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MegaMix_Craft
MegaMix_Craft

Reputation: 2208

Make a bot wait for some time before continuing the code

Is there any way to make a bot wait for some time (for example 5 seconds) before continuing the code? I need something like:

client.on('messageCreate', message => { 
message.channel.send('1st message')
wait(5000)
message.channel.send('2nd message')
wait(5000) 
message.channel.send('3rd message')
})

I tried using setInterval, like many people suggest, but that doesn't seem to be a solution for me. Also I can't use await setTimeout(time) because of SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules and TypeError [ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK]: Callback must be a function. Received 5000

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1432

Answers (1)

Elitezen
Elitezen

Reputation: 6720

You can promisify setTimeout with Node's Util library. Then make the messageCreate callback asynchronous.

const wait = require('util').promisify(setTimeout);

client.on('messageCreate', async message => { 
   message.channel.send('1st message')
   await wait(5000)
   
   message.channel.send('2nd message')
   await wait(5000) 
   
   message.channel.send('3rd message')
})

Upvotes: 2

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