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midnight spoke
ye
midnight spoke
midnight spoke
yep
opal plank
now node index.js or whatever .js you named as your main file
index.js, main.js, server.js, bot.js
misty sigil
wouldn't it be better to run it via pm2
opal plank
those are all common names, but it depends on you
it would, but running it on terminal is fine too
it just wont restart if it crashes
midnight spoke
now ``node index.js`` or whatever .js you named as your main file
Ye I did it
opal plank
so now your bot should hopefully be online
midnight spoke
when I shutdown my pc it will stop ?
opal plank
correct
thats precisely why people pay for a hosting VPS, since it stays up 24/7
its like a computer they never shut down
tight forum
^
midnight spoke
I got a Synology - NAS .. Hopefully I will try to host the bot there
it doesn't get shutdown only if the The electricity was cut off
opal plank
you could use a raspberry pi too
but if you're like me and never shutdown your pc, leaving it running is no issue at all
bots dont require too many resources, so its basically leaving the pc on idle
midnight spoke
Yea a fact
opal plank
it of course depends on what you coded your bot to do, but unless you're
on 300+ servers
using presence intents
doing some heravy image generation or stuff of the sort
you shouldnt even notice it running as far as resources are concerned
midnight spoke
One told me if your synology nas doesn't get off
I can use docker file and load the command there
This is a picture of the synology nas if you don't know
tight forum
hey mmh i need some help too
here is my code
for perm level
i add the moderator role to settings with a command
misty sigil
Check if the member doesnt have it too
tight forum
but when a moderator uses a moderator command it doesnt work
tight forum
Check if the member doesnt have it too
mmm
cant remember i guess i tried but didnt work
let me try again
delicate zephyr
here is my code
have you tried to console.log the variable to make sure its actually getting the right value
delicate zephyr
yup
midnight spoke
also somewhat bad design
Did you try Synology before or knows anything about it ?
opal plank
nope, dont know anything about them
also, not only the scope, but also you are returning void if its nothing
your options of return for your check() function are true | false | void
those types dont match
tight forum
then what should i do
tight forum
have you tried to console.log the variable to make sure its actually getting the...
oh no
i should try
earnest phoenix
@proven lantern my bot has been up for 24 hours nearly! Thanks for your help yesterday, it helped me much
midnight spoke
<@!92436985859293184> my bot has been up for 24 hours nearly! Thanks for your he...
If I can ask .. What host you used ? ๐
modest maple
literally use anything which isnt freeโข๏ธ
midnight spoke
Thats Nice!
earnest phoenix
Digital ocean is kinda sketchy with their verification system
Yeah, it works like it should
Never had downtime
modest maple
again, there is no good free host
rigid sandal
Ok I get this error when it starts up ReferenceError: prefix is not defined
js
Its node js using discord js
My commands wont work because the prefix is not working
lemme check
on the main file?
ah ok
heres mine
const fs = require('fs');
const Discord = require('discord.js');
const config = require('./config.json');
i got the one for later
just not that first one
ok
thanks
fierce ether
if i write ?testing hello? with args.slice(1).join(" ") it returns empty character
fair axle
I have a json object like this. how can I get the key of maximum value?
in this example max value is 6 ("yardฤฑm")
mellow kelp
you can use Object.entries to get key-value pairs and Array.reduce to get the pair with the maximum value
mellow kelp
yeah that also works
fair axle
which one is optimized?
mellow kelp
i'm not really sure tbh
i like Array.reduce because it just leaves one result, but i don't think that affects performance a lot
fair axle
I guess I didn't understand the using of reduce in this
quartz kindle
reduce should be more efficient i think
since you only need the first value, you dont need to sort other values
Object.entries(myobj).reduce((a,b) => b[1] > a[1] ? b : a, [,0])
mellow kelp
i think it's not necessary to assign a to b, tho
quartz kindle
yeah maybe not
fair axle
i think it's not necessary to assign `a` to `b`, tho
what did you mean by saying asign a to b
by the way it worked thanks a lot
mellow kelp
np
quartz kindle
my previous answer had an unnecessary assignment that they pointed out
so i edited it
fair axle
Oh okey
mellow kelp
that's pog
mellow kelp
yeah those are really useful for while loop assignments
they look a bit weird but are useful anyways
quartz kindle
ye xD
one interesting thing i've found about js, is that for loops are actually faster than while loops
mellow kelp
wait what
quartz kindle
so using while loops pretty much useless now
mellow kelp
performance testing is really something huh
brisk gate
`Object.entries(myobj).reduce((a,b) => b[1] > a[1] ? b : a, [,0])`
Afaik, Object.entries return iterable which doesn't have reduce method on it.
quartz kindle
returns an array
mellow kelp
yea
quartz kindle
its not the same as Map.entries()
brisk gate
Oh, right. My life was lie
lament rock
for loops usually only iterate over an InterableIterator while while loops can do things for an indeterminable amount of time unless otherwise specified as an exit condition which can get reached.
