variables

[lucid condor]

Or, how do I define my connection to a variable, that could be used anywhere

[lone herald]

When you initialize your client you can give it extra properties like a connection to something.

async main() {
  const client = new Client(...)
  client.connection = new ConnectionToSomething()
  await client.connection.connect() 
  await client.login()
}
main().catch(console.error)

When you handle interactions you can than do interaction.client.connection to access your connection since js Objects are mutable and are thus passed around in form of references.

async (interaction) => {
  assert(interaction.client.connection instanceof ConnectionToSomething)
}

@lucid condor

[lucid condor]

My client is being defined inside of my index.
Would that mean I need to do the connection inside my index?

[lone herald]

either that or you could use require/import in your index file to use the connection from another file

[lucid condor]

That is what I tried

[lone herald]

oh my

[lucid condor]

I set is as var atm, I was just testing to see if there was a differnce

[lucid condor]

It just copy pasted it from the docs, so I haven't cleaned it yet

[lone herald]

is connection->connect async ?

[lucid condor]

https://www.npmjs.com/package/rcon-client

Not sure

But it is this function

[lone herald]

it is async

you can export a async function that creates the connection

[lucid condor]

https://sourceb.in/flsYgBviBu

That is my ready.js

[lone herald]

module.exports = async function rconConnect() {
  const conn = new Rcon(...)
  await conn.connect()
  return conn
}

then in client

const rconConnect = require(...);

async main() {
  const client = new Client(...)
  client.rcon = await rconConnect()
  await client.login()
}

main().catch(console.error)

[lone herald]

you should familiarize yourself with the js Promise API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise

try to avoid dangling promises

[lucid condor]

I got this to work. Thanks!