Question 51116 in Javascript Question posted in
A very good W3school tutorial can be found here.

Discordjs not sending messages – Javascript

The bot turns online and has its status working. However, when i type commands in like "/ping" or "/beep" the bot does not message anything! I gave the bot admin permissions as well

const { Client, Events, GatewayIntentBits } = require("discord.js");
const dotenv = require("dotenv");
dotenv.config();
const prefix = "/";

// Create a new client instance
const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds] });

client.once(Events.ClientReady, (c) => {
    console.log(`Ready! Logged in as ${c.user.tag}`);
    client.user.setActivity("testing");
});

client.on("message", (message) => {
    if (message.content === "/ping") {
        message.channel.send("Pong.");
    } else if (message.content.startsWith("/beep")) {
        message.channel.send("Boop.");
    }
});
// Log in to Discord with your client's token
client.login(process.env.TOKEN);
Tags:

2

Answers


  1. 0

    You are missing the GuildMessages gateway intent which is required for receiving the messageCreate event.

    const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages] });
    Login or Signup to reply.
  2. 0

    A few things wrong here.

    Intents

    All Discord Clients (as of discord.js v13) require you to have intents enabled to receive designated events. In the provided code, you will need the following Intents:

    • GatewayIntentBits.Guilds
    • GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages
    • GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent (this must be enabled on the Developer Portal!)

    Client Activity

    In the latest versions of discord.js (presuming you’re on discord.js v14), you will need to change how your client activity is set.

    client.user.setActivity({
    activities: [
        {
            name: "testing",
            type: ActivityType.Playing,
        }
    ],

    status: "online",
});

    Obviously, put that in your Ready event, and import ActivityType.

    Message Event

    The Message Event has been deprecated since the release of discord.js v13.
    Instead, use the "messageCreate" (Events.MessageCreate) event.

    This is to better to work with the "interactionCreate" (Events.InteractionCreate) event for things like Slash Commands.

    I also recommend switching your prefix to something like "!" or "?" because of Slash Commands.

    Hope this helps!

    Login or Signup to reply.
Please signup or login to give your own answer.

Back To Top
Search