Which editor should I use to run a Discord bot?
#Which editor should I use to run a Discord bot?
fading thorn
summer gorge
you don't run a bot with an editor?
fading thorn
you don't run a bot with an editor?
I was using glitch before but visual studio code is not running my bot so I'm looking for another editor
summer gorge
again, you don't run a bot in an editor. some editors may display the terminal, but your bot "runs" anywhere.
open a command prompt and run the bot. if it fails, it's not the editor.
glitch is some funky online environment? ya, you just don't have things setup properly. has nothing to do with vscode
fading thorn
summer gorge
what might you think that error means?
fading thorn
i have refreshed the token many times but this is not working
summer gorge
you've provided zero useful information, but based on what you've said I can only assume your bot code is attempting to get your API token from an ENV variable which you have not set.
what is in that .env file I can see?
fading thorn
token
summer gorge
the wrong one, or it's not being used in your code.
fading thorn
How can I fix
summer gorge
understand how your code works and change the token you're using?
you can try showing bot.js but nobody here knows what your code is doing...
summer gorge
if you want anybody to help you'll need to show code, yes.
summer gorge
client.login(process.env.token);
yet you are not loading dotenv?
how do you expect that to work?
fading thorn
how do i install i haven't messed with a java project recently
fading thorn
java is not javascript
nevermind
we'll try to install it and get back to you
I tried to download it by typing npm i dotenv in the terminal but it didn't run the bot, I installed it in the plugins section from visual studio but it didn't work
@summer gorge
summer gorge
stop pinging me. if you're not going to bother reading the docs on the page I linked, I'm finished.
fading thorn
🥺
summer gorge
if you installed the package, it takes one line of code. RTFM
fading thorn
I'm sorry, I couldn't understand what you said because of the Turkish-English translation mismatch.