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•Created by Ark on 4/16/2025 in #package-development

Error message on Roll: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules

I am trying to get the .total value on a roll but I am not able to. I know Roll is async and you have to await for the roll to be finalised before I can get the total but I get this error message on the console when I try to use await: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules This is my code: function on the main class of my module:

static getButton(userID){

      let _button = document.createElement("button");
      _button.className = "turn-icon-button flex0";
      _button.title = "test";

      //d20 icon
      let _icon = document.createElement("i");
      _icon.className = "fa-solid fa-dice-d20";

      _button.append(_icon);

      _button.addEventListener("click",function(event){
        let r = new Roll("1d20");
        //await r.toMessage();
        //await r.evaluate();
        r.toMessage();
        console.log(r.total)
      });

      return _button;

  }

static getButton(userID){

      let _button = document.createElement("button");
      _button.className = "turn-icon-button flex0";
      _button.title = "test";

      //d20 icon
      let _icon = document.createElement("i");
      _icon.className = "fa-solid fa-dice-d20";

      _button.append(_icon);

      _button.addEventListener("click",function(event){
        let r = new Roll("1d20");
        //await r.toMessage();
        //await r.evaluate();
        r.toMessage();
        console.log(r.total)
      });

      return _button;

  }

Hook outside my class where the getButton function is used:

 Hooks.on('renderPlayerList', (playerList, html) => {
  if (game.user.isGM){
    const loggedInUserList = html.find(".player");
    for (var i = loggedInUserList.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
      loggedInUserList[i].append(mymodule.getButton(loggedInUserList[i].getAttribute("data-user-id")))
    } 
  }

 Hooks.on('renderPlayerList', (playerList, html) => {
  if (game.user.isGM){
    const loggedInUserList = html.find(".player");
    for (var i = loggedInUserList.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
      loggedInUserList[i].append(mymodule.getButton(loggedInUserList[i].getAttribute("data-user-id")))
    } 
  }

Any help would be appreciated. Cheers

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