development

[earnest phoenix]

my website now live update guilds users and channels
@obtuse jolt ohhh good, im working to get that, but in java is more diff

[digital ibex]

imagine

lol

[earnest phoenix]

same

[solemn latch]

totes, but you need to give each user that privacy policy before adding them

to that online list

[amber fractal]

Well a privacy policy is required now

as per the new dev tos

[opal plank]

reminder that we are now required to add disclaimers to our bots

[digital ibex]

quick question, how can I get the discord.client object in a different process?

without using IPC if possible

and without sending it to an API

[solemn latch]

ipc just means sending stuff to other process's

🤔

[opal plank]

api too

[amber fractal]

that's literally what ipc is

lol

[opal plank]

make an index the redirect traffic

[haughty igloo]

i deleted bot .'(

[amber fractal]

sending it to another process is ipc

[digital ibex]

process communications

im not trying to do it like that tho

[solemn latch]

like what

[digital ibex]

no i mean like

if i've got process a, and i've got data in process b i want to send to process a, how can i do this?

[opal plank]

IPC

[amber fractal]

with ipc

[opal plank]

lmao

[digital ibex]

no other ways?

D:

[opal plank]

API

webserver

[amber fractal]

it's literally inter-process communication

[digital ibex]

without using an api too lol

[warm cloud]

iipc moment

[opal plank]

how do i write without a keyboard?

thats what you're asking

[warm cloud]

exactly

[opal plank]

why NOt use IPC?

[digital ibex]

hmm

it confuses me

[warm cloud]

how do i communicate between processes without communicating between processes

[opal plank]

just read a quick guide on it

[digital ibex]

hmm

[opal plank]

make server;
log both processes;
emit event(type and data)
listener on other end

boom

its not that complicated at all

[digital ibex]

oh

thats just what it is?

[opal plank]

yeah

[digital ibex]

i googled it the other day and 🥴

[opal plank]

its not hard at all

[warm cloud]

at a high level ofc yeah

[opal plank]

you seem to only need some basic stuff

IPC can be used for some really complicated shit

[digital ibex]

yeah

[opal plank]

but for basic stuff its not hard at all

[digital ibex]

im trying to send my bots data to a webserver

thats not complicated, is it?

[opal plank]

i use it to talk to my Yyoutube/twitch/discord bots

remember it has limitations on how much data it sends

you could also do Database to technically pass large quantities of data

WITH ipc

[warm cloud]

technically

[opal plank]

make a table, generate an id and put data into database. just use IPC to send the id over to the other process to fetch it

[digital ibex]

well, im trying to send the whole eris client object, and eris has almost everything in the client class

[warm cloud]

why are you sending an entire client object

[digital ibex]

so probably shouldn't use the db for this

[opal plank]

im not sure it'd be very nice to send large objects over

[warm cloud]

why are you even sending it

[earnest phoenix]

use named pipes and transfer bytes of data

[opal plank]

buffers lul

[digital ibex]

for many reasons, to make a chat on the website to speak in the support server, gets the bots statistics etc

and im not using widget either

[warm cloud]

that does NOt need the entire client object

[opal plank]

why not parse that and send it?

[digital ibex]

i know

[opal plank]

you named 5 things, why not send those 5 things in a json rather than the whole client?

[warm cloud]

ikr lmao

[opal plank]

send as needed

[digital ibex]

im not doing just that, i'd need to make an option to add reactions maybe or more stuff i dont realy know atm

wdym?

[opal plank]

make a small api

request the data you need

[warm cloud]

are you trying to interface discord on a website?

[opal plank]

build json

send it over

[warm cloud]

titan embeds did that already

[digital ibex]

im trying to make it mostly all myself

[opal plank]

use IPC to make a small api then

[digital ibex]

and im trying to send the data to the api

hmm

[opal plank]

heres the basic jist of IPC

you emmit 2 things

[digital ibex]

i'll look into ipc a bit more

[opal plank]

1 is type of event

second is data

with that in mind, make a server for IPC and then log both instances

now they are both linked together

now heres the fun part

[earnest phoenix]

there's like a plethora of ways to implement IPC

easiest being named pipes

[opal plank]

send the event 'request' to your place that has your client

and send the json with the properties of the data you need

for example

[digital ibex]

pipes?

[solemn latch]

anyone know any sources on structure extensions?
is it really this simple?
https://discordapp.com/channels/264445053596991498/272764566411149314/725744409295192125

[digital ibex]

i got an idea actually

make a private npm library which holds the data- nvm actually just realised that wont be dynamic

[solemn latch]

just do a basic api

can just be a dumb simple express api

[obtuse jolt]

poggers

[opal plank]

bot a 
ipc.on('request', (request) => {//listen event request
let data;
  if(request.data) client.push data.data; //if request has data property in it, put whatever property
ipc.emit('return', data) //sends data to bot b
}


