Is it possible to use discordjs for activity manager purposes? | discord.js - imagine an app | Page 1

rocky falcon Mar 12, 2023, 10:22 PM

#

Hi there! I am new to this development sphere. I am looking to make an application very similar to VSCord, an extension for VSCode that gives a discord user vscode rich presence/activity.
I am a bit confused on the current documentation and tools to achieve javascript activity management, so I was wondering if anyone has any knowledge of this?

I am looking to connect and manage user activities in Javascript, but make no actual bots. Do you know of any libraries I could use? Libraries compatible with webpack too?

maiden matrix Mar 12, 2023, 10:22 PM

#

• What's your exact discord.js npm list discord.js and node node -v version?
• Post the full error stack trace, not just the top part!
• Show your code!
• Explain what exactly your issue is.
• Not a discord.js issue? Check out #useful-servers.

rocky falcon Mar 12, 2023, 10:26 PM

#

Ig i'm basically trying to make my own https://github.com/iCrawl/discord-vscode
for another app, but I can't seem to actually find where and how to manipulate the client-side activity. no bots

GitHub

GitHub - iCrawl/discord-vscode: 🖋️ Update your discord status with ...

🖋️ Update your discord status with a rich presence - GitHub - iCrawl/discord-vscode: 🖋️ Update your discord status with a rich presence

spice ridge Mar 12, 2023, 10:36 PM

#

https://discord.com/developers/docs/rich-presence/how-to

Discord Developer Portal

Discord Developer Portal — API Docs for Bots and Developers

Integrate your service with Discord — whether it's a bot or a game or whatever your wildest imagination can come up with.

#

Rich presence doesnt really have anything to do with bots

rocky falcon Mar 12, 2023, 10:46 PM

#

Yes. I see these docs say it is deprecated soon and such and I am confused. I am not trying to develop a bot. I am simply trying to work with rich presence. i believe I have it working now with this code, but I am having problems with node schemes and such.
thank you for your input!

fallow sequoia Mar 12, 2023, 10:46 PM

#

the SDK is deprecated

#

not the protocol itself

#

but https://discord.com/developers/docs/topics/rpc should be a better link

#

cause that is to protocol, not the sdk

rocky falcon Mar 12, 2023, 10:47 PM

#

oh oke. thank you!

#

initially I was working with

#

https://discord.com/channels/222078108977594368/1007785209472757831

#

that

#

but I couldn't use it further because it contains scheme urls to import stuff from node that are not supported by webpack (to my understanding)

#

#

the node:crypto is a good example
webpack could not resolve that

fallow sequoia Mar 12, 2023, 10:49 PM

#

don't run that in the display layer (or whatever it's called - the website imitation you interact with)

#

but in app layer

rocky falcon Mar 12, 2023, 10:50 PM

#

oooh ok
i didn;t know this. I will look into that. Thank you so much!! this really helps - I am very new to the js sphere :)

fallow sequoia Mar 12, 2023, 10:53 PM

#

actually, no wait, i misread. what i said applies to electron, not webpack

#

~~i need to go to sleep~~

#

i don't think i know the answer for webpack though, someone else would have to chime in.

#Is it possible to use discordjs for activity manager purposes?