mellow kelp
the virgin Map.entries
brisk gate
That's why I always try to use maps
mellow kelp
the chad Object.entries
brisk gate
For keeping maps
mellow kelp
with Map.entries you gotta wrap it around an Array.from
brisk gate
Or just for of
delicate zephyr
or you can just do
for(let x of y) {}
ye iterators can be looped over in many ways
brisk gate
I remember at some time people were using nazi airbnb eslint rules which disallowed regular for loops
quartz kindle
Lol
delicate zephyr
brisk gate
That think was sadist and useless
mellow kelp
ah yes, nazi
mellow kelp
- no variables with names that contain "jew"
delicate zephyr
Tim, we don't question big corpo's we just hold until they scream
quartz kindle
buy GME
brisk gate
On the contrary, Google's style guides are the best :)
brisk gate
Lol, ok
You can like the company tech and appreciate their advancements and hate their politics at the same time
It's not black and white
fair axle
I have a problem. I'm not sure it is about development. I am sending an image in Embed. but the original image and seen image are not the same. First one is the seen image and when I click open original it is the original image
quartz kindle
i dont like facebook tech, thats what im saying
mellow kelp
i mean
quartz kindle
its not about politics lmao, thats secnd plane
mellow kelp
facebook made react
quartz kindle
exactly
mellow kelp
at least that one's good
brisk gate
But it made it more accessable and reusable
fair axle
I have a problem. I'm not sure it is about development. I am sending an image in...
I really have big problem about that
brisk gate
That's an elitists pov
mellow kelp
I really have big problem about that
not sure what that might be
quartz kindle
maybe xd
mellow kelp
not sure what that might be
and this isn't the server to ask that anyways 
fair axle
I think I have a theory
The data comes from twitch api and the image is the thumbnail of the stream data.
and twitch is only changing the image not url
quartz kindle
so you're not sending your own image? is it an image url?
fair axle
yes
I think Discord really have problems about updating messages or whatever
Okey I see the problem thanks for your help
quartz kindle
i dont think they update it
they probably save a snapshot of the image for previewing purposes
and that doesnt change unless you edit the message
if the image leads to an external url tho, they dont control that url
but they do control the preview
fair axle
It doesn't matter you delete message and resend it. They just send preview. Because of that it doesn't update and there is no solution of my problem
The only solution is dynamic url
delicate zephyr
they cache image previews
fair axle
as I think
delicate zephyr
No, they do, and it's fairly easy to prove this
they do it with link embeds too
they're cache for 1-2 hours client side and server size afaik
so yea, your only solution would be dynamic links
because its the only way to bypass the cache
fair axle
I was trying to say I agree with you
fair axle
By the way I hate cache
fair axle
xd
delicate zephyr
We all do
The "Disable cache when development console" is open is the mans best friend
fair axle
yes it is
delicate zephyr
you hate cache until you run a service and get flooded by requests
oh, yea
I mean
caching is really nice
for production
for development
holy fuck
quartz kindle
xD
modest maple
Firefox recently got more agro with caching
and i keep forgetting about it
so wonder why nothing changes to realise its ff
now we got custom cache controls though
quartz kindle
๐
sudden geyser
It's easier than running another script.
quartz kindle
wat
mellow kelp
i made this thing into an actual package
quartz kindle
lmfao
summer torrent
thanos js wtf
modest maple
reasons to not have eval in every bot:
- Insecure
- Hard to setup correctly when clustering
- pretty easy to fuck something up when testing on the prod bot
mellow kelp
isn't it automatically secure when you make it owner-only?
modest maple
not really
mellow kelp
why
quartz kindle
eval thanos.js in production
modest maple
mellow kelp
half the bot files deleted 
lament rock
Insecure??? What? If a command that is locked behind specific authentication layers and the users who have effective access are competent enough to not execute potentially destructive operations, why should it be considered insecure?
modest maple
You know how many people ive seen add owner only checked then accidentally remove said auth when they're developing stuff
wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too many
modest maple
you can also still eval stuff leading to code changes or breaking things in production
just use a test bot ez
mellow kelp
i'm not stupid
lament rock
Like I mentioned, not everyone is as stupid as the next
quartz kindle
you cant use a test bot to inspect caches and memory usage
modest maple
have you seen the general userbase on discord
lament rock
Peeking into cluster memory usage is also very important to me
quartz kindle
ram go brrr
lament rock
heap size: 200MB. Snapshot size: 34MB
modest maple
quartz kindle
i prefer heap 60mb rss 130mb
modest maple
lament rock
Gotta remove in mem guild caches as soon as I get a postgres server set up
Then index stuff
quartz kindle
guild cache is the single most useful cache
modest maple
the whole point of cache is to provide quick access to something you repeatedly use
quartz kindle
the most useless cache imo is channels
rigid sandal
Is it possible to integrate both libs? discord.js and discord.io?
quartz kindle
no
modest maple
please dont try
rigid sandal
I have discord.io
quartz kindle
why
rigid sandal
not in use tho
lament rock
okay here me out here. You can use both but it is very jank
quartz kindle
its been dead for years
rigid sandal
really?
quartz kindle
yes
rigid sandal
Well im still using discord.js
modest maple
Cache is a good thing
rigid sandal
but how do we show all commands when !help is used
quartz kindle
modest maple
if you need the member cache and use it, then well... use it
postgres is going to be no where near the speed of cache
modest maple
and also produce alot of problems in itself
like yano, how you handle and protect that data
how postgres caches the stuff
network latency
storage space
quartz kindle
caching hot data yes, but the problem is that most of discord data is cold data
caching cold data is useless
modest maple
cache stagnation or in your case disk stagnation
modest maple
caching hot data yes, but the problem is that most of discord data is cold data
true, we recently moved all our cache to lazy eval so it only chunks guild members when the guild is actively using the bot
quartz kindle
ye
modest maple
cuts out about 7 Million users in a instant that dont need caching
quartz kindle
i dont cache anything other than guilds
and the few users i fetch i delete after 24 hours
modest maple
AVC needs both presence and members
rigid sandal
how do we get the directory with the commands to fully connect to your main file?