bot b
ipc.emit('request', (request) => { //emit event request
  let request;
request.data = true;
}
ipc.on('return' => {//heres your data from bot a} )

``` @digital ibex

does that give a rough idea of what i mean??

build your json to have the properties of the stuff you want

or just send an array and dynamically check

up to you , but thats a rough jist of how you'd be able to request stuff on the go

[digital ibex]

yeah, this confuses me.

[opal plank]

you used d.js before, no?

[digital ibex]

no

[solemn latch]

its pretty much
client.on('message') events

[opal plank]

^^

i was going to use that as example

events are emiited and listened to

you are listening to requests and emitting responses

its a very basic api

but for yourself

[digital ibex]

i'll just make my own api requests, thanks anyways

[opal plank]

lmao

aight

[digital ibex]

quick question

i might the use the api method

[opal plank]

IPC is just so you dont have to use websockets around

that example i gave you is just 2 events

send/receive

[digital ibex]

but on my pc u can make api requests to localhost, what about a linux machine, dashboard and bot are both hosted there?

[opal plank]

with IPC, yeah

you can use localhost

[digital ibex]

i mean the api method

[opal plank]

or use UDP

its all listed in the docs

lemme fetch it rq

[amber fractal]

you can make internal requests with http in node

[digital ibex]

i mean like

if i do fetch('localhsot whatever')

[amber fractal]

should work

[digital ibex]

would it work on a linux machine too?

[solemn latch]

yes

[digital ibex]

hm ok, thanks guys

[opal plank]

https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-ipc#ipc-events

@digital ibex

[digital ibex]

yeah

that was the thing which confused me along with a stackoverflow thing before :p

[opal plank]

look at the examples, it makes it quite easy to understand

check localhost and UDP examples

like i said, it can be used to basic stuff like this https://ptb.discordapp.com/channels/264445053596991498/272764566411149314/736669216962379856

or it could be much more complicated like that

[digital ibex]

yeah

[opal plank]

i recommended your own event type, like request

[digital ibex]

im trying 2 different methods:

1. make the api requests myself (preferably)
2. make a small express server

im pretty sure d.js has a fetchApplication to get the application info, or something like that, im looking at the discord docs, how can i also do this?

i cant find it anywhere

[opal plank]

application info?

[digital ibex]

1 sec

[opal plank]

like in the portal?

to display all that?

[digital ibex]

yeah

i cant find that anywhere either :/

[opal plank]

https://discord.js.org/#/docs/main/stable/class/ClientUser

for your own application you can use that iirc

https://discord.js.org/#/docs/main/stable/class/ClientUser?scrollTo=createdTimestamp

actually

[digital ibex]

nvm actually

[opal plank]

nvm that doesnt do API calls

thats just reversing the snowflake

i though it did a call

[digital ibex]

it was this, but it turns out it gives the clients application

https://discord.js.org/#/docs/main/stable/class/Client?scrollTo=fetchApplication

[earnest phoenix]

so many embed links

o ty

[opal plank]

is that not what you want?

[digital ibex]

i thought u could like

client.fetchApplication('client secret')

[opal plank]

client applications need oath iirc

[digital ibex]

i mean yeah, prob would be a security breach but ya lol

[opal plank]

https://discord.com/developers/applications/679343193845661716/information

try this

should not work for you

[digital ibex]

yeah

thats why u've got to do oauth

[opal plank]

im sure it needs oatuh

[cinder patio]

I really think you should use ICP instead of Websocket communication, it's more appropriate

[opal plank]

you know IPC well feud?

[cinder patio]

IPC*

[digital ibex]

it confuses me :/

[opal plank]

Feud might be able to give you a better help, this is what i recommended

bot a 
ipc.on('request', (request) => {//listen event request
let data;
  if(request.data) client.push data.data; //if request has data property in it, put whatever property
ipc.emit('return', data) //sends data to bot b
}


bot b
ipc.emit('request', (request) => { //emit event request
  let request;
request.data = true;
}
ipc.on('return' => {//heres your data from bot a} )

[livid rivet]

I am using discord.py, the extension thing, and my on_message_edit event gets triggered at any command

[calm sedge]

Where boys

Bots

[livid rivet]

I need some help

[opal plank]

2 events, one sending, one receiving

[livid rivet]

I haven't found any help on the internet or in the docs

[karmic compass]

how do i assign a role to a member in discord.js

[cinder patio]

I've never had the chance to use it practically but I 've experimented with it

[opal plank]

im using it, but its rather simple

im using similar structure to what i sent above

its somewhat an api

checks for each property of json object and builds it based on it, once its built, it emits back to the client who requested

[cobalt eagle]

hey i have a problem

i followed the official command handler guide

and

now my bot react with every prefix

i can put anything before the command name it'll still do it

here's the code

the prefix is *

[edgy crown]

did u add
if (message.content.startsWith(prefix)) return;
or smth

[misty sigil]

It’s prefix.length

not by the actual content

[edgy crown]

oh

i dont use that

[cobalt eagle]

prefix.length is line 81

[edgy crown]

also you may want to use
if (message.channel.type === "dm") return;

instead of (!message.guild)

[cobalt eagle]

on the sccreen

oh ok

[pure lion]

You only need prefix.length if you're using args properly

[digital ibex]

both do the same thing

[cinder patio]

Another thing you could use is node's built in worker threads/ child process module (which also uses IPC). Your express server could spawn the bot process (I'm assuming that's what you are doing?) and that way they can easily communicate

[digital ibex]

the bot doesn't have an express server

the dashboard does tho

[cinder patio]

