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Norie
Norie

Reputation: 233

How can the bot edit its message after three seconds or a period of time

I have this piece of code but I am not entirely sure on how the bot will wait for 3 seconds before it edit its mesaage.

   message.channel.send("Test").then((msg) => {
       msg.edit("test1")
       msg.edit("test2")
    });

Upvotes: 1

Views: 860

Answers (1)

Sean
Sean

Reputation: 827

In JavaScript there are two main functions involving time. Being setTimeout and setInterval. setTimeout allows a specified function to be invoked after a set time, which is what I believe you are trying to do. setInterval invokes a function repetitively every n milliseconds specified. If you wanted the bot the wait for 3 seconds before it edits the message to "test2",

 message.channel.send("Test").then((msg) => {
    msg.edit("test1")
    setTimeout(msg.edit("test2"), 3*1000); // 3secs as 3*1000 as it's in milliseconds
 })

This code will result in the bot sending a message "Test", instantly editing it to "test1" and 3 seconds later to "test2".

Upvotes: 4

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