quartz kindle
damn rip
modest maple
so smart caching is important
rigid sandal
because I believe I've got the entire thing connected but it's not wanting to run any commands
modest maple
Otherwise the bot just oofs
quartz kindle
because I believe I've got the entire thing connected but it's not wanting to ru...
show code?
lament rock
that seems.... Dumb
logic behind it is that it has to be accessed by multiple workers across different machines. Some operations which are essential to my bot's dashboard is more effective to setup a db cache than for the website to open a bunch of socket connections to worker threads
modest maple
Okay.... But discord's cache is mostly stateful
A cluster only caches what shards it owns (or should atleast)
it doesnt need anything else because it will never interact with anything outside of that cache
rigid sandal
@quartz kindle lemme open discord on the pc
modest maple
secondly if you need a global cache then dont use postgres because you're going to kill your bot, server and DB because postgres was not made to be a cache db
quartz kindle
the db is not an issue
lament rock
I've already discussed this with multiple people
quartz kindle
pretty much any db can do the job successfuly, if you use it correctly
rigid sandal
client.commands = new Discord.Collection();
const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
client.once('ready', () => {
console.log('Ready!');
quartz kindle
database design matters much more than the actual database software
modest maple
Still just cuz postgres will do it doesnt mean you should
quartz kindle
if you design it well, why not
quartz kindle
client.commands = new Discord.Collection();
const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync(...
thats all?
modest maple
Extra ram usage + cpu usage + disk read writes + being influenced directly by other heavy operations
Like you can use postgres
lament rock
For context, I'm already using redis and the design decisions I've had to make are horrendous at best. It's also not suited for my use case as I need specific key value lookup which Redis doesn't offer as far as I know
modest maple
but its going to be slower than an actual cache system
quartz kindle
thats the portion connecting to the commands directory
well that specific portion is not actually doing any connecting
modest maple
there is also the issue that if your cache doesnt update often enough your db is gonna contain all sorts of dead data
that is completely invalid
rigid sandal
const Discord = require('discord.js');
const config = require('./config.json');
const client = new Discord.Client();
const prefix = "!"
client.commands = new Discord.Collection();
const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
client.once('ready', () => {
console.log('Ready!');
});
client.login('');
client.on('message', message => {
if (!message.content.startsWith(prefix) || message.author.bot) return;
const args = message.content.slice(prefix.length).trim().split(/ +/);
const command = args.shift().toLowerCase();
if (!client.commands.has(command)) return;
try {
client.commands.get(command).execute(message, args);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
message.reply('there was an error trying to execute that command!');
}
});```code blocks please
lament rock
anything networked is gonna be slower than actual cache
rigid sandal
oh whoops
modest maple
Yes and disk ops on top make it even slower
your issue can low key be done by setting up a gateway though but meh
lament rock
If you're using a high performance SSD, does it really matter
modest maple
I mean yeah?
rigid sandal
Im using a mini board computer for mine
quartz kindle
``` const fs = require('fs');
const Discord = require('discord.js');
const confi...
you never actually put the commands in client.commands
modest maple
"I wonder if hitting my SSD with hundreds of thousands of hits a second is gonna cause issues"
lament rock
The SSD is rated for a high volume of iops
quartz kindle
you create a command list but dont put it in the client
rigid sandal
@quartz kindle using the if statement?
lament rock
Either way, I was gonna use an in mem relational DB
fierce ether
how can i slice first word then join the rest?
quartz kindle
database softwares use smart internal caching
requesting data from the db doesnt necessarily mean disk operations
modest maple
Postgres' default setup generally will unless its a perpendicularly hot collection
quartz kindle
how can i slice first word then join the rest?
array.slice(1).join("delimiter")
if your text is not split yet, text.split(" ").slice(1).join(" ")
modest maple
and also if you have a very big cache each lookup is also gonna be a log(n) lookup time which can get pretty expensive as it gets bigger
rigid sandal
@quartz kindle module.exports = { name: 'ping', description: 'Ping!', execute(message, args) { message.channel.send('Pong.'); }, };
this is one command
modest maple
Maybe im thing about this in too much of a production way
rigid sandal
in a seperate file
quartz kindle
<@!180112943612952577> ``` module.exports = {
name: 'ping',
description:...
thats not the issue
the issue is your command list is empty
your client.commands is an empty collection
quartz kindle
what if statement, there is no if statement
rigid sandal
when i was learning a week ago there was
rigid sandal
so id put !ping?
lament rock
I wasn't going to be using Postgres' default configuration. Like I mentioned, I'm gonna be indexing specific columns so that lookup times are minimal
rigid sandal
or a different format
fierce ether
@quartz kindle i tried using args.slice(1).join(" ") but it kept slicing and return empty characters
modest maple
I wasn't going to be using Postgres' default configuration. Like I mentioned, I'...
