TextChannel

TextChannel

new TextChannel()

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Properties:
Name Type Attributes Description
rateLimitPerUser Number

Amount of seconds a user has to wait before sending another message (0-120); bots, as well as users with the permission manage_messages or manage_channel, are unaffected
topic String <nullable>

The topic of the text channel.
lastMessageID Snowflake <nullable>

The id of the last message sent
mention String

The mention for the channel
messages Store <nullable>

The messages of the channel stored in the cache.
parentID Snowflake <nullable>

The id of the category the channel is in
parent Object <nullable>

The category the channel is in

Extends

Methods

changePermissions(userOrRole, optionsopt) → {Promise.<(Member|Role)>}

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Edits the channel permission for the user or role

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
userOrRole Snowflake

The id of the user or role
options Object <optional>

Options for the permission change

Properties
Name Type Attributes Description
allow String <optional>

The name of the permission to allow for the role or user
deny String <optional>

The name of the permission to deny for the role or user
type String <optional>

"member" for a user or "role" for a role
Returns:
Type
Promise.<(Member|Role)>

close() → {Promise.<(TextChannel|VoiceChannel|CategoryChannell)>}

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Closes a channel

Returns:
Type
Promise.<(TextChannel|VoiceChannel|CategoryChannell)>

createEmbed(embed) → {Promise.<Message>}

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Deprecated:
  • Use TextChannel#send() instead

Creates an embed to the channel

Parameters:
Name Type Description
embed Object

The embed to send
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Message>

createInvite(optionsopt) → {Promise.<Invite>}

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Creates an invite for the guild channel

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
options Object <optional>

Options for creating the invite

Properties
Name Type Attributes Default Description
maxAge Number <optional>
 86400

Duration of invite in seconds, or 0 for never
maxUses Number <optional>
 0

Maximum uses for the invite, or 0 for unlimited
temporary Boolean <optional>
 false

Whether this invite should be temporary
unique= Boolean <optional>

If true, don't try to reuse a similar invite
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Invite>

createMessage(content) → {Promise.<Message>}

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Deprecated:
  • Use TextChannel#send() instead

Creates a message to the channel

Parameters:
Name Type Description
content String

The content of the message
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Message>

(async) createReaction(message, emoji) → {Promise.<Message>}

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Add a reaction to a message

Parameters:
Name Type Description
message Snowflake

The id of the message to add a reaction to
emoji String

The unicode of the emoji or for custom emojis, use name:id

  • For emojis that aren't custom, you need to get their unicode by doing: \:emojiname: for example, \:thinking: will give '🤔', then use it to react. While for customs, just do name:id
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Message>

delete() → {Promise.<(TextChannel|VoiceChannel|CategoryChannell)>}

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Similar to GuildChannel#delete. Closes a channel

Returns:
Type
Promise.<(TextChannel|VoiceChannel|CategoryChannell)>

edit(nameopt, positionopt) → {Promise.<(TextChannel|VoiceChannel|CategoryChannel)>}

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Edits the channel

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
name String <optional>

The new name of the channel
position Number <optional>

The new position of the channel
Returns:
Type
Promise.<(TextChannel|VoiceChannel|CategoryChannel)>

getInvites() → {Promise.<Array.<Invite>>}

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Returns an array of Channel Invites

Returns:
Type
Promise.<Array.<Invite>>

getMessage(message) → {Promise.<Message>}

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Fetch a single message If Client#storeMessages is true, it will try to fetch the message in the cache. And if it failed it would fetch the message through Discord's REST API And set it in the cache. Otherwise, if it's false, it would just fetch the message through Discord's REST API

Parameters:
Name Type Description
message Snowflake

The id of the message to fetch
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Message>

getMessages(options) → {Promise.<Array.<Message>>}

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Fetches messages for the channel

Parameters:
Name Type Description
options Object

Query options for fetching Message

Properties
Name Type Attributes Default Description
limit Number <optional>
 50

Maximum amount of messages to fetch
after Snowflake <optional>

Get messages after this message id
around Snowflake <optional>

Get messages around this message id
before Snowfalke <optional>

Get messages before this message id
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Array.<Message>>

getPinnedMessages() → {Promise.<Array.<Message>>}

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Fetches all the pinned messages in the channel

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Type
Promise.<Array.<Message>>

getReactions(message, emoji, optionsopt) → {Promise.<Array.<User>>}

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Get a list of users that reacted with the given emoji

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
message Snowflake

The id of the message that has the reactions
emoji String

The emoji that the users reacted to
options Object <optional>

options for the fetch
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Array.<User>>

patchEmbed(message, content) → {Promise.<Message>}

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Deprecated:
  • Use TextChannel#patchMessage() instead.

Edits a message's embed, not content!

Parameters:
Name Type Description
message Snowflake

The id of the message to edit
content String

The new embed of the message, not content!
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Message>

patchMessage(options) → {Promise.<Message>}

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Edits a message

Parameters:
Name Type Description
options Object

Options for the message editing

Properties
Name Type Description
content String

The content of the message
embed Embed

The embed for the message
message Snowflake

The id of the message
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Message>

permissionsFor(memberID, permissionName) → {Boolean}

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Checks a certain permission for a member in a Guild Channel

  • This function is still in testing and might not work. ( Small Chance of not working )
Parameters:
Name Type Description
memberID Snowlake

The id of the member
permissionName String

The name of the permission to check
Returns:
Type
Boolean

removeAllReactions(message) → {Promise.<Message>}

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Removes all reactions from the message

Parameters:
Name Type Description
message Snowflake

The id of the message you will remove all reactions from
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Message>

removeMessage(message, timeout) → {Void}

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Deletes a single message

Parameters:
Name Type Default Description
message Snowflake

The id of the message deleted
timeout Number 0

The amount of time to wait before deleting the message in ms
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Would return "{ deleted: true }" if it got deleted

Type
Void

(async) removeMessages(limitopt)

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Delete multiple messages in the channel

  • Minimum messages to delete: 1, Maximum: 100
Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Default Description
limit Number <optional>
 50

The amount of messages to delete

(async) removeReaction(message, emoji) → {Promise.<Message>}

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Deletes a reaction from a message

Parameters:
Name Type Description
message Snowflake

The id of the message to remove a reaction from
emoji String

The unicode of the emoji or for custom emojis, use name:id

  • For emojis that aren't custom, you need to get their unicode by doing: \:emojiname: for example, \:thinking: will give '🤔', then use it to react. While for customs, just do name:id
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Message>

(async) removeUserReaction(user, message, emoji) → {Promise.<Message>}

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Deletes a user's reaction from a message

Parameters:
Name Type Description
user Snowflake

The id of the user that added the reaction
message Snowflake

The id of the message to remove a reaction from
emoji String

The unicode of the emoji or for custom emojis, use name:id

  • For emojis that aren't custom, you need to get their unicode by doing: \:emojiname: for example, \:thinking: will give '🤔', then use it to react. While for customs, just do name:id
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Message>

send(options) → {Promise.<Message>}

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Sends a message to the channel

Parameters:
Name Type Description
options Object
Properties
Name Type Attributes Description
content String <optional>

The content of the message
embed Embed <optional>

The embed object of the message
Returns:
Type
Promise.<Message>