Yeah that's what I meant

[cobalt eagle]

what ?

no the problem is

the command is sent regardless of the prefix

it could be

bban

çban

)ban

"ban

it'll be sent

or it should only be sent with *ban

[misty sigil]

BECAUSE YOU’RE USING PREFIX.LENGTH

shit caps

[cobalt eagle]

ok

so i need to remove prefix.length ?

[misty sigil]

it should be prefix afaik

just prefix

[cobalt eagle]

ok

[earnest phoenix]

Wait no

[cobalt eagle]

no ?

[misty sigil]

idek

[earnest phoenix]

you can't slice an string off with .slice

[solemn latch]

your slicing prefix out, but never checking if its at the beginning of content

[earnest phoenix]

That's correct, i assume Something is wrong with the command setup

Oh wait yea

if(!message.content.startsWith(prefix)) return;

[plucky harness]

Anyone uses asyncpg here?

[cobalt eagle]

thankssss

[pure lion]

The what

[cobalt eagle]

you guys are the bests

[earnest phoenix]

@plucky harness async package? Or what I'm confused, "asyncpg"

[pure lion]

Compiling async in ts to see how it works

X)

[plucky harness]

Asyncpg. Pg = postgresql for python

[opal plank]

im impressed https://ptb.discordapp.com/channels/264445053596991498/265156322012561408/736683898439991357

[solemn latch]

lmao

[opal plank]

not a single one

[solemn latch]

i found a dumb bug in my code.
tag @ here without any other text, and it responds like you tagged it directly.

I absolutely need to fix it asap, but its been like it for weeks, and has only happened twice.

[opal plank]

disable mentions

oooh

i see

[solemn latch]

oh i just need to check if its mentioning the bot directly

not checking if its being mentioned at all

[opal plank]

match regex

[solemn latch]

yeah

[opal plank]

'<!?idhere>'

[solemn latch]

funny enough, thats how i do prefix checks.

[opal plank]

u use ? for prefix?

[sudden geyser]

\d+

[opal plank]

?

one or 0

[sudden geyser]

ah no read that wrong

[opal plank]

! is for nickname

<!(can exist or not)ID>

[solemn latch]

if (message.mentions.has(client.user.id) && message.content.length < 23) return message.channel.send(`My prefix in this community is \`${serverSettings.prefix}\`\nUse ${serverSettings.prefix}help for help!`)
    const prefixMention = new RegExp(`^<@!?${client.user.id}> `);
    const prefix = message.content.match(prefixMention) ? message.content.match(prefixMention)[0] : serverSettings.prefix;
    if (!message.content.toLowerCase().startsWith(prefix.toLowerCase())) return;

[opal plank]

? is the same as !{0,1}

[fickle arch]

Is economy stuff need sort off extra things to do it like database to keep user data or something ?

[opal plank]

mine is similar, though i only use it on twitch

holdon

i really need to recode my twitch and youtube bots, they are getting far behind my main branch one

[solemn latch]

i could just do prefixMention first

then do both checks after

[opal plank]

thats my check

could remove that 0 too

[solemn latch]

extra things, just the way i like it

[opal plank]

Huh...

OMG

NO

oh thank god

nvm, its fine

[solemn latch]

i did it in like 30 seconds after someone suggested it

its still bad

[pure lion]

The f u c k

[pure lion]

What is a message.chat

[opal plank]

DB call to make sure its persistent after restart

thats not discord

thats twitch

[pure lion]

Oh

Twitch has a persistent dB system?

[opal plank]

my 'bot' isnt a bot per say

no, i added it

[pure lion]

Oh sick

[opal plank]

its a collection of bots

thats why it takes so long for me to make commands

i gotta add the same command on twitch, discord, youtube and the beta branch

[solemn latch]

oh intresting

[opal plank]

its one hell of a nightmare

its now instanely fun cuz 2 of them are on Ts

so i gotta write Ts AND Js

yes, theres a difference

my Ts is set to strict mode, so it'll fuck everything up

[celest schooner]

is it api abuse if i use my bot to dm owners of servers that use my bot that are over 300 members (excluding top.gg) a link to the new version of that bot

[solemn latch]

i would think so, yes.

[celest schooner]

even if

there like 6

[solemn latch]

api abuse is kind of a grey line.
6 requests i dont think will ever be enough for action to be taken against your account.

[obtuse jolt]

If you use like discord.js or discord.py they put ratelimits to make sure you don’t get banned

[solemn latch]

you can api abuse without hitting ratelimits

[slender thistle]

That's a wrong way to phrase it

d.js and d.py automatically handle the Discord ratelimits for you

[earnest phoenix]

check pins for a distinction between api abuse and normal usage

tldr

don't do anything the user didn't ask for

[solemn latch]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/272764566411149314/604449094680707072/unknown.png

[earnest phoenix]

clIenT modIfiCatiOns

[solemn latch]

not my screenshot 🤔

[misty sigil]

large N? so like, 10 minutes?

[solemn latch]

they never really say

[quartz kindle]

doesnt server monitor do it every 10 minutes or so

[amber fractal]

just add a little extra response to each command that gives them a link to the new version anyways

[solemn latch]

or just put it in your bot status

[amber fractal]

lmao who looks at statuses, especially bot statuses

[solemn latch]

i stare at bot statuses all day

got a third monitor just for it

[earnest phoenix]

you need a backend server

[honest perch]

express is pretty easy

and then ejs

[earnest phoenix]

you're misunderstanding how client server relationships work

the client has to make a request to the backend server

any sort of webserver that's able to ping your bot or be logged in with the bot in order to return the correct stats

[crimson vapor]

The GitHub Pages would request your server and you would return a json of stats and stuff you want to send probably

[earnest phoenix]

^

[digital ibex]

hiii im back agaiin

any ideas how i can fix this error? FetchError: invalid json response body at <url> reason: Unexpected end of JSON input

yeah

[crimson vapor]

Are timers commands api abuse, they would be right?

[earnest phoenix]

blu, think about that for a minute

