Channel id when bot joins a guild
Hi, I am trying to send a message to a channel when the bot joins a guild. I know how to send it to a system channel, but how can I handle the situation if a system channel is not set? Is there way to get the channel id the bot joined to, or do I just send the message to a random channel?
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- ✅ Marked as resolved by OPwouldn't "the channel the bot joined to" be the system channel, assuming you mean the channel where the welcome message appears?
because otherwise there isn't channels a bot "joins", the bot joins to the entire guild
I guess you are right, but still, the problem is relevant. guildCreate event has only the guild argument, and using guild.systemChannelId returns null if there is no system channel. I don't know where to send the message.
I don't think there's a correct answer to that question
it's more of a preference
could be the first channel the bot sees (and can send messages to), others send a dm, others just don't do anything, etc
Got it, thank you