Thats still log(n)
cuz its a B-Tree search
quartz kindle
commandFiles.forEach(file => {
let name = file.split(".")[0];
let command = require(`./commands/${file}`)
client.commands.set(name, command)
})
@rigid sandal
rigid sandal
oh is that why they wont work?
rigid sandal
lol
quartz kindle
you have to take each file, require it and then put it in client.commands
quartz kindle
<@!180112943612952577> i tried using `args.slice(1).join(" ")` but it kept slici...
wdym kept slicing? show code
and example text you want to slice
fierce ether
im trying ?command suggest and then if i dont write anything else after, it goes blank
quartz kindle
Thats still log(n)
indexed columns are not log(n) are they?
arent they log(1)?
isnt that what indexes are for? hash tables?
quartz kindle
im trying `?command suggest` and then if i dont write anything else after, it go...
is your args ["?command", "suggest"] or is it ["suggest"]?
modest maple
SQL systems use B-Tree's on their hash
snow tendon
does anyone know some good bot hosting services?
cuz mine keeps getting declined for being offline
while I sleep
modest maple
A index produces a B-Tree where it's order is determined by its Hash
fierce ether
switch(args[0]) {
case "report" : {
} break
case "suggest": {
await client.sendSuggestion(message, client, words, args)
}
}```Why? Idk they probably have some reason to choose a B-Tree
mellow kelp
```js
switch(args[0]) {
case "report" : {
} break
...
pretty sure that's not how switch works
modest maple
i imagine because using a O(1) solution causes UPDATE queries to become O(n)
dusky sundial
does anyone know some good bot hosting services?
There are some listed in pinned messages, if you scroll down a little
I use GalaxyGate, they're pretty cheap for a decent VPS
fierce ether
const suggestion = args.slice(1).join(" ")
if(!suggestion) return NoInput(words, "suggestion", "suggestion")```If you don't plan on hosting for a full month, I'd recommend Vultr as you pay per hour, rather than paying the full amount at the start of the month
quartz kindle
SQL systems use B-Tree's on their hash
but they do support hash tables if you want them
quartz kindle
how would an update query be o(n)?
snow tendon
There are some listed in pinned messages, if you scroll down a little
oki thanks
modest maple
It may be different for hashmap based indexes but generally if its modifying the data it requires updating all instance where the data size has changed because it start and end pos will be different than the original
quartz kindle
but you dont need to do that
quartz kindle
you dont
you create a new address location and mark the old one as sweepable
and point the index to the new address
quartz kindle
lol sorry
modest maple
which is why DBs generally go with the delete and re-insert it again approach, which is obviously alot cheaper
rigid sandal
why is it doing this?
modest maple
Cassandra and Scylla both require this being done explicitly so using UPDATE actually requires an environment variable being set on the DB's runtime
dusky sundial
why is it doing this?
Do you have multiple clients running at the same time?
modest maple
all of this is completely ignoring MongoDB btw
rigid sandal
no not to my knowledge
rigid sandal
no fucking clue how they work their system
how do you cache globally?
quartz kindle
but why would one ever do a full resize for an update operation?
rigid sandal
i wanna add a caching system for a feature ill be adding
modest maple
but why would one ever do a full resize for an update operation?
Big data at times
quartz kindle
i mean, sure, if you reach a size threshold you need to resize, but you dont need to reallocate all entries
modest maple
sometimes its cheaper to simply spend the time to re-index over having duplicate data sets
only time i can imagine it being reasonable
every other time though its easier
quartz kindle
also dont dbs keep data in memory for a bit before flushing it to disk?
so it has plenty time to optimize disk writes
and avoid anything o(n)
modest maple
SQL normally does yeah
or well buffers it
why inserts are so cheap
meanwhile with mongo ```
{"hello": "world"} โ
\x16\x00\x00\x00 // total document size
\x02 // 0x02 = type String
hello\x00 // field name
\x06\x00\x00\x00world\x00 // field value
\x00 ```
rigid sandal
sql is a big help for functions on logging usernames and passwords
rigid sandal
Im actually coding a website that will have a signup and login function
modest maple
Just noticed mongo limiting collection sizes to u32 ๐
quartz kindle
mongoose only returns the value if your schema contains the value
rigid sandal
TypeError: client.commands.get(...).execute is not a function
quartz kindle
Just noticed mongo limiting collection sizes to u32 ๐
didnt the mongo hype die down yet?
lmao
rigid sandal
that wasnt there before
quartz kindle
TypeError: client.commands.get(...).execute is not a function
one of your commands doesnt have an execute function
rigid sandal
oh
is it where server.js is empty?
@low orbit thats simliar to the sql script i wrote for storing names
modest maple
didnt the mongo hype die down yet?
I hope so
Honeslty their data structure on disk is a lil mad
quartz kindle
im happy i never got into mongo
modest maple
Mongo is great for small projects tbh
quartz kindle
idk, i dont use mongoose/mongo, but required makes more sense
quartz kindle
i dont like mongo for small projects
because why would you run a full db server application for a small project when you can use sqlite
modest maple
Theyve used a fork of mongo for a while dont knoe if they still do
modest maple
because why would you run a full db server application for a small project when ...
True
But sometime nice being able to link projects
quartz kindle
ye if you need cross-process synching, then ye
im happy with my sqlite and internal sharding
lament rock
My senior dev recommended a few in memory relational database I've never heard of such as MonetDB which I might use, but they also highly recommended Postgres for whatever reason. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't have chosen it since I've never heard of it applied in that scenario, but my senior is considerably smarter than I am in multiple fields.