you would be giving details to your database to everyone

[digital ibex]

right click > inspect element > sources

[earnest phoenix]

you cannot put any sensitive information on the frontend, anyone can edit and view frontend code

[digital ibex]

any ideas about my error, cry?

[earnest phoenix]

no idea

parse the response body as a string or something then console.log the response

[digital ibex]

oof

oh ok

[crimson vapor]

is it a url or is it a file?

[digital ibex]

url

[crimson vapor]

wait you are using fetch?

[digital ibex]

would i do js const bob = await fetch('url', { other stuff here }); return String(bob); instead of just, return bob; ?

yeah i am

but then how can i access the response? 🤔

confusion101

[sudden geyser]

use bob.text() to convert it to a string, then log the result from the promise it returns

[digital ibex]

kk

im doing this: js const hook = await fetch(`https://discord.com/api/webhooks/${webhook.id}/${webhook.token}`, { // stuff here }).then((e) => e.json()); console.log(`a` + hook.text()); return hook; } the webhook gets sent, but nothing logs, any ideas?

[split nova]

Is it not webhook.text in ‘console.log(“a” + hook.text());

Idk i dont do ja

Js

[crimson vapor]

what the hell are you doing?

[digital ibex]

making an api request?

[crimson vapor]

why?

[digital ibex]

what

[crimson vapor]

im confused

[split nova]

Im pretty sure he can make an api request if he wants?

Or is that illegal

[solemn latch]

illegal

already reported

[split nova]

🥶

[digital ibex]

the response of the api request is erroring.. thats what im trying to fix

[crimson vapor]

why are you making an api request?

[digital ibex]

moyaing so hard rn

why does that matter?

[crimson vapor]

because I do not think it is needed

[digital ibex]

well the answer to ur question is to send a webhook to a channel

um... yes it is

[crimson vapor]

so are you creating a webhook and sending to it?

[digital ibex]

yes

[crimson vapor]

d.js 12?

[digital ibex]

no

im not using a library

[crimson vapor]

the fuck

[split nova]

try maybe:??

const hook = await fetch(`https://discord.com/api/webhooks/${webhook.id}/${webhook.token}`, {
      // stuff here
      }).then((e) => e.json());
   console.log(`a` + webhook.text());
   return hook;
}

[crimson vapor]

why not

[solemn latch]

thats what webhooks are for

lol

[split nova]

nvm im retarded

[crimson vapor]

are you making a bot or posting to a webhook?

[split nova]

didnt see the const

[digital ibex]

i am moyaing so hard rn

🗿

[crimson vapor]

moyaing? wut this

[digital ibex]

like really hard

\🗿

but.. back to my question, do u know how to fix it or..

[solemn latch]

what did you put in //stuff here?

[digital ibex]

or help..

[crimson vapor]

are you sending a message to a webhook?

[solemn latch]

webhooks are posts right?

[crimson vapor]

yes

[digital ibex]

just the header, method and body

yeah

no

no

the creating & sending the webhook works

and yeah, its a post

its the response whch is erroring

[solemn latch]

ah okay

wheres the docs for webhook responses?

[digital ibex]

not allowing me to do whatever i want underneath

[crimson vapor]

https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/webhook

[solemn latch]

thanks

[crimson vapor]

np

reading a bit myself rn

so what are you trying to do with the webhook? @digital ibex

[digital ibex]

moyai

nothing

[crimson vapor]

wtf

[digital ibex]

its the response which is erroring

[solemn latch]

https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/webhook#execute-webhook-querystring-params

🤔

[crimson vapor]

may I ask why you need a response if you are not doing anything with it

[solemn latch]

param wait might be useful if your trying to get a response

[digital ibex]

i am moyaing so hard

[crimson vapor]

what is a moyaing

[digital ibex]

if i log webhook, it returns the webhook object

:moyai:

that

[crimson vapor]

doesnt look like a word

[digital ibex]

ok

just if u wanna know if the webhook works again, yes it does

[crimson vapor]

im just confused on what you are trying to do

[digital ibex]

nothing, im trying to make it stop erroing

the response im getting is causing an error

and idk how to fix it

[split nova]

wht error

[digital ibex]

any anything which i wanna do underneath, i cant do

its

FetchError: invalid json response body at <url> reason: Unexpected end of JSON input

[solemn latch]

are you sending the wait query string param

[digital ibex]

which one?

[solemn latch]

the only one that exists

https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/webhook#execute-webhook-querystring-params

[digital ibex]

the query?

1 sec

[solemn latch]

it doesnt say what the default is

[digital ibex]

yeah i am

[solemn latch]

oh nvm it does say

🤔

[split nova]

try this first and see if it works @digital ibex , if it does its something to do with ur config or wherever the webhook token is stored

const hook = await fetch(`https://discord.com/api/webhooks/webhookthingy/the_actual_token`, {
      // stuff here
      }).then((e) => e.json());
   console.log(`a` + hook.text());
   return hook;
}

so put the actual token in the link

[crimson vapor]

its not formatted

one sec

[split nova]

and the webhook thingy idk the name 😂

[digital ibex]

what???

[solemn latch]

i think your then is running before the console log, so its erroring out before it can log

[crimson vapor]

id

[split nova]

https://discord.com/api/webhooks/webhookthingy/the_actual_token so this

where it says actuall token

add the token

[digital ibex]

the moyai works..

no i mean

whoop

sthats because im moyaing so hard rn sorry. mind me

the webhook works

[sudden hedge]

Kind of a newbie, anyone know what this error is?

  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module './config.json'
Require stack:
