Bot throws error even though i declared my precondition already in the Preconditions interface

This is the code i tried putting:

declare module '@sapphire/framework' {
  interface Preconditions {
    AntiLinkPrecondition: never
  }
}

declare module '@sapphire/framework' {
  interface Preconditions {
    AntiLinkPrecondition: never
  }
}

I tried everything, from putting the declaration in src/index.d.ts, at the end of the precondition file or even putting the class itself as a literal in the command's constructor Also below is the code for the constructor method of one of my commands:

public constructor(context: Command.Context, options: Command.Options) {
  super(context, {
    ...options,
    name: "template",
    description: "sends an embed using a specified template",
    requiredUserPermissions: ['Administrator'],
    requiredClientPermissions: ['EmbedLinks'],
    preconditions: ['AntiLinkPrecondition']
  })
}

public constructor(context: Command.Context, options: Command.Options) {
  super(context, {
    ...options,
    name: "template",
    description: "sends an embed using a specified template",
    requiredUserPermissions: ['Administrator'],
    requiredClientPermissions: ['EmbedLinks'],
    preconditions: ['AntiLinkPrecondition']
  })
}

28 Replies

Favna•13mo ago

@Helpers

Mycelium | Comeback in progress•13mo ago

is this a bug?

Favna•13mo ago

definitely not. It works for many other bots.

Mycelium | Comeback in progress•13mo ago

In case this helps: I put my precondition code in a gist to make it easier for (at)Helpers to inspect the error/bugs https://gist.github.com/pro-game-developer10/b8d056b959a234ad78b417c31a4ae67b

Gist

AntiLinkPrecondition code

AntiLinkPrecondition code. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

Mycelium | Comeback in progress•13mo ago

@Helpers 2 and a half hours have passed and still no helpful answers, and according to the guidelines i can ping @Helpers if i'm not wrong. So, does anyone of you have an answer or no? anyone have an answer?

Favna•13mo ago

Thought just occurred to me, what package manager are you using?

Mycelium | Comeback in progress•13mo ago

npm

Favna•13mo ago

ah okay nvm that thought then best I can give ya is please dump the full code on github and I'll have a look or zip it and DM if you consider that too "public"

Mycelium | Comeback in progress•13mo ago

lemme just commit the changes real quick and then i'm sending the repo

Mycelium | Comeback in progress•13mo ago

Here's the repo: https://github.com/pro-game-developer10/demetres_bot/

GitHub

GitHub - pro-game-developer10/demetres_bot

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Favna•13mo ago

where is your tsconfig.json wtfummm

Mycelium | Comeback in progress•13mo ago

is that the issue?

Favna•13mo ago

yes.. you do need to configure ts lol also

Spinel•13mo ago

TL;DR: Do not use ts-node, use tsc-watch instead. We very strongly discourage using ts-node because it was never meant to be used for bots. ts-node is designed for REPL purposes. That's short for Read Eval Print Loop. Which means to read some code, dump it in an eval() statement, print the result, and loop. A discord bot is not that. A Discord bot sets up a permanent websocket connection to the discord server and connects to the rest gateway. There is read yes, but no eval, no print, and no loop. So what should you use instead? The most ideal way is to just use the watch flag of tsc (tsc --watch) and run node dist/index.js to run your bot, then cancel that process and restart it when you have changes that require restarting. You would open 2 terminal tabs, 1 in which you run tsc --watch and another in which you run the bot. This is in particular the most ideal way, because Discord has a limit to the amount of times you can login with your bot, or register commands, per day. Constantly logging in over and over again due to an auto-restarting process will get you close to that limit very quickly and once you exceed it, your development will be halted entirely for the current day. However, this can be quite tedious so a great package to use instead is tsc-watch.

Favna•13mo ago

and your main is set incorrectly too

Favna•13mo ago

big red block at the start of the guide: https://www.sapphirejs.dev/docs/Guide/getting-started/getting-started-with-sapphire

Sapphire Framework

Getting started with Sapphire | Sapphire

To install Sapphire, you need to install both discord.js and

Favna•13mo ago

apply this patch and you got a good basis to go with. you'll still get 11 typescript errors but at least they are all proper errors

patches.patch

Favna•13mo ago

the same patch visually (package-lock.json changes excluded)