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CosmicLazuli
CosmicLazuli

Reputation: 37

Log all messages from a channel

I'm trying to fetch all messages from a channel, then log the content from those messages, is there a way to do this?

I've tried this, but it doesn't work:

const fetched = await client.channels.get("505989241600213012")
.fetchMessages({limit: 1})
.then(message => console.log(`[${message.author.name}]${message.content}`));

This is the result I get:
Undefined,
and [${message.author.name}]
It doesn't even return anything, since you can't read anything from undefined.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2080

Answers (1)

Xzandro
Xzandro

Reputation: 977

fetchMessageswill always return a Collection, even if you use limit: 1. So, if you want to access the first element of the Collection you need

const fetched = await client.channels.get("505989241600213012")
.fetchMessages({limit: 1})
.then(messages => console.log(`[${messages.first().author.name}]${messages.first().content}`));

If you plan to save the messages outside of Discord you might want to consider to use cleanContent. It's also not good practise to combine await and then. Probably a good idea that you choose one.

Upvotes: 2

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