- /Users/kamolkhon/Desktop/DiscordBot/index.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:965:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:841:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1025:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:72:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/kamolkhon/Desktop/DiscordBot/index.js:3:16)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1137:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1157:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:985:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:878:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:71:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ '/Users/kamolkhon/Desktop/DiscordBot/index.js' ]
}```

[crimson vapor]

yes

[split nova]

wrong path

[crimson vapor]

you are requiring a file that isnt there

or wrong path

[digital ibex]

and u want me to post my token ?

[split nova]

no

[crimson vapor]

no

[split nova]

do it yourself and see if it works

dont post anything here

[digital ibex]

do what myself?

[split nova]

lmao

[solemn latch]

the webhook is working tho 🤔

[split nova]

does the link work the url?

[sudden hedge]

you are requiring a file that isnt there
@crimson vapor How do I know what file I'm missing>

[split nova]

config.json

[solemn latch]

config.json

it says

[sudden hedge]

ohhh

[split nova]

is ur main js file and config.json in same folder? if so remove the ./

@sudden hedge

[digital ibex]

this what u wanna see?

cuz i am confused rn

[sudden hedge]

Thanks! @split nova

[split nova]

np , and @digital ibex u see where it says ${webhook.id}and ${webhook.token}

remove that and add the actual token and id

[digital ibex]

yes?

[split nova]

not a const

[digital ibex]

whats that gonna change?

nothing..

[split nova]

idk if u get a request then it means that ur link is the issue

[sudden hedge]

So for config.json, I'm supposed to enter the prefix right?

[split nova]

yeah u can do

[solemn latch]

the request is working

[split nova]

oh ok

[solemn latch]

the webhook is sending the message

in the channel

[split nova]

okok

my bad

one sec

are indents an issue in js? idk 😂

[solemn latch]

nah

[sudden hedge]

I'm tryna do const PREFIX = '//some prefix' But, it keeps showing this problem, what do I do?

[solemn latch]

// means comment

[sudden hedge]

yes i know

Lol

[digital ibex]

json dont work like that

json: { "key": "value" }

[sudden hedge]

Oh

[digital ibex]

u probably want

{ "prefix": "ur prefix here" }

[sudden hedge]

Ah,

[crimson vapor]

{ "defaultPrefix": "!" } is a good way to do it

[sudden hedge]

Thanks a lot!

[digital ibex]

or just const prefix = notdefaultprefix || defaultprefix

ez

[crimson vapor]

no its a json file

[digital ibex]

ik

[crimson vapor]

also, dont store prefixes that change in a json file

[sudden hedge]

Oh, now I know how to work a .json file. Thanks a lot!

[split nova]

@digital ibex if u want to stop the error this is what i found:

_parseJSON: function(response) {
  return response.text().then(function(text) {
    return text ? JSON.parse(text) : {}
  })
}

[digital ibex]

kk

now i get this error: SyntaxError: Unexpected token o in JSON at position 1

[sudden hedge]

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1174
    throw err;
    ^

SyntaxError: /Users/kamolkhon/Desktop/DiscordBot/config.json: Unexpected end of JSON input
    at parse (<anonymous>)
    at Object.Module._extensions..json (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1171:22)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:985:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:878:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1025:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:72:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/kamolkhon/Desktop/DiscordBot/index.js:3:16)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1137:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1157:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:985:32)``` 
I'm pretty sure this means I ddi something wrong in config.json. But, I'm a bit new to programming language, so idk what it is or how to fix it heh 😅

[opal plank]

@sudden hedge its a bad token in your JSON

[sudden hedge]

Incorrect token?

[crimson vapor]

no

[opal plank]

json format is

{
"key": "value",
//continue
}```

[crimson vapor]

can you send the text in your config.json without sending your token or such

[opal plank]

^^

[sudden hedge]

I never entered a token into my json

[solemn latch]

save the file

[opal plank]

that should work just fine

[solemn latch]

white dot means you didnt save

[sudden hedge]

Ah, saved

[split nova]

hmm position one usually means no more parsing

is required

[earnest phoenix]

@sudden hedge uhh

[sudden hedge]

Yes?

[opal plank]

linter should take care of anything

[earnest phoenix]

wtf is ur name

[sudden hedge]

LOL

[earnest phoenix]

im not against it

[sudden hedge]

Its just something with my friend lmao

[opal plank]

[earnest phoenix]

does someone want free money

[pallid glen]

Me

[solemn latch]

no

[opal plank]

does you wanna go to #general ?

[earnest phoenix]

es

yes

[opal plank]

good

[pallid glen]

Btw

[earnest phoenix]

wut

[pallid glen]

Does anyone knows how to make a custom bot

[opal plank]

step 1

learn js

[solemn latch]

id say everyone here

[earnest phoenix]

this is develpment

[opal plank]

step 2

make bot

step 3

profit???

[pallid glen]

What profit

[earnest phoenix]

its gotta be approved

[fast yacht]

Any MongoDB wizards out there? I'm fetching a user document that has some values. When I print it out in the terminal I can see the values I want, but when I iterate the object, I only get one of them. Why's that?

[opal plank]

look behind you, joke went right over your head

[earnest phoenix]

😂

[opal plank]

best you can do is use bot-maker @pallid glen

[solemn latch]

profit

[opal plank]

i removed my account

[earnest phoenix]

@loud bison spawn 99999999

[honest perch]

...

#commands

[earnest phoenix]

i just found out im a dumbass

[digital ibex]

so.... any ideas @split nova ?

[opal plank]

?

[pulsar forge]

O

[opal plank]

token o at pos 1

JSON starts with {

[digital ibex]

?

ik

[opal plank]

https://ptb.discordapp.com/channels/264445053596991498/272764566411149314/736711316261306449

