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Created by c.ix on 11/26/2024 in #djs-questions
Managing Internal Queues
Apparently Discord.js has an internal queueing system for managing API requests to prevent exceeding rate limits. When I try to handle rate limits explicitly using something like: 
client.rest.on("rateLimited", (error) => {
  // Handle rate limit
});
client.rest.on("rateLimited", (error) => {
  // Handle rate limit
});
It doesn't seem to work as expected for changing a channel's name using channel.setName(). This appears to be because Discord.js manages rate-limiting internally and the queued calls for channel.setName() are sent sequentially once the rate limit expires from an internal timer. I wanted to manage the queuing myself to prevent all queued channel.setName() calls from being sent sequentially after the rate limit expires. Instead, I wanted to replace all pending (queued) calls with the latest requested name and make only one API call once the rate limit expires. So, I've decoupled the logic for changing a channel's name from Discord.js entirely. Instead of using channel.setName(), I implemented a custom queuing logic using direct HTTP PATCH requests to the Discord API... 1. Is this the best approach for handling rate limits in my case or is there a way to achieve the same behavior within Discord.js? 2. Can Discord.js's internal request queue be modified or extended to support replacing queued channel.setName() calls with only the latest value and discard previous ones? 3. Will combining my custom solution with Discord.js create issues? Versions Node v23.2.0 [email protected]
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