discord.js - Imagine an app•3mo ago

Issues with channel ID fetched from MySQL database.

I have been wracking my brain on this one. I'm trying to create a very command that shows me what channel it is assigned to. I have it connected to a MySQL database and the command to set the channel works perfectly. It inserts the correct ID into the same table as the server ID, but when I try to use the command to verify the channel, I keep getting errors. For example: in my database, it's showing me "1209590565503635470" for the channel ID. This is the correct one and matches when I right click and copy ID. However, I get this error in my console from node when I use the command:

Error fetching the channel with ID 1209590565503635500: DiscordAPIError[10003]: Unknown Channel

Error fetching the channel with ID 1209590565503635500: DiscordAPIError[10003]: Unknown Channel

For some reason, it's showing the wrong channel ID. I originally suspected a caching issue, but after going off to do another part of the same app, it still shows that. Bear with me, I've rewritten this a few million times now, so it may look a little funky now, but this is these are the commands to set the channel and showing the channel that was set:

case 'setchannel':
    await interaction.deferReply();
    const setChannel = interaction.options.getChannel('channel');
    if (setChannel && (setChannel.type === ChannelType.GuildText || setChannel.type === ChannelType.GuildNews)) {
      const dbConnection = await createDatabaseConnection();
      await dbConnection.execute(
        'REPLACE INTO channels (channel_id, server_id) VALUES (?, ?)',
        [setChannel.id.toString(), interaction.guild.id.toString()]  // Ensuring IDs are treated as strings
      );
      dbConnection.end();
      await interaction.editReply(`The news channel has been successfully set to: ${setChannel.name}`);
    } else {
      await interaction.editReply('Invalid channel type. Please select a text or news channel.');
    }
    break;

  case 'currentchannel':
    await interaction.deferReply();
    const dbConnectionCurrentChannel = await createDatabaseConnection();
    const [channelRows] = await dbConnectionCurrentChannel.execute(
      'SELECT channel_id FROM channels WHERE server_id = ? LIMIT 1',
      [interaction.guild.id.toString()]  // Ensuring server ID is treated as a string
    );
    dbConnectionCurrentChannel.end();

    if (channelRows.length > 0 && channelRows[0].channel_id) {
      try {
        const fetchedChannel = await interaction.guild.channels.fetch(channelRows[0].channel_id.toString());  // Fetch using string ID
        if (fetchedChannel) {
          await interaction.editReply(`The current news channel is set to: ${fetchedChannel.toString()}`);
        } else {
          await interaction.editReply('The news channel previously set no longer exists or the bot lacks permission to view it.');
        }
      } catch (error) {
        console.error(`Error fetching the channel with ID ${channelRows[0].channel_id}: ${error}`);
        await interaction.editReply('There was an error while fetching the channel. It might not exist, or the bot may lack the necessary permissions.');
      }
    } else {
      await interaction.editReply('No news channel has been set.');
    }
    break;

case 'setchannel':
    await interaction.deferReply();
    const setChannel = interaction.options.getChannel('channel');
    if (setChannel && (setChannel.type === ChannelType.GuildText || setChannel.type === ChannelType.GuildNews)) {
      const dbConnection = await createDatabaseConnection();
      await dbConnection.execute(
        'REPLACE INTO channels (channel_id, server_id) VALUES (?, ?)',
        [setChannel.id.toString(), interaction.guild.id.toString()]  // Ensuring IDs are treated as strings
      );
      dbConnection.end();
      await interaction.editReply(`The news channel has been successfully set to: ${setChannel.name}`);
    } else {
      await interaction.editReply('Invalid channel type. Please select a text or news channel.');
    }
    break;

  case 'currentchannel':
    await interaction.deferReply();
    const dbConnectionCurrentChannel = await createDatabaseConnection();
    const [channelRows] = await dbConnectionCurrentChannel.execute(
      'SELECT channel_id FROM channels WHERE server_id = ? LIMIT 1',
      [interaction.guild.id.toString()]  // Ensuring server ID is treated as a string
    );
    dbConnectionCurrentChannel.end();

    if (channelRows.length > 0 && channelRows[0].channel_id) {
      try {
        const fetchedChannel = await interaction.guild.channels.fetch(channelRows[0].channel_id.toString());  // Fetch using string ID
        if (fetchedChannel) {
          await interaction.editReply(`The current news channel is set to: ${fetchedChannel.toString()}`);
        } else {
          await interaction.editReply('The news channel previously set no longer exists or the bot lacks permission to view it.');
        }
      } catch (error) {
        console.error(`Error fetching the channel with ID ${channelRows[0].channel_id}: ${error}`);
        await interaction.editReply('There was an error while fetching the channel. It might not exist, or the bot may lack the necessary permissions.');
      }
    } else {
      await interaction.editReply('No news channel has been set.');
    }
    break;

Anybody have any insight to this? It's driving me crazy. 😵‍💫

6 Replies

d.js toolkit•3mo 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

Sythan•3mo ago

discord.js version - 14.14.1 node version 21.7.1

Amgelo•3mo ago

make sure your model isn't saving ids as numbers just in case

Sythan•3mo ago

I had switched them to strings, but I was still getting it

PanicKode•3mo ago

They can be integers, save the channel I'd as BigInt. Ensure supportBigNumbers=true Console out the returned details from the DB ensure your calling it correctly.

Sythan•3mo ago

Thank you. This actually helped and fixed my issue!

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