assuming you mean this?

[split nova]

not really man , i said i dont really do js , that error means usually means no more parsing is required

sorry man i tried lol

[digital ibex]

yeah

but

thats the response of the api request which is erroring

not anything im doing

and idk how to fix it

[opal plank]

you havent used ipc, have you lost?

[digital ibex]

no

[opal plank]

you should

[digital ibex]

this is something different not related to what i was talking about earlier

[opal plank]

oh, i see

[karmic compass]

anyone have a good free 24/7 hosting service? using heroku rn but it only provides 550 hours per month

[opal plank]

type n.tag hosting in #265156322012561408

[solemn latch]

shoot i forget the name everyones recommending recently

[opal plank]

danbot?

[digital ibex]

loc

[solemn latch]

nah, some free thing.
they offered quite a lot iirc

[karmic compass]

i mean

i could get 1000 hours per month by verifying with credit card but idk if thats a good idea

[opal plank]

aws

[digital ibex]

if u want a good free host, use LOC

[opal plank]

or f1

[digital ibex]

mind if i dm u the discord link?

[karmic compass]

id.loc.gov?

[digital ibex]

no

lmao

[karmic compass]

nah i dont mind

dm me it

[digital ibex]

ok

[snow urchin]

why is npmjs.com/package/google being very annoying -.-
https://i.callumdev.pw/s3h5t.png

[digital ibex]

have you looked at the docs?

[solid falcon]

@slender thistle #development message

do you know how to create like this? I'm using exec() function but always getting error

[pale vessel]

that is eval, not exec

[violet haven]

bruh

can you explain it to me? i'm new to development

[solemn latch]

./commandes/addrole.js wasnt found

[violet haven]

but it works in my computer

[solemn latch]

Commandes
commandes

[pale vessel]

isn't it case insensitive?

[digital ibex]

is this on a linux machine?

[violet haven]

so why is it working

no

[digital ibex]

the one it isnt working on

what is it running on then?

[pale vessel]

heroku is linux

[digital ibex]

in commandes folder, run ls see if u updated the code or something idk how heroku works

[karmic compass]

wait question about heroku, what do you have to pay for eventually? (in the resources tab, rn its $0.00 but when would it increase?)

[digital ibex]

yes

it slowly increases and becomes very expensive, is what i've heard

[violet haven]

i'm trying to change the folder's name

[earnest phoenix]

Does anyone have experience of using MongoDB? I installed the latest version of MongoDB to my CentOS server but when I did mongod to start it up, it stucked at the SHARDING section and timed out after a few minutes.

[violet haven]

ok it works but how do i do to run another script with heroku?

my bot is using lavalink so i need two cmd to run both "npm run llavalink" and "node index.js"

[honest perch]

Run lavalink separately then

[violet haven]

but i want it to be on heroku

[opal plank]

bash & chained commands

[honest perch]

Yes

You can

But i don't recommend it

[violet haven]

ok

[opal plank]

use package.json

[honest perch]

You will have to manually switch ips

Every couple of hours

[opal plank]

how about NOT use heroku?

cuz its not a hosting platform for bots?

[honest perch]

Use a vps for lavalink definitely

[opal plank]

*and your bot

[misty sigil]

oh yea

[violet haven]

what should i use so?

[honest perch]

Vps

[opal plank]

any decent VPS

[violet haven]

recommend me some

[opal plank]

type n.tag host in #265156322012561408

[honest perch]

Also read https://ramblings.fred.moe/2020/3/tunnelbroker-with-lavalink

[opal plank]

i should add LoC to that tbf

[honest perch]

Galaxygate is quite popular

From what I've seen the internet speeds are fast too

[opal plank]

i cant be bothered to go check all those vps's to be honest

ive heard somes tuff about that, danbot and loc

[honest perch]

Theres one provider I despite

As they have workstations on metal shelves

[opal plank]

which is?

[honest perch]

Con

Tabo

[opal plank]

never heard

[solid falcon]

that is eval, not exec
@pale vessel on discord.py use eval? I'm discord.py user

[tired nimbus]

if you stop a collector without a reason will the end event's collected reason be a falsey value?

[quartz kindle]

it seems if no reason is provided, it defaults to "user"

assuming message collectors

timers override it tho

[honest perch]

Tim

How many languages do you know

[amber fractal]

All of them

[frozen prawn]

this is probably a dumb question but how do you include gifs in embeds?
since when i add a gif link it goes as a still image

[quartz kindle]

programming or...

[honest perch]

Programming

[quartz kindle]

mostly just js

[honest perch]

What about poothon

[quartz kindle]

never used

[honest perch]

So pretty much js

[quartz kindle]

plus html css and a bit of php of course

but js is the only thing i know well

[honest perch]

What about all langs

Not just programming

[quartz kindle]

english, portuguese and a bit of slovenian and spanish

[opal plank]

portuguese

[torn ravine]

how would I make my bot dm me when it joins a server

[honest perch]

Are you being stupid

Or

[opal plank]

listen on guildCreate event

[honest perch]

Actually asking

[torn ravine]

lol I’m being stupid

[opal plank]

so you dont wanna know?

aight fine

[honest perch]

[torn ravine]

actually yes I do

[opal plank]

decide

[torn ravine]

I do

[opal plank]

listen to the guildCreate event, then just get yourself from client.users cache and send dm

(im also assuming you're on d.js)

[torn ravine]

I know how to make the bot dm me

yes you’re correct

[opal plank]

perfect, you now the second part

now the first, part, which is listen to guildCreate event

do you know how to listen to events?

[torn ravine]

yep

[opal plank]

then you good to go?

[torn ravine]

Can I make my bot dm me using my user id?

[opal plank]

yeah

grab it from cache

[torn ravine]

how would I do that

[opal plank]

client.users cache

[torn ravine]

I think I know how to do that

[opal plank]

perfect, if you get stuck let me know

[violet haven]

