I am trying to have a separate class full of my functions so index.js doesn't get cluttered up. The problem I encountered is that my new lib.js file cannot work with discord.js. I am planning on adding multiple, more complex functions, so replacing lib.start() with msg.channel.send('Game Started') won't fix my issue. Is there a way I can get discord.js commands to work in lib.js so I can call them into index.js?
index.js
const Discord = require('discord.js')
const client = new Discord.Client();
const lib = require("./classes/lib");
const { token } = require('./Data/config.json');
client.on('ready', () => {
console.log(`Logged in as ${client.user.tag}!`);
})
client.on('message', async msg => {
if(msg.content.startsWith("m!")) {
const command = msg.content.substring(2)
switch(command) {
//Calling 'start()'
case "start game" : lib.start(); break;
default: msg.channel.send('Unknown Command');
}
}
})
client.login(token)
lib.js
function start() {
msg.channel.send('Game Started'); //Trying to get this to work
}
module.exports = {start};
Pass in a reference to message in the function
client.on('message', async msg => {
if(msg.content.startsWith("m!")) {
const command = msg.content.substring(2)
switch(command) {
//Calling 'start()'
case "start game" : lib.start(msg); break;
default: msg.channel.send('Unknown Command');
}
}
})
function start(msg) {
msg.channel.send('Game Started');
}
module.exports = {start};
You probably also want to make start and further functions async, just remember to await them when they're called.