Automatically deleting and recreating channels every 5 seconds

I'm having trouble getting this to work for some reason:

const { Client, Intents, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
const { EmbedBuilder } = require('discord.js');
require('dotenv').config();

const prefix = '!';

const client = new Client({
  intents: [
    GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
    GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages,
    GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent,
  ],
});

client.on('ready', () => {
  console.log(`Logged in as ${client.user.tag}!`);
  setInterval(deleteAndRecreateChannels, 5000); // run every 5 seconds
});

async function deleteAndRecreateChannels() {
  const categoryId = '1203824690003443753';
  const channelToExclude = '1203825676973510687';

  const category = await client.channels.cache.get(categoryId);

  if (!category) {
    console.error(`Category ${categoryId} not found.`);
    return;
  }

  for (const channel of category.channels.cache.values()) {
    if (channel.id !== channelToExclude) {
      try {
        const oldChannelData = await channel.clone();
        await channel.delete();
        const newChannel = await channel.guild.channels.create(oldChannelData);
        console.log(`Channel deleted and recreated: ${newChannel.name}`);
      } catch (error) {
        console.error(`Error deleting and recreating channel ${channel.id}:`, error);
      }
    }
  }
}

client.on('messageCreate', async (message) => {
  try {
    if (message.channel.id === '1192951800412770324') {
      const ignoredRoleIds = [
        '1191396401272332368',
        '1191396404724256829',
        '1191396410545934536',
        '1191396412055892101',
        '1191396408994037851',
      ];

      if (message.member.roles.cache.some((role) => ignoredRoleIds.includes(role.id))) {
        return;
      }

      if (message.attachments.size === 0) {
        message.delete();
      } else {
        return;
      }
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
});

const botToken = process.env['BOT_TOKEN'];
client.login(botToken);

const { Client, Intents, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
const { EmbedBuilder } = require('discord.js');
require('dotenv').config();

const prefix = '!';

const client = new Client({
  intents: [
    GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
    GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages,
    GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent,
  ],
});

client.on('ready', () => {
  console.log(`Logged in as ${client.user.tag}!`);
  setInterval(deleteAndRecreateChannels, 5000); // run every 5 seconds
});

async function deleteAndRecreateChannels() {
  const categoryId = '1203824690003443753';
  const channelToExclude = '1203825676973510687';

  const category = await client.channels.cache.get(categoryId);

  if (!category) {
    console.error(`Category ${categoryId} not found.`);
    return;
  }

  for (const channel of category.channels.cache.values()) {
    if (channel.id !== channelToExclude) {
      try {
        const oldChannelData = await channel.clone();
        await channel.delete();
        const newChannel = await channel.guild.channels.create(oldChannelData);
        console.log(`Channel deleted and recreated: ${newChannel.name}`);
      } catch (error) {
        console.error(`Error deleting and recreating channel ${channel.id}:`, error);
      }
    }
  }
}

client.on('messageCreate', async (message) => {
  try {
    if (message.channel.id === '1192951800412770324') {
      const ignoredRoleIds = [
        '1191396401272332368',
        '1191396404724256829',
        '1191396410545934536',
        '1191396412055892101',
        '1191396408994037851',
      ];

      if (message.member.roles.cache.some((role) => ignoredRoleIds.includes(role.id))) {
        return;
      }

      if (message.attachments.size === 0) {
        message.delete();
      } else {
        return;
      }
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
});

const botToken = process.env['BOT_TOKEN'];
client.login(botToken);

6 Replies

d.js toolkit•5mo ago

- What's your exact discord.js npm list discord.js and node node -v version? - Not a discord.js issue? Check out #other-js-ts. - Consider reading #how-to-get-help to improve your question! - Explain what exactly your issue is. - Post the full error stack trace, not just the top part! - Show your code! - Issue solved? Press the button! - ✅ Marked as resolved by OP

media_ref•5mo ago

Here's the error:

/home/container/index.js:31
  for (const channel of category.channels.cache.values()) {
                                          ^
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'cache')
    at Timeout.deleteAndRecreateChannels [as _onTimeout] (/home/container/index.js:31:43)

/home/container/index.js:31
  for (const channel of category.channels.cache.values()) {
                                          ^
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'cache')
    at Timeout.deleteAndRecreateChannels [as _onTimeout] (/home/container/index.js:31:43)

It's supposed to delete and then remake the channels with the same permissions

monbrey•5mo ago

Doing this every 5 seconds is ridiculous API spam and would end up with other issues

media_ref•5mo ago

No it's just for debugging It's supposed to be 1 hour

monbrey•5mo ago

In this case the problem seems to be that the channel you got is not a category channel Actually no sorry - its category.children, not channels

media_ref•5mo ago

Yep that was it, thank you!!

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Automatically deleting and recreating channels every 5 seconds