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javascriptnode.jsmodulediscord.js
Raj
Raj

Reputation: 21

How can you read commands from another file using Discord.js?

So. I've been searching for a while, and couldn't seem to find anything that particularly applies. So far, I've got this:

const fs = require('fs');
const Discord = require('discord.js');
const { prefix, token } = require('./config.json');

const client = new Discord.Client();
client.commands = new Discord.Collection();

const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));

for (const file of commandFiles) {
    const command = require(`./commands/${file}`);
    client.commands.set(command.name, command);
}

Then, in my second file, located in commands, which is named ping.js

module.exports = {
    name: 'ping',
    description: 'Ping!',
    cooldown: 5,
    execute(message) {
        message.channel.send('Pong.');
    },
};

The error that I've been getting is the following,

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:979
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module './commands/hello.js'
Require stack:
- /Users/SurajAnand/Desktop/Discord/discordBot/index.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:976:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:859:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1036:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:72:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/SurajAnand/Desktop/Discord/discordBot/index.js:11:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1147:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1167:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:996:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:896:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:71:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ '/Users/SurajAnand/Desktop/Discord/discordBot/index.js' ]
}

gest

I've just started to get into JS for the sake of making a fun little bot to mess with some friends. I tried to run this piece of code off of the discord.js guide, and it seems incredibly cool... Just that I can't seem to get it to work, so any help would be very appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1990

Answers (1)

Zer0
Zer0

Reputation: 1690

For me it looks like just the relative path is wrong.

If you call ./commands/hello.js in index.js, it will look in discordBot/commands/hello.js, which obviously doesn't exist. Change it from ./commands/hello.js to ../commands/hello.js, this should work.

Another option would be moving the commands folder into discordBot,which may be a bit cleaner but that is up to you to decide

Upvotes: 2

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