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javascriptdiscord.js
animecabbage
animecabbage

Reputation: 17

code to console log members joining isnt working in discord.js

I have been half following a tutorial, half working it out on my own how to code a discord bot in discord.js. I am up to the point where i want to add a welcome message, and after doing the same thing as the person making the tutorial the code isn't console logging a joining member to the server. Here is the code that i have done, and in the tutorial the code would send a welcome message to the selected channel and console log the member.

there is no error message

module.exports = client => {
    const channelId = '790887807127650304' // welcome channel
    
    client.on('guildMemberAdd', member => {
        console.log(member)

        const message =  `welcome <@${member.id} to the server!`

        const channel = member.guild.channels.cache.get(channelID)
        channel.send(message)
    })
}

also, for reference, here is the tutorial i have been following; video

Upvotes: 1

Views: 811

Answers (1)

Demeter29
Demeter29

Reputation: 124

Make sure the gateway intents are enabled in your dev portal for your bot, it's in the bot tab (the same page where you copy the bot's token). This is a change made after the tutorial you linked.

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If you want to know why this is required, read this

Also there are a few errors in your code. You typed channelID two different ways and you didnt put '>' after <@${member.id}.

Here it is fixed.

module.exports = client => {
    const channelID = '790887807127650304' // welcome channel
    
    client.on('guildMemberAdd', member => {
        console.log(member)

        const message =  `welcome <@${member.id}> to the server!`

        const channel = member.guild.channels.cache.get(channelID)
        channel.send(message)
    })
}

Upvotes: 1

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