I want to update my commands code without restarting bot fully using nodemon or just node . I wanted to make a command I can send to update all commands in my bot (basically commands collection where they are and their code stored). Here is the code I tried to use:
const { glob } = require('glob')
const { promisify } = require('util')
const globPromise = promisify(glob);
await client.commands.clear()
const commandFiles = await globPromise(`${process.cwd()}/commands/**/*.js`);
commandFiles.map((value) => {
const file = require(value);
const splitted = value.split("/");
const directory = splitted[splitted.length - 2];
if (file.name) {
const properties = { directory, ...file };
client.commands.set(file.name, properties);
}
})
Result says my code worked but commands are not updating, how can I fix it? Just in case: my djs version is v13.2.0
Using this function deletes the cache corresponding to the module/file and gets the updated version:
function requireUncached(module) {
delete require.cache[require.resolve(module)];
return require(module);
}
Now, to require the files, just replace require with requireUncached.
You might however need to update on each event, to prevent it being updated late
client.on("messageCreate", msg => {
client.commands.clear();
const files = fs.readdirSync("./commands") //read commands folder
const folders = files.filter(f => !f.includes(".")) //get category folders
for (const folder of folders) {
const cmdFiles = fs.readdirSync(`./commands/${folder}`).filter(f => f.endsWith(".js")) //get cmd files in each folder
for (const file of cmdFiles) {
const f = requireUncached(`./commands/${folder}/${file}`) //require the file "uncached"
client.commands.set(f.name, f)
}
}
})
There might be more efficient ways to do this, making sure that you don't have to update on each event