This is why I'm asking multiple people. Just to get a general idea of what I actually want
quartz kindle
i've never used postgre, but i always heard good things about postgre
from reading a few docs about it, it feels like postgre is the linux of databases
incredibly powerful but incredibly complex as well
so surely you cant go wrong with postgre
as long as you can set it up correctly for your use case
lament rock
We'll see
modest maple
Ree missing the s off postgres
Postgres is incredibly powerful yeah
Just unbelievably complex especially caching, in memory tables, allocation, pgsql lang etc...
Mastering postgres is like mastering another language
Biggest peeve with it though is its incredibly awkard to scale compared to other dbs
Or well to be specific nosql dbs like mongo, cassandra etc....
lament rock
I was also recommended Apache Ignite
Tim and I discussed at an earlier date and he mentioned that he was able to get good performance with an SQL based solution acting as a cache
modest maple
Sql is pretty suited to discord type data
But equally its not specifically designed by default to be used like a cache
prisma locust
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modest maple
Though theh have the infa to act like one, better solutions exist now mostly in the realm of nosql
lament rock
What seemed non negotiable to give up was both in memory and relational
I wanted to try to create my own proprietary solution, but I am no data scientist
modest maple
I mean cache in general doesnt really need to be relational
prisma locust
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$(document).ready(function(){
var cnt = 2;
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pls help.
modest maple
Becahse its cache, generally its quickly accesable via a single key and is designed to be hit hard and fast
Relational designs are for data storage efficency rather than speed of operation
lament rock
Well. For my use case, I might need to create relations between two different tables based on a specific query. Although perhaps not so necessary if I don't be stupid when I try to find what guilds a user is in.
modest maple
You said this was for your dashboard yeah?
lament rock
Also for other worker threads like clusters and some other micro services
modest maple
I mean for the dash that can be done all with oauth2
quartz kindle
think of the node process itself as a cpu cache/register
if you need it more than once in the next 10 seconds, store it there
if not, store it in a secondary cache
some in memory database
modest maple
Cache it all 
quartz kindle
if you ever need 3 layers of storage
modest maple
Das getting a lil extreme
zenith knoll
if (message.channel.id != 788598477231620096 || message.channel.id != 795802857046540320 || message.channel.id != 788598399326355457 || message.channel.id != 788598418460639233)
But it goes in for every channel
quartz kindle
im not brazilian, but i did live in brazil for 10+ years
modest maple
Do you speak pr br fluently?
quartz kindle
`if (message.channel.id != 788598477231620096 || message.channel.id != 795802857...
is that if ending with a return?
or with the code to run?
quartz kindle
Do you speak pr br fluently?
ye
modest maple
Can you give a hand understand this guy in my support server
quartz kindle
lmao sure
zenith knoll
is that if ending with a return?
yep
gritty bolt
and it doesnt now
zenith knoll
well
so
it will update the json file
but it always updates
even tho i told it to ONLY run if its not the channel
or channel(s)
zenith knoll
then change all || to &&
why? It wouldnt work then cause the message would need to be in Multiple channels????
modest maple
Why not just use a array
I may not be js savvy
But a massive block like that is
Unhealthy
quartz kindle
why? It wouldnt work then cause the message would need to be in Multiple channel...
you're using !=
so you need IF != AND != AND != -> return
gritty bolt
anyone able to help me with this? this is all the code past where everything stops working and I literally cant figure it out
https://pastebin.com/5D3VBJU9
quartz kindle
if you want to only allow those channels
gritty bolt
anyone able to help me with this? this is all the code past where everything sto...
@quartz kindle do you think you could help me with this?
lament rock
Yikes. Writing to the global const
gritty bolt
me?
rigid sandal
big question
gritty bolt
its a bad habit ik
lament rock
Yes
gritty bolt
im honestly just trying to get it working
rigid sandal
how do i start a nodemon so my bot can restart to the slightest changes
gritty bolt
for now
lament rock
Never do that for a command. That's a race condition waiting to happen
rigid sandal
I need it perfect lol
lament rock
define not working
gritty bolt
like
spare goblet
Are you getting an error
spare goblet
Try logging everything till you get an error lmao
lament rock
I can already see plenty of issues
quartz kindle
wtf is this if(isNaN(global.time === false))
spare goblet
gritty bolt
thats probably it
quartz kindle
lmao
spare goblet
isNaN false would return false lol
quartz kindle
lament rock
what about true, Tim?
gritty bolt
i dont know how it got there
quartz kindle
what about true, Tim?
its there lol
quartz kindle
yes you're blond
lament rock
blonde
spare goblet
Blond noises
lament rock
r word
gritty bolt
const db = mongoose.connection;
db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'Connection Error:'));
db.once('open', function() {
console.log("four");```
this is where the issue isits one of those three lines
lament rock
Do you remove the listeners at all
gritty bolt
i dont beleive so
quartz kindle
its a really bad idea to create listeners inside code that runs more than once
every time you run that command, you will have more and more error event listeners
when an error happens, it will log 500 times
if you used the command 500 times
gritty bolt
ok
good to know
i still dont understand what the issue is in those 3 lines
we dont make it to four
is that it?
