send an image using discord.js

Question

I have been following a few different guides to program a simple discord bot. Everything works except I cannot get it to send an image. I have looked at these previous questions 1 2, but their solutions are not working for me. This is my code:

const {Client, Intents} = require('discord.js');

const client = new Client({ intents: [Intents.FLAGS.GUILDS, Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_MESSAGES] });
const prefix = '?';

client.once('ready', () => {
  console.log("Dog is online!");
});

client.on('messageCreate', message => {
  if(!message.content.startsWith(prefix) || message.author.bot) return;

  const args = message.content.slice(prefix.length).split(/ +/);
  const command = args.shift().toLowerCase();

  if(command === 'ping') {
    message.channel.send('pong!');
  }
  else if (command === 'bark') {
    message.channel.send('bark bark bark grrrr...')
  }
  else if(command === 'nick') {
    message.channel.send('grrr...');
  }
  else if (command === 'pic') {
    message.channel.send("little dog", {files: ["https://i.imgur.com/xxXXXxx.jpeg"] });
  }

});

//must be last line
client.login('');

my client login is there in my editor, just not sharing it here. the "pic" command is what is not working. It displays the "little dog" text, but does not send the image. The only reason I'm using imgur is because I'm not sure if you can send local images; if someone knows a solution using local files I'll take it.

Does this answer your question? How do I use a local image on a discord.js rich embed? — outis
– outis, Commented Nov 5, 2021 at 19:18

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-28 15:43:37Z

8

You can use

files: [{ attachment: "YourImage.jpg" }];

You can also rename the image with

files: [{ attachment: <images>.toBuffer(), name: 'newName.png' }];

Example:

message.channel.send({ files: [{ attachment: 'YourImage.png' }] });

the <images> is your image variable

const images = blablabla

edited May 28, 2023 at 15:43

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answered Sep 9, 2021 at 23:35

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jdddddddddd Over a year ago

I tried your first suggestion and it's still just sending the text with no image, the second suggestion gives me an error saying "images.tobuffer is not a function"

m ihsan Over a year ago

replace the "images" with your images

jdddddddddd Over a year ago

I have a const: const images = "My_dog.jpg" the line I'm using now is: message.channel.send("little dog", {files: [{attachment: images.toBuffer()}] }); this is giving me the error TypeError: images.toBuffer is not a function

jdddddddddd Over a year ago

I figured it out, I ended up just treating imgur links as a string and sending it like any other message. didn't use file: or `attachment.

dcsan Over a year ago

but this will show the URL above right? at least that's what i get. also for pm4 files it won't autoplay

RasmonT · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-15 22:23:30Z

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According to the V13 discord.js

You can do following, this is also working for me.

const { MessageAttachment } = require('discord.js')

const attachment = new MessageAttachment('URL'); //ex. https://i.imgur.com/random.jpg

message.channel.send({ content: "I sent you a photo!", files: [attachment] })

This example will send a photo with the text I sent you a photo!

answered Mar 15, 2022 at 22:23

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