I want to make my bot status be shown 24/7
Here is my code:
client.once('ready', () => {
console.log('pdm bot is online');
setInterval(() => {
targetGuild = client.guilds.cache.get('My guild id')
client.user.setPresence({
activities: [{ name: `${targetGuild.memberCount} Users👥`, type: 'WATCHING' }],
status: 'online'
});
}, 1000 * 60 * 5);
});
My problem is when I close command prompt the code do not run anymore and my but activity will be empty.
To make your bot run 24/7 you have to keep the node process alive, when you close the terminal the execution of that process is terminated and your bot goes off. You can do it in a couple of ways:
These are the main ways of hosting a bot, and last but not least for each of these(except for pre-made services of course) you will probably need a process manager, the most famous one is pm2, it basically allows you to run code in background(so you don't need to keep the terminal open) but more important than that it allows you to generate several processes and in case scale your application.
I haven't said all the things you need to start hosting a bot, but i think this will be something to start from. I guess you now have the basics
You need a server to run the code 24/7, or keep open the CMD. If the code is not running your bot cant stay online.