TextChannel

A TextChannel is a text or announcement channel of a server. It is what channel.isText() gives, and the most common channel of a command or a message.

import type { TextChannel } from 'chapterjs';

async function openDiscussion(channel: TextChannel, subject: string) {
  const thread = await channel.startThread({ name: subject, autoArchiveDuration: 1440 });
  await thread.send(`Let's talk about ${subject} here.`);
  if (channel.slowmode > 0) await channel.send(`Slowmode is on: one message every ${channel.slowmode} s.`);
  return thread;
}

How to send, edit and read messages is in Sending messages.

Properties

It also has everything of GuildChannel and what channels with messages share.

string | null

The topic shown at the top of the channel.

number

How many seconds a member waits between two messages (slowmode).

boolean

Whether it is an announcement channel, which servers can follow.

Actions

startThread()

startThread(options: ThreadCreateOptions, reason?: string): Promise<ThreadChannel>

Starts a thread that is not attached to a message. To start one from a message, use message.startThread(). The options are a ThreadCreateOptions. Discord documentation

follow()

follow(target: Snowflake | { id: Snowflake }, reason?: string): Promise<void>

Makes another channel receive what is published in this announcement channel. Discord documentation

Reference

Your files

Structures

Types

CLI

Properties

Actions

startThread()

follow()