Does sending a remote file download the file

When sending a remote file, does discord.js download the file and send it, or does it just send the URL of the file to Discord?

d.js docs•8/10/22, 3:22 AM

• What's your exact discord.js

npm list discord.js

npm list discord.js

and node

node -v

node -v

version?
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MrMythical•8/10/22, 3:23 AM

iirc when sending an attachment with URL, djs fetches internally, makes it a buffer then sends that

d.js docsAPP•8/10/22, 3:24 AM

BufferResolvable
Data that can be resolved to give a Buffer. This can be: (more...)

mewoOP•8/10/22, 3:25 AM

ic thanks

mewoOP•8/10/22, 3:26 AM

what about images in embeds?

Mmewo what about images in embeds?

MrMythical•8/10/22, 3:27 AM

that's for discord to do itself, djs doesn't fetch for that

mewoOP•8/10/22, 3:28 AM

tyvm

MrMythical•8/10/22, 3:28 AM