quartz kindle
probably because the database is already open
spare goblet
I've literally never seen anyone interact with their mongodb like that
urban surge
Can anyone help me?
gritty bolt
it happens on a fresh start
spare goblet
You should have a pool w a connection in your main file
fathom furnace
Woww
that's the best course I've ever seen!
thank you so much!
spare goblet
Or a single connection in your main file lol
spare goblet
Then why a-
gritty bolt
and magically that worked for a little bit
spare goblet
This clownery
gritty bolt
its bad
spare goblet
Stop looking for bandaid solutions lmao
gritty bolt
ik
quartz kindle
Can anyone help me?
dont ask to ask
spare goblet
Imo revert back to your old code where you handle your db in your main file lul
And fix it from there
Cuz what you're doing rn is not scalable
gritty bolt
im trying to do that
i dont remember how I carried over the connection though
setInterval(() => dbCheck.dbCheck(bot), 60000)``` this is how I start it, could I just pass everything through there?like my db connection?
spare goblet
erm can you give me more context with your main bot file of what you're doing
you should be able to pass it through as a param/arg
im not too familiar w mongoose so i have to check the docs a bit tho
gritty bolt
reminderAdd.messageReminderAdd(bot, db);``` this is how I start the functionseems as though you're already passing the state of the DB connection
so you shouldn't need to create new ones
gritty bolt
i want to pass the db itself
so i can do db.once()
and preform the action that way instead of opening it 5 million times
if i do that tho, its undefined
scratch that
it just doesnt work no error
lament rock
so then you're passing something undefined, so it's a deeper issue than that
gritty bolt
no its defined
thats why i said scratch that
i was scrolled up lol
db.once('open', function() {```
this right here is the issuei just dont know how to find out what it is
rigid sandal
-bash: line 7: nodemon: command not found
its so i can use rs
to restart
when i make a change
but gave me that error
merry vale
Hi
I get some trouble
at VoiceConnection.authenticateFailed (/app/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/voice/VoiceConnection.js:296:27)
at /app/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/voice/VoiceConnection.js:324:61
at Timeout.<anonymous> (/app/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/BaseClient.js:83:7)
at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:556:17)
at processTimers (node:internal/timers:499:7) {
[Symbol(code)]: 'VOICE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT'
}
limpid moth
Should I learn how to use a database or use a json file for storing data?
limpid moth
Is there a suggested guide and database for discord.js?
quartz kindle
i recommend learning SQL and using better-sqlite3
sqlite is an embedded database, it runs together with your code, doesnt need a dedicated process
and learning the SQL language will make it easy to use many other databases out there later if need be
limpid moth
Ty
gritty bolt
is mongo harder than just standard SQL?
quartz kindle
mongo is easier to start with, but harder to configure and use right
gritty bolt
yeah that sounds just like my experience lol
trim anvil
Recommend using postgreSQL with something like DBeaver to start with
odd stratus
I use postgre
limpid moth
Should I get the DB browser for SQLite?
quartz kindle
its good to help you visualize your data
limpid moth
Ok
gritty bolt
@quartz kindle im still having the same issue from earlier but i've tried messing around with it for an hour or so,
//MongoDB Connection
mongoose.connect('redacted', {useNewUrlParser: true});
global.db = mongoose.connection;
const db = global.db```
this is my index file,
```js
db.once('open', function() {```
in my other file doesnt work and i dont know any other way to use it across other files without using globallike im stuck
pale vessel
global
gritty bolt
how else do I do it
its the only way i've gotten my db into the other file
and i dont get why it still doesnt work
lament rock
Have both files require a file which exports only an Object and then Object.assign to that Object
gritty bolt
so like a file that connects to the db, then export the db object to other files?
lament rock
No. You can connect to the db in the main file and then require the file which exports an Object then Object.assign(objectFile, { db: mongoose.connection });
You'll have to require the command files after this is done, though as trying to destructure an object which may not have a property yet, might throw an error
gritty bolt
well i already have a file where i export variables
so would adding it there work?
its actually where I store all the schemas and models
๐คฆโโ๏ธ
gritty bolt
No. You can connect to the db in the main file and then require the file which e...
i dont get what the object and object.assign stuff means
i've used module.exports but to be totally honest I dont get what that means
like can I have an example
of just like anything using that
lament rock
{} is an Object
Object.assign(targetObject, properties)
both targetObject and properties is an Object and targetObject is getting the references from properties duplicated into it.
gritty bolt
what is .assign doing though?
like i dont understand how I can use that now in my context
lament rock
example usage
const oldObject = { test: 1 };
const newObject = { something: 2 };
Object.assign(newObject, oldObject); // { test: 1, something: 2 };
Implementation:
index.js
const passthrough = require("./passthrough.js"); // {}
const mongoose = getMongooseDBConnection(); // probably not actually named this. Just for demonstration.
