Edit message with interval

Question

I have code that should edit a discord message per each execution. Everything seems to be work fine, but when I add interval functionality(to execute it code every minute) it couldn't edit bot message anymore:

call:

setInterval(function () { var data = getData(response, list); editMessage(data) }, 60000)

function with message edit

function editMessage(data) {
    client.on('ready', () => {
        client.guilds.cache.get('server').channels.cache.get('channel').messages.fetch('message').then(message => {
            message.edit('new message content');
        }).catch(err => {
            console.error(err);
        });;
    });
}

So I can receive the data inside editMessage function, but anything that goes inside of client.on('ready', () => {... can't be engaged with interval function. What could be the case?

I'm using Discord.js 12 version.

Bad idea. Making an API call every minute is API abuse and will lead your account being suspended from using it — Elitezen, Sep 30 '21 at 11:40
it will be adjusted later. Its my API so no one going to suspend for extra requests. — RedEclipse, Sep 30 '21 at 11:42
If you're editing a *Discord* message it's *Discord*'s API. `.edit()` makes a POST request each time — Elitezen, Sep 30 '21 at 11:42
Ah, thought you were saying about ```response```. No problem, it will be edited as things will be sorted out. Thanks for heads up though. — RedEclipse, Sep 30 '21 at 11:45
ALso https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14220321/how-to-return-the-response-from-an-asynchronous-call — mplungjan, Sep 30 '21 at 11:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 01 '21 at 17:04

Just for the record, I made this work in a different approach. I've wrapped the setInterval function inside of client.on and it works as intended.

        client.on('ready', () => {
            client.guilds.cache.get('server').channels.cache.get('channel').messages.fetch('message').then(message => {
                setInterval(function () {
                message.edit('new message content');
                console.log('new message content')
            }, 1 * 30000);
            }).catch(err => {
                console.error(err);
            });;
        });

Edit message with interval

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