Discord Bug Error Invalid Token in discord.js-CodePudding

So I want to create a bot discord for fun in javascript using discord.js. I write this code :

const Discord = require("discord.js")
const client = new Discord.client()

client.once('ready',() => {
  console.log("Ready !");

});

client.login('token');

But when i'm trying to run it, I have this message :

/home/runner/MelodicPlainApplicationprogrammer/node_modules/discord.js/src/rest/RESTManager.js:32 const token = this.client.token ?? this.client.accessToken; ^ SyntaxError: Unexpected token '?'

This is on repl.it, and when I'm in VSCode, it works.

Why ?

CodePudding user response：

To run a bot, you need to have a token, and you are giving to client.login() literaly "token",

Next, run npm install node@16 in shell

After that you need to create a file called .replit

Inside the .replit file, add run = "npx node index.js". If your main file has a different name change index.js to your main file's name.

Now when you click run, replit uses node.js v16 instead of v12

Now for the problems with your code:

const Discord = require("discord.js")
const client = new Discord.client()

client.once('ready',() => {
  console.log("Ready !");

});

client.login('token');

In the second line, const client = new Discord.client(), the c in Discord.client has to be capital, so write const client = new Discord.Client()

Now you need to add gateway intents so that your bot receives events. This is required in discord.js13 (Here's a list of gateway intents)

So change const client = new Discord.Client()

to const client = new Discord.Client({ intents: ["GUILDS", "GUILD_MESSAGES"] }) (You can add more intents if you want, these are just the basic ones)

You will also need to get your bot token and replace "token" in client.login('token'); with your bot token. Check this to see how to get your token.

Final code:

const Discord = require("discord.js")
const client = new Discord.Client({ intents: ["GUILDS", "GUILD_MESSAGES"] })

client.once('ready',() => {
  console.log("Ready !");

});

client.login(enter your token here);