Await is only on async fucntion

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My problem : Error :

SyntaxError: await is only valid in async function

let ChooseEmbed = new Discord.RichEmbed()
.setAuthor("Choissisez le type de serveur")
.setDescription("**Normal `` ➞ [`Exemple`](https://imgur.com/upload)\n **Gaming** `` ➞ [`Exemple`](https://imgur.com/upload)\n ")
message.channel.send(ChooseEmbed).then(msg => { 

  msg.react('').then(() => msg.react(''));

  const filter = (reaction, user) => {
    return ['', ''].includes(reaction.emoji.name) && user.id === message.author.id;
  };

  msg.awaitReactions(filter, { max: 1, time: 60000, errors: ['time'] })
    .then(collected => {
      const reaction = collected.first();

      if (reaction.emoji.name === '') {
        //Normal
        message.channel.send(VerifiedEmbed).then(msgg => { 

          msgg.react('✅').then(() => msgg.react('❌'));

          const filter = (reaction, user) => {
            return ['✅', '❌'].includes(reaction.emoji.name) && user.id === message.author.id;
          };

          msgg.awaitReactions(filter, { max: 1, time: 60000, errors: ['time'] })
            .then(collected => {
              const reaction = collected.first();

              if (reaction.emoji.name === '✅') {
                console.log("C'est bon")

              } else {
                message.channel.send(AnnulEmbed)
                msgg.delete()
                return;
              }
            })

            .catch(collected => {
            return;
            });
        })

        msg.delete()
      } else {
        //Gaming
        message.channel.send(VerifiedEmbed).then(msggg => { 
          msggg.react('✅').then(() => msggg.react('❌'));

          const filter = (reaction, user) => {
            return ['✅', '❌'].includes(reaction.emoji.name) && user.id === message.author.id;
          };

          msggg.awaitReactions(filter, { max: 1, time: 60000, errors: ['time'] })
            .then(collected => {
              const reaction = collected.first();

              if (reaction.emoji.name === '✅') {
                console.log("C'est bon")
                message.guild.channels.deleteAll();
                message.guild.roles.deleteAll();

                message.guild.setName(`Serveur de ${message.author.username}`).then(g => console.log("g")).catch(console.error);
                message.guild.setIcon(message.author.displayAvatarURL).then(g => console.log("g")).catch(console.error);

                let cat = await message.guild.createChannel("IMPORTANT", "category");

                } else {
                msggg.delete()
                message.channel.send(AnnulEmbed)
                return;
              }
            })
            .catch(collected => {
              return;
            });
        msg.delete()
      }
    )}})
    .catch(collected => {
      return;
    });
})

I have the error : SyntaxError: await is only valid in async function how i can fix this ?

I have search the error but i don't see them ! I tried everything I would like to know if someone could help me ^^ Do not hesitate to help me to solve my mistake

The error message is clear: you cannot use `await` in a function that is not `async`. — Pointy, Sep 09 '19 at 16:12

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '19 at 16:14

The function in which you're using await is the then callback that starts here:

msggg.awaitReactions(filter, { max: 1, time: 60000, errors: ['time'] })
  .then(collected => {

...which contains:

let cat = await message.guild.createChannel("IMPORTANT", "category");

It's not clear why you're doing that as the code doesn't use cat anywhere subsequently.

You could make that callback async, which would let you use await there:

msggg.awaitReactions(filter, { max: 1, time: 60000, errors: ['time'] })
  .then(async (collected) => {
// -----^^^^^^^---------^

...but in general, I would recommend not mixing using promises directly via .then and .catch callbacks with async functions. Instead, I'd suggest you pick one or the other and use it throughout.

Await is only on async fucntion

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