discord.js - Imagine a 👻•3y ago

Checking permission to create channels/roles

I have a command which can create a channel and/or role so I have code to ensure the bot has the correct permission to do so as shown below:

    public static async canCreateChannel(guild: Guild): Promise<boolean> {
        let botMember = await guild.members.fetchMe();

        if (!botMember) return false;

        return botMember.permissions.has(PermissionFlagsBits.ManageChannels);
    }

    public static async canCreateChannel(guild: Guild): Promise<boolean> {
        let botMember = await guild.members.fetchMe();

        if (!botMember) return false;

        return botMember.permissions.has(PermissionFlagsBits.ManageChannels);
    }

After I check this I then proceed to create the channel as shown in the screenshot. For the majority of servers this seems to work, but for some reason I still get some errors in my logs for Missing Permission (also shown in a screenshot) when trying to create either the channel or role.

6 Replies

d.js toolkit•3y ago

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StqlthOP•3y ago

Am I checking the permission wrong or missing something?

!"Unkown•3y ago

u can always try to create the channel and catch it if its fails

StqlthOP•3y ago

Yea I just would like to prevent that call if possible I don't assign it to a parent could you reword this?

StqlthOP•3y ago

I do

StqlthOP•3y ago

I see what you are saying I need all those I have set in allow for the bot 👍 Thanks! you guys should let normal members use reactions in forums 😂 @qjuh are you certain this is the case? I just tested where my Bot only had 4 permissions: View Channels, Manage Roles, Manage Channels and Send Messages & Create Posts while the @everyone role had all permission turned off, but the bot can still make a channel with the overrides I have listed above Also, I can confirm this also happens for the when creating a role so I know the only issue, if it is one, can't be the overrides

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Checking permission to create channels/roles

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