How to make a warn with a database

[zenith pewter]

that*

[swift narwhal]

Well, have a user schema for warn data for user, so inside the schema you'll have like an array named warns or however you'd like to customize it,

have a command to warn a user,

inside the command check if the user has data, if not create the data for the warns. If the user has data, push to the warns. After you've pushed to the warns and saved the data, check if the user has 3 warns and then if they do, kick the user. If u want u can clear the warns or whatever you'd like, jus a basic understanding of how I'd do it

[zenith pewter]

what's a schema?

[swift narwhal]

I recommend mongodb database, use the mongoose package, it's a mongodb wrapper

[swift narwhal]

It's something you add to a model and a model is basically data in mongodb, watch a mongoose mongodb course or tutorial on youtube and when you get a basic understanding, you can attempt and then come here if you need help

[zenith pewter]

ok thank you, does discordJS docs have a tutorial kind of thing by any chance?

[swift narwhal]

As for the spamming, when the user sends a message, store the ID of the user in a collection or have like a boolean in the database and when the user sends a message, check if the boolean is truthy or if the user is in the collection. If they are, warn them. After some time, (the cooldown), remove the ID of the user or set the boolean to a falsey value

[swift narwhal]

Not to my knowledge, you're gonna have to use your imagination for this one.

You can use prior knowledge in databases , collections, or javascript to make this

[zenith pewter]

i don't have any knowledge with databases as i've never used one

thank you @swift narwhal 🙂

there are tutorials on youtube so i think that they will help

[swift narwhal]

Damn, well it's gonna be important for this

[swift narwhal]

You should also check the sites for the database or package that you're going to use, tutorials are another person's understanding of how to use the database or package so you shouldn't go entirely off what they say and have your own understanding as well

[zenith pewter]

ok thank you 🙏

[ivory badge]

There are many databases out there, i'd say the simplest isnt even a database but a json file. Let's go over the basic concepts of this:

When you warn the user, store the userID in a json file. for example:

{
  "234091823091283": {
     "warns": 1
  }
}

increase the warns value each time (you can ofcourse add extra data after the warns value like the amount of kicks or bans or whatever)

Then when you warn the user check the warns and if they reach a certain number ban/kick/do whatever with the user (you get the user by the userID)

I hope you understood my explanation.

[zenith pewter]

thank you very much, that helps so much more as i don't have any knowledge with databases, one question, do i have to add these warns manually?

[maiden mica]

You would write logic, for example a slash command, to communicate with your database. An example for mongo, to create a new document in a collection using your schema

warnings.create({
  userId: 'xxxxxxxxxx',
  reason: 'Being an idiot'
});

I would recommend taking a look at the mongo docs https://www.mongodb.com/docs/

[zenith pewter]

i think i am going to stick with the json one, sorry

[maiden mica]

No sweat

[ivory badge]

Well no. Every time someone runs the warn command it just adds to the warns thing

[zenith pewter]

without a database?

[ivory badge]

Yes without a database. Pseudo code:
json[USERID][warns] += 1

[zenith pewter]

i might just follow a tutorial on yt