discord bot in same server as NEXTJS Backend

How to make (export) discord bot to be alive (import) to rest of the NEXTJS server files?

d.js toolkit•6/27/23, 5:36 PM

• 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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Siris.ly•6/27/23, 5:38 PM

the nextjs backend is serverless it won't be feasible with the normal discord.js library

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 5:39 PM

Should I host the discord bot in some nodejs server and then call it from nextjs server?

Siris.ly•6/27/23, 5:40 PM

What are you trying to do?

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 5:41 PM

A backend that stores some data to firebase from client
then send those data to discord server

Siris.ly•6/27/23, 5:42 PM

so you just need access to the firebase backend on your website, right?

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 5:42 PM

yes

ohio•6/27/23, 5:42 PM

@rajgm you could always just make an http bot to send the data to a discord server

ohio•6/27/23, 5:42 PM

much less resource hungry

ohio•6/27/23, 5:42 PM

for a bot that doesn't need all the features of d.js

Siris.ly•6/27/23, 5:42 PM

Yes, you could but its a bit more complex to setup

ohio•6/27/23, 5:42 PM

if all you use it is to send a message

ohio•6/27/23, 5:42 PM

or you could even opt for webhooks

ohio•6/27/23, 5:42 PM

i think webhooks would be the best option

Siris.ly•6/27/23, 5:43 PM

but also if you want to use djs you can host the bot on a nodejs server and access firebase only on the website

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 5:44 PM

that means I need to create another server with some keys and discordbot on the same server
expose it to the first server

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 5:44 PM

is nodejs server fesible for the discord bot for websocket connection all the time?

ohio•6/27/23, 5:45 PM

@rajgm you could probably just use a webhook if all you want is to send data from a nextjs server to a discord channel

Siris.ly•6/27/23, 5:45 PM

yeah, also you can use a webhook bot, which only recieves interaction events on nextjs

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 5:46 PM

is it possible to tag someone in discord server with webhooks?

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 5:47 PM

I think with webhook I can't check if a member exists in discord server.

RRajGM is it possible to tag someone in discord server with webhooks?

ohio•6/27/23, 5:47 PM

yes

ohio•6/27/23, 5:47 PM

<@id>

ohio•6/27/23, 5:48 PM

thats how you tag someone with a bot

ohio•6/27/23, 5:48 PM

at least thats how i do it

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 5:48 PM

yes

RRajGM I think with webhook I can't check if a member exists in discord server.

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 5:48 PM

concerned with this

RRajGM I think with webhook I can't check if a member exists in discord server.

ohio•6/27/23, 5:49 PM

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 5:51 PM

Thanks a lot, enf and siris.

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 6:01 PM

got it.
use webhook to send message to server
but use rest with discord bot to check member

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 6:03 PM

got it.
only trouble in using bot in NEXTJS backend will be that the bot will be connecting and disconnecting to the server with each request.

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 6:04 PM

am i correct?

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 6:06 PM

but with rest we had to wait for client.on('ready', ... ) to perform any actions?

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 6:09 PM

yes, i was confusing discordJS with the native rest endpoints

RajGMOP•6/27/23, 6:11 PM

I can use the sub-package @discordjs/rest to send and get guild members without worrying about connection issues

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RajGMOP•6/27/23, 6:12 PM

discord bot in same server as NEXTJS Backend

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