Object.assign(passthrough, { db: mongoose.connection });
require("./add.js"); // notice how this is after the assign.
add.js
const passthrough = require("./passthrough.js");
const { db } = passthrough;
db.doWhatever()
This is more efficient than passing the state of something through a function
gritty bolt
so the first block is add.js, a seperate file right?
lament rock
What? No. The first block is a demonstration. Look at the implementation
gritty bolt
oh oh oh
proven lantern
why not use the spread operator? const x = {...{test: 1}, something: 2}
gritty bolt
i meant passthrough
lament rock
spread duplicates the data instead of passing the references afaik
not memory efficient
gritty bolt
const passthrough = require("./passthrough.js"); // {}```
basically what is this referencingan empty file I make?
lament rock
an empty file which only exports {}
lament rock
I mean. You can put stuff in it, but I keep it empty and assign stuff to it
odd stratus
Does anyone know any good and reliable websites for hosting websites
lament rock
If it's just a static website, Heroku
proven lantern
proven lantern
If it's just a static website, Heroku
https://vercel.com/ is like Heroku 2.0
gritty bolt
Error: Cannot find module './Functions/empty.js'```//MongoDB Connection
mongoose.connect('', {useNewUrlParser: true});
Object.assign(empty, { db: mongoose.connection});
require("./reminderAdd.js");```Then you're not providing a valid path. require only accepts relative paths to the file you're currently in or absolute paths.
not the cwd
lament rock
https://vercel.com/ is like Heroku 2.0
gritty bolt
that was weird
alright gonna try it
im praying that it works
and that i didnt mess it up somehow
lament rock
If you didn't resolve that cannot find module error, then it won't
gritty bolt
i did
lament rock
ok
lament rock
did you restart after you fixed it
lament rock
Are you attempting to require that file before the Object.assign through some sort of readdir
gritty bolt
no
lament rock
Why do you export stuff in the index 
gritty bolt
true
lament rock
what is line 74
lament rock
yeah
lament rock
did you mean to use the variable you declared at 52
gritty bolt
that used to be defined somewhere else
as the function
so yes i was gonna try and use that
assuming i cant?
lament rock
assigning to global 
lament rock
Oh my god
require('events').EventEmitter.prototype._maxListeners = 100;
LOL
I FORGOT ABOUT THAT
OH GOD
i wrote that 3 or 4 years ago
back when I used this for something else
some random person told me to
so I did
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
just gonna delete that real quick
lament rock
That random person who told you to do that is retarded
gilded olive
gritty bolt
yeahh
i need to fix a lot
probably why i cant find out which of the 50 million issues is causing everything to go down
lament rock
How was "./Functions/reminderAdd.js" being required previously
lament rock
Ah. I see. Okay. So, what are you using messageReminderAdd for in the index
gritty bolt
it's supposed to link to the file where the messageReminderAdd function actually is
i pretty much just split up every function into its own file
so i didnt have a massive index
lament rock
???
The variable messageReminderAdd isn't being used at all in the index. Why is it being required in the first place?
lament rock
So. You assign something to the global variable when you could just export it?
lament rock
That's not in the index
lament rock
no???
reminderAdd.messageReminderAdd(bot); would currently throw an Error since reminderAdd is undefined
lament rock
If you're just trying to pass the state of bot to reminderAdd, you can use the passthrough as well
gritty bolt
still nothing happening
why do I need the passthrough in the first place though, is there not a simpler way just to pass my db variable into the file?
lament rock
No
lament rock
In all honesty, you can but it's not clean.
Would you rather pass the state of something into a function every time you try to call that function, or just have it be a 1 and done and actually have that function have parameters it only needs
gritty bolt
obviously i'd rather do the second way
but i think im not understanding how to do it
lament rock
Put console logs in your add file to see if it's loading properly and if functions are actually being called
lament rock
Okay. So. What debug info are you getting
gritty bolt
i know its not getting past where I hit the Object stuff
lament rock
then try console logging before the Object stuff
lament rock
Oh my god
bot.on('message', (message) => {
bot.user.setStatus('online');
bot.user.setActivity('')
});
put a console log before and after the mogoose connect
gritty bolt
Object.assign(blank, { db: mongoose.connection});
doesnt go past here
according to console.logs
woah wait
i restarted
and it just did it?
wth
lament rock
gritty bolt
ok
so we make it into the other file
with our db
db.once('open', function() {```still does nothing
lament rock
Probably because it's already open
lament rock
Yeah
gritty bolt
TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "listener" argument must be of type function. Received undefined
at checkListener (events.js:112:11)
at NativeConnection.once (events.js:435:3)
at MessageCollector.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Sam\Desktop\RemindMe\Functions\reminderAdd.js:53:16)
at MessageCollector.emit (events.js:315:20)
at MessageCollector.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:467:12)
at MessageCollector.handleCollect (C:\Users\Sam\Desktop\RemindMe\node_modules\discord.js\src\structures\interfaces\Collector.js:100:12)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5) {
code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
}``` db.once(function() {```what do I use instead
lament rock
nothing
lament rock
just do the code that's inside that function
lament rock
Preferably don't cry about it
earnest phoenix
can someone tell me about context and pass context
sudden geyser
Can you explain your issue? I don't know what you mean by context and pass context, so explaining may help.
sudden geyser
Yes, but context in what context? Variables? Scopes? Language use?
sudden geyser
Context is broad, so the definition of context may suit you. Sometimes, a variable's context may mean the value / what it currently represents, like a user.
earnest phoenix
oh thanks all
lament rock
Variables can be block scoped which means they're limited to a specific context. This means that you cannot use it outside of that scope
earnest phoenix
tysm
earnest phoenix
a context class in a library is quite literally a textbook definition of the word context
it couples variables together in a single class, ergo context
tribal siren
bruh
gilded olive
can someone tell me about context and pass context
pass_context in dpy?
