Why is my messageCreate event not working? (discord.js)

Question

I tried making a discord bot..

I looked for some tutorials but my code doesn't seem to work..

I created a simple ping pong command but for some reason its not working!

Heres my bot.js code:

require('dotenv').config();

const { Client, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds, 'GuildMessages'] });

client.on('ready', () => {
console.log(`Thunder bot is ready! Tag is ${client.user.tag}`);
});

client.on('message', (messageCreate) => {
if (message.content === 'ping'){
    message.reply('Pong!')
}
});

client.login(process.env.TOKEN);

But the ping pong command is not working!

Dont you need to use it like `messageCreate.content` and `messageCreate.reply` since you write `messageCreate` on `client.on` function? — Batu.Khan, Aug 15 '22 at 06:05
In the `client.on('messageCreate')` event listener, you have named the message you get as `messageCreate`. Then you are trying to reply to a variable which doesn't exist which is `message`. So you just have to change that — Caladan, Aug 15 '22 at 06:29
Voted to close as it's typo: `client.on('message', (messageCreate)` should be `client.on('messageCreate', (message) =`. You'll also need [the `GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent` intent](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73036854/message-content-doesnt-have-any-value-in-discord-js-v14/73037243#73037243). — Zsolt Meszaros, Aug 15 '22 at 12:17
Instead of the `GuildMessages` intent in the client, use `GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages` — Caladan, Aug 15 '22 at 15:09

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '22 at 06:58

There are 2 reasons your bot isn't responding to you:

Your bot doesn't have 'MessageContent' intent

const client = new Client({ intents: ['Guilds', 'GuildMessages', 'MessageContent'] });

client.on('message'... may result to a DeprecationWarning
Here is the correction:

client.on('messageCreate', (message) => {
    if (message.content === 'ping'){
        message.reply('Pong!')
    }
});

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '22 at 00:39

You need to use the following intents to read and react to messages:

{ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages, GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent] }

The event you want to listen for is called "messageCreate" (you were listening for "message"):

client.on('messageCreate', (message) => {
if (message.content === 'ping'){
    message.reply('Pong!')
}
});

This should work:

require('dotenv').config();

const { Client, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages, GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent] });

client.on('ready', () => {
console.log(`Thunder bot is ready! Tag is ${client.user.tag}`);
});

client.on('messageCreate', (message) => {
if (message.content === 'ping'){
    console.log("!")
    message.reply('Pong!')
}
});

client.login(process.env.TOKEN);

Oh! I did a typo! Thanks dude! – Ravioli Aug 18 '22 at 10:31 — Ravioli, Aug 18 '22 at 10:31

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 15 '22 at 14:41

2 reasons this is happening;

You put message instead of messageCreate and vice versa in your client.on(). Put this instead:

client.on('messageCreate', message => {
    if (message.content === 'ping'){
        message.reply('Pong!')
    }
});

You're missing the messageContent intent.

const client = new Client({ intents: ["Guilds", "GuildMessages", "MessageContent"] });

Why is my messageCreate event not working? (discord.js)

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