discord.js - Imagine an app•5mo ago

How do i handle permission bits when using REST

const allowValue = channel.permission_overwrites?.find((p) => p.id === membersRole.id)?.allow === '2048'
const denyValue = channel.permission_overwrites?.find((p) => p.id === membersRole.id)?.deny === '2048'

const allowValue = channel.permission_overwrites?.find((p) => p.id === membersRole.id)?.allow === '2048'
const denyValue = channel.permission_overwrites?.find((p) => p.id === membersRole.id)?.deny === '2048'

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d.js toolkit•5mo ago

Velistina•5mo ago

If i remember right those bits are number based not string

ChaitoOP•5mo ago

theyre string coming from the API call my question is more about using discordjs types to not check directly like i do in the code right now

Amgelo•5mo ago

it's a bitfield, you can parse it as a bigint and use the bitwise and to check if the bit is present for the position you want https://discord.com/developers/docs/topics/permissions#permissions-bitwise-permission-flags

ChaitoOP•5mo ago

oh ok i get it, thanks!

ChaitoOP•5mo ago

Amgelo•5mo ago

~~no, the flag is already the bitfield, not the bit position~~ ~~I believe you'll have to code the positions manually, I don't think discord-api-types has an enum for that~~ you can add a check to your current code , like (bitfield & flag) === flag and it should work but, PermissionsBitField is a djs object, why are you using raw data with rest if you're using djs?

ChaitoOP•5mo ago

im using discordrest.get which returns it as a string thanks so much, ive never worked with bitfields directly this works already :waveBoye:

Amgelo•5mo ago

that doesn't answer my question though if you want to work with raw data entirely you can use @discordjs/core

ChaitoOP•5mo ago

@discordjs/rest doesnt have PermissionsBitField im not using @discordjs

Amgelo•5mo ago

PermissionsBitField.Flags is a re-export of PermissionFlagsBits from discord-api-types unless you're not only using Flags, but then I'd say you could copy the functionality you need instead

ChaitoOP•5mo ago

i chose REST because its an API endpoint not a bot use-case oh im being dumb and the main package has exports for them anyway

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