3 Replies

d.js toolkit•2mo ago

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duck•2mo ago

files aren't actually sent in the body alongside content this is something discord.js heavily simplifies for you that @discordjs/rest does not files are sent alongside the body in the RequestData as documented, they're expected to be RawFiles afaik while <RawFile>.data does accept strings, it does not resolve file paths for you you'll want to read the file to a buffer yourself

The Fabulous GeekOP•2mo ago

Ok, I will go look into that. Hey, thank you much, that was not to big a deal once you gave me the direction to go. Really appricate it.

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