Promise { } LOG

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i was making meme.js file/command and i got this error idk how to resolve this problem, Can you help me?

so this is my code:

const fetch = require('node-fetch');
const randomPuppy = require("random-puppy");

module.exports = {
    name: "meme",
    description: "Sends an epic meme",
    execute(message) {
        const subReddits = ["dankmeme", "meme", "me_irl"];
        const random = subReddits[Math.floor(Math.random() * subReddits.length)];

        const img = await randomPuppy(random);
        console.log(img)
        const memeEmbed = new MessageEmbed()
            .setColor("#fa0557")
          //  .setImage(`${img}`)
            .setTitle(`From /r/${random}`)
            .setURL(`https://reddit.com/r/${random}`);

        message.channel.send({ embeds: [memeEmbed] });
    }
}

And this is the log i got:

Promise { <pending> }

Your code as shown will not run. You show `await randomPuppy(random)`, but `await` is NOT allowed there because it's not inside an `async` function. So, I suspect that your real code does not have the `await` and that's why you show `Promise { }` in your console. You have to use either `await` or `.then()` on the promise that `randomPuppy(random)` returns. — jfriend00, Feb 05 '22 at 22:21
[How to access the value of a promise?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/29516390) | [What are asynchronous functions in JavaScript? What is "async" and "await" in JavaScript?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/62196932) — VLAZ, Feb 05 '22 at 22:23

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '22 at 22:27

The posted code throws a syntax error that await can only be used inside an async function - which `module.exports.execute' has not been declared as.

Try declaring execute as an async function

module.exports = {
    name: "meme",
    description: "Sends an epic meme",
    async execute(message) { . . .

If the log in the post does show

Promise { <pending> }

on the console, please update the post with necessary code to reproduce the problem.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 05 '22 at 22:27

Your code as shown will not run. You show await randomPuppy(random), but await is NOT allowed there because it's not inside an async function. So, I suspect that your real code does not have the await and that's why you show Promise { <pending> } in your console. You have to use either await or .then() on the promise that randomPuppy(random) returns.

If I fix your code so that it will run by adding async to the execute() definition, then the console.log(img) actually works just fine:

const randomPuppy = require("random-puppy");

module.exports = {
    name: "meme",
    description: "Sends an epic meme",
    async execute(message) {
        const subReddits = ["dankmeme", "meme", "me_irl"];
        const random = subReddits[Math.floor(Math.random() * subReddits.length)];

        const img = await randomPuppy(random);
        console.log(img)
    }
}

module.exports.execute().then(result => {
    console.log(result);
}).catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
});

And, I get in my console this:

http://imgur.com/FFkL628.gif
done

So, my conclusion is that the code you posted in your question is not the code you're actually running. This code shown here will work just fine.

Promise { } LOG

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