iirc that is outdated code and you don't need to worry about that.
earnest phoenix
anyone here knows how to fetch data from a tuple list?
placid iron
What
earnest phoenix
hello im need of help
currently im hosting a lavalink server but is not using the correct port why?
misty sigil
can i see your config @earnest phoenix
earnest phoenix
which one?
misty sigil
the lavalink one
lyric mountain
Guys, the MANAGE_CHANNEL permission includes MANAGE_PERMISSIONS, right?
earnest phoenix
earnest phoenix
Guys, the MANAGE_CHANNEL permission includes MANAGE_PERMISSIONS, right?
uh i dont think so
lavalink start up with 8080
so i change it to 8080? right @misty sigil
lyric mountain
Like, for changing channel permissions
earnest phoenix
it doesn't
lyric mountain
Damn, I'll have more stuff to solve then
Like, I have a lock/unlock commands
But I can't lock the channel if the bot doesn't have manage_perms perm
If only the logger threw any error at all
earnest phoenix
you've gotta change it
Node: '127.0.0.1', has error: 'Unexpected server response: 401'.
this i what i get it
Bro why
commands.has_permissions(manage_server=True)
Not working ?
misty sigil
Thatโs unauthorised @earnest phoenix
coral meadow
how can i turn a user ID into an avatar URL?
pale vessel
you need the avatar hash
coral meadow
how can i get that?
pale vessel
from the user object
coral meadow
i have the user object, because i can get the username of it and everything
but it cant get the avatarURL
earnest phoenix
Thatโs unauthorised <@456226577798135808>
it has the same password and everything why is unauthorised? @misty sigil
im getting sleepy on no
earnest phoenix
Bro why
`commands.has_permissions(manage_server=True)`
Not working ?
Can anyone tell ?
๐ฅบ
coral meadow
i have the user object, but when i try to turn it into an avatar url it says nothing in console and doesn't even send the message
coral meadow
๐ฅบ
why do i see a yellow sphere with two candy corn on it with a turd lying under them
earnest phoenix
pale vessel
i have the user object, but when i try to turn it into an avatar url it says not...
show the object
placid iron
Read the docks
earnest phoenix
Thanks
placid iron
Np
coral meadow
dbl.getUser(vote.user).then(user => {})
coral meadow
k
placid iron
Loggers
pale vessel
You'll see the avatar property
coral meadow
hm
earnest phoenix
i dont think i will be able to setup this today ugh
coral meadow
it doesnt even detect a vote anymore
pale vessel
Use https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/<user id>/<avatar hash>.png?size=<size>
earnest phoenix
Is node.js better than python ?
coral meadow
i had it working earlier
earnest phoenix
๐ฅบ
earnest phoenix
Is node.js better than python ?
very subjective
mellow kelp
"how to start a civil war in one step"
coral meadow
๐ฅบ
once again why do i see a yellow sphere with two candy corn on it with a turd lying under them
summer torrent
"how to start a civil war in one step"
^
earnest phoenix
every language excels at something but falls flat in something else
mellow kelp
once again why do i see a yellow sphere with two candy corn on it with a turd ly...
oh god
now i can't unsee this
coral meadow
LOL
earnest phoenix
"is x better than y" is very dependent on your use case
placid iron
No cap
pale vessel
Go away
mellow kelp
real programmers use a pen to physically write code into their hard drive
placid iron
Hmm
earnest phoenix
punch card programming
mellow kelp
i just realized intellij looks a lot nicer now
solemn latch
Pls no emoji spam
pale vessel
pog invite url
earnest phoenix
yes it's my secret hentai server
summer torrent
๐ณ
pale vessel
normal girder
Hi, all! I have a question about bot submission: do I have to provide a link to my bot's code?
earnest phoenix
no
doesn't matter if your bot is open source or closed source
as long as it isn't a carbon copy of another bot
normal girder
It's my own bot, not a copy. Thank you. ๐
Also, on the "Bot Edit" page on top.gg, there are some numbers listed in grey in the "Other owners of this bot" and "Servers this bot is in" fields. Are those numbers random, or pre-populated based on some information?
vocal oyster
normal girder
Ok, thank you! ^_^
rustic nova
no clue, what's the error maybe
earnest phoenix
There are so many redundant things. Why are you assigning userAvatar but not using it? Is user even defined? str(user) str() there is kinda useless. Also, there's a shortcut for ctx.message.author which is ctx.author
earnest phoenix
no clue, what's the error maybe
line 94, in wrapped raise CommandInvokeError(exc) from exc discord.ext.commands.errors.CommandInvokeError: Command raised an exception: TypeError: Expected discord.Colour, int, or Embed.Empty but received type instead.
You need to pass either an instance of discord.Colour, int or Embed.Empty, not a class type to the color kwarg as the error says
earnest phoenix
You need to pass either an instance of discord.Colour, int or Embed.Empty, not a...
ok
@earnest phoenix bro bro
@earnest phoenix
i am so happy
yeah
i had copied the code
and it worked that time
but stoppped working
now i got it
gilded olive
What you posted there would never work
earnest phoenix
You need to pass either an instance of discord.Colour, int or Embed.Empty, not a...
tysm for making me understand
๐ญ
I was just saying what the error says, but np
uncut river
how can i use a custom font for styling my page