Is it ok?

[torn ravine]

I would get my id and use it as a constant, then I would pass it like “message.owner.send(message)”? @opal plank

[opal plank]

running bots on heroku? no, not okay

[violet haven]

Why?

[opal plank]

cuz heroku isnt a bot hosting service

[torn ravine]

heroku worked for me but

[sudden geyser]

btw charge your phone

[violet haven]

XD

[opal plank]

'works' isnt an excuse for 'should'

heroku isnt a bot hosting service, and they aggresively put down bots

heroku and glitch, both do

@torn ravine you could do that, yeah

actually

[violet haven]

But I want free hosting

[opal plank]

no, user.send()

[frozen prawn]

how do you include gifs in embeds, since when i add a gif link it goes as a still image?

@violet haven theres better options

[opal plank]

@violet haven plenty of free hosting out there that is proper for bots

[frozen prawn]

^

like danbot, or some others

[violet haven]

Ok I’ll search tomorrow good night🙃

[bright flax]

I’m waiting for my bot to get approved

[frozen prawn]

idk that many

[opal plank]

type n.tag host in #265156322012561408

[frozen prawn]

Not Erwin do you know how to you include gifs in embeds, since when i add a gif link it goes as a still image?

[sand scroll]

hmm

[opal plank]

embeds? yeah, either thumbnail or image

[sand scroll]

would a purge command be in the Moderation section or the Utility section?

[opal plank]

make sure extension is gif btw

[frozen prawn]

yea, but when i do .setImage('https://i.ibb.co/2gwMDLJ/ranbom.gif')

[sand scroll]

Not Erwin do you know how to you include gifs in embeds, since when i add a gif link it goes as a still image?
@frozen prawn .setImage("url (including https://))

[frozen prawn]

it sends a static image

[sand scroll]

oh

set woops

[frozen prawn]

https://i.ibb.co/2gwMDLJ/ranbom.gif

oh

is that moving?

https://i.ibb.co/2gwMDLJ/ranbom.gif

nope ok user error

[sand scroll]

no

[frozen prawn]

lmao

[sand scroll]

would a purge command be in the Moderation section or the Utility section?

[opal plank]

https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/channel @frozen prawn

[raw turret]

How do we get bot developer perm?

[frozen prawn]

fits both

[sand scroll]

How do we get bot developer perm?
@raw turret make a bot

[opal plank]

@raw turret wait approval

[sand scroll]

ez

[frozen prawn]

@raw turret submit your bot

[raw turret]

oky

tx

[bright flax]

Waiting for my bot to be approved

[opal plank]

then keep waiting

[raw turret]

I just added the bot, I'm waiting.

[bright flax]

100,000 years later

[raw turret]

:D

[opal plank]

good, if you have questions, feel free to ask, else go somewhere else

[raw turret]

okey

[frozen prawn]

https://ibb.co/6rWtb3t

[opal plank]

@frozen prawn from that link you sent i assume the gif itself isnt an actual gif lol

[torn ravine]

I did something

[frozen prawn]

there

@opal plank yea lol user error

heres the real link for it i think https://ibb.co/6rWtb3t

[amber fractal]

no, here's the link https://i.ibb.co/rFwpMCp/ranbom.gif

[torn ravine]

@frozen prawn stop sending seizure inducing images

[amber fractal]

you need the actual gif.

[frozen prawn]

surry

[opal plank]

use that link on the embed

[frozen prawn]

i have the actually gif

the fil

e

[bright flax]

How long does it take for a bot to be approved

[opal plank]

set the embed payload image with that link

@bright flax 3+ weeks

[bright flax]

That rly does suck

[frozen prawn]

https://ibb.co/6rWtb3t this one or https://ibb.co/6rWtb3t/ranbom.gif ?

[opal plank]

second one

make sure it has extension

[frozen prawn]

ok

https://ibb.co/6rWtb3t/ranbom.gif

hm

its not actually showing the gif though

[opal plank]

cuz its this

https://i.ibb.co/rFwpMCp/ranbom.gif

not the one you sent

[frozen prawn]

https://i.ibb.co/rFwpMCp/ranbom.gif

ok

cool

[pure saddle]

https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/bQKkZQ9WNOwzJytm4gR-U5ni1Q-PlpOwUdNMhedu1LY/https/i.ibb.co/rFwpMCp/ranbom.gif?width=765&height=4

[amber fractal]

You should be able to open it in your browser and it'll be an actual gif

[opal plank]

this chat giving me 2005 vibes with all the rainbow shit in chat

lol

[frozen prawn]

m-r help

oop

thanks it worked

[opal plank]

did that earlier today too. Thats what i get for having multiple discord clients open and alt tabbing and not looking

[low shard]

someone know why i got this i put my vaild passport

[opal plank]

prob send them a message

blurry usually gets that

though they usually say if you had it blurry or not

[low shard]

@opal plank me ?

[frozen prawn]

wait you have to send your passport to get verified?

[opal plank]

any valid document

[low shard]

yes ,

[frozen prawn]

ah ok

[opal plank]

@low shard yes

what

[low shard]

what what

passport

[opal plank]

what exactly are you asking for?

do i need to tell you how illegal that is?

false identity

[low shard]

ok sry

[opal plank]

[trim saddle]

wtf

[knotty granite]

Hi

[halcyon ember]

when you do await in an async on js it will stop running that and everything below it until the stuff above is done right

or with await it stops the rest of the process and lets it run after the line is done

[quartz kindle]

only the current async scope is stopped

not the process

[karmic compass]

how do i add a role to a user in discord.js? (using role names or ids)

[sudden geyser]

You can use <GuildMember>.roles.add (https://discord.js.org/#/docs/main/stable/class/GuildMemberRoleManager?scrollTo=add). If you want to use role names, you should find the role in the <Guild>.roles.cache collection first.

[karmic compass]

would this work?
var guildMember = message.author
guildMember.roles.add('id')

or this?
var role = client.roles.cache.find(whatever goes here for the role name finding thing)
var member = message.author
member.roles.add(role)

[sudden geyser]

It has to be a guild member instance, not a user instance (.author vs. .member).

[karmic compass]

so message.member?

[sudden geyser]

yes, try it out and see

[karmic compass]

alr ill get back to you one moment

[opal plank]

