When I try to push my bot's slash commands to an array which I want to use to register my commands, it doesn't seem to get pushed, as when I console.log the array, it returns an empty array. But when I log each command individually, it logs properly. Why?
Here is the code I use to push my bot's commands to the array:
const commands = []
fs.readdirSync("./commands").forEach(dir => {
fs.readdir(`./commands/${dir}`, (err, files) => {
if (err) throw err;
const jsFiles = files.filter(file => file.endsWith(".js"));
if (jsFiles.length <= 0)
return console.log("[COMMAND HANDLER] - Cannot find any commands!");
jsFiles.forEach(file => {
const command = require(`./commands/${dir}/${file}`);
commands.push(command)
});
console.log(commands)
module.exports = commands
The readdir function is asynchronous. If you want to use this code with minimal changes then replace it with readdirSync.
Here is the docs with more info: https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fsreaddirsyncpath-options
Replace this:
fs.readdirSync("./commands").forEach(dir => {
fs.readdir(`./commands/${dir}`, (err, files) => {
if (err) throw err;
const jsFiles = files.filter(file => file.endsWith(".js"));
if (jsFiles.length <= 0)
return console.log("[COMMAND HANDLER] - Cannot find any commands!");
jsFiles.forEach(file => {
const command = require(`./commands/${dir}/${file}`);
commands.push(command)
});
with this:
const cmdDirectories = fs.readdirSync(`./commands`)
for (const dir of cmdDirectories) {
const cmdFiles = fs.readdirSync(`./commands/${dir}`).filter(file => file.endsWith(".js"));
if (cmdFiles.length <= 0)
return console.log("[COMMAND HANDLER] - Cannot find any commands!");
for (const file of cmdFiles) {
const command = require(`./commands/${dir}/${file}`);
commands.push(command)
}
}
This solution was found purely by experimentation, I do not know how/why this worked. If someone does know how/why this worked, please leave a comment.