@karmic compass dont use vars, use let/const

[karmic compass]

good point, forgot that

it works! i'm going to try with the name one now

i got an error

[sudden geyser]

.roles should be used on a guild instance.

[karmic compass]

can i have an example?

[sudden geyser]

The message object has a .guild property that represents the guild the message was sent from.

[karmic compass]

wait if a did a let theGuild = message.guild would that work?

and then instaed of putting client. do theGuild.

[sudden geyser]

yes

[karmic compass]

alr alr

the discord api is very interesting

[sudden geyser]

more like discord.js, but it'll get easier as you progress

[karmic compass]

yes, time to test 👀

very cool! thank you, surprised this community is very helpful. (it worked)

[opal plank]

raw api is a much bigger monster

[sudden geyser]

trust me discord's api looks like a puppy dog compared to some apis I've seen

[bright dove]

🐶

wow the fact that my first message is a dog emoji 🤦

[snow urchin]

https://discordapp.com/channels/264445053596991498/272764566411149314/736720921775046769

[opal plank]

im using google api too

had to make my own lib-ish for youtube

[bright dove]

can someone explain what the circled bit means like I'm 5? very new to programming and/or discord.js and javascript and most of what I've done is from tutorials that don't explain very well

[opal plank]

for is a loop

so it'll loop that function for every file in it

then it'll declare (import) every file

and make a map the key/value

aka you're setting client.commands (which is a map), and inserting it the file name plus the function on it

if your file is called add

the run will code on that add like this

const command = require('./commands/add') (add.js, js is omitted)

client.commands.set(add.name, add)

@bright dove

cant explain more for dummies than that

[bright dove]

o

thanks

[snow urchin]

Anyway I can have <channel>.bulkDelete tell me how much messages it deleted, lets say I specify 100, but it deletes 56 since 44 are older than 2 weeks, how could I get that info

[karmic compass]

just for clarification will serverMember.roles.remove work aswell?

[bright dove]

ok so this works fine when I just have it say "pong!" but as soon as I try to actually add the ping it says that "client" isn't defined. how do I fix this?

description says API speed but I haven't actually added that yet lol

[opal plank]

@bright dove no

client is not defined

those are not decoration, they are there to help you

[bright dove]

huh

I know client isn't defined

that's what I said

[opal plank]

attach client onto message or pass client as an argument

[bright dove]

idk what that means 😨

[opal plank]

pass client as a parameter

[bright dove]

in the "execute(message, args)"? so make it "execute(client, message, args)"?

or am I still being dumb

[opal plank]

yeah

order is important

[bright dove]

ok good

[opal plank]

if you put client infront make sure client is infront on your index too

[bright dove]

index is where it's called on the main.js file right?

[opal plank]

yeah

index.js, app.js, main.js, bot.js

[bright dove]

ok noice

[opal plank]

its your initial file per say

[bright dove]

yee 🤠

well thanks

[opal plank]

[bright dove]

(I already did most of this stuff, but I ended up breaking it somehow and decided to start from scratch getting in-depth definitions for everything so I don't mess it up again)

[opal plank]

i'd recommend a private repo

on gitbuh

so you can commit working code, then change it on the go. worst case you got backups

[bright dove]

👍

[digital ibex]

i recommend not privatising

[karmic compass]

i released my github repository to the public a bit ago

[digital ibex]

it is better to make ur repos public for numerous reasons.

1. receive feedback
2. just looks better as a dev (my opinion)
3. people can contribute to ur repo, making ur project even better
   thats just the stuff i can think of, the times when you probably shouldnt is if its an API. then keep it private if u want, otherwise make it public

all my projects are open source with the ones i can choose anyways, like the ones im leading the project

although, i do plan on making one of my projects private soon though.

[grizzled raven]

if theres a private option let people use it

it doesnt make you any worse of a dev

[digital ibex]

thats not what im saying

i purposely put "(my opinion)"

[opal plank]

i usually recommend private repos
reason 1, people dont copy your code blatently
reason 2, your bot probably isnt unique, theres not reason to make it public. It isnt a lib or something to be handed out

i recommended him the repo as a personal backup, not something public

[wanton dew]

^

[opal plank]

specially cuz doing stuff half assed leads to this https://ptb.discordapp.com/channels/264445053596991498/272764566411149314/736660152979161140

post bad code and 400 other people come here suddenly with EXACTLY 11 message listeners

[digital ibex]

the whole point of making ur code public is for feedback, yeah people copy but theres nothing much we can do about it

but yeah, i see where you're coming from

[sudden geyser]

I think 11 is just a default for Node.js

Some of where it's coming from is different.

[opal plank]

shivaco said it was likely a bad turkish tutorial

[digital ibex]

lmao

[opal plank]

https://ptb.discordapp.com/channels/264445053596991498/272764566411149314/736660348555362461
https://ptb.discordapp.com/channels/264445053596991498/272764566411149314/736660440532385832

[digital ibex]

im pretty sure my website has had a memory leak or two

havent checked the logs because i really dont care

only because im storing users in the cache

ha

[unique knoll]

Is it common to put your Discord Bot js on Github and public for everyone using your Bot?

[digital ibex]

yes

just search: discord nodejs on github lol

[opal plank]

pls dont

@slender thistle leveling system AND dms

[digital ibex]

wrong channel sir

[opal plank]

i was going to say, dont saturate the gitbub with bad code, but its already so bad it wont matter either way

[digital ibex]

O_O