Why can't my DJS bot find my commands folder?

Question

I'm making a command handler for my discord.js bot. But the bot cannot find the "commands" folder.

Line code I have problems with:

const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));

Error message :

Uncaught Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir './commands'

What is the problem and what is the solution?

Answer 1

Try wrapping the ./commands with grave accents:

`./commands`

instead of './commands' or append a "/" to the end, helps sometimes.

If you want the handler to recursively search for all your commandfiles, e.g. you created subdirectories to organize your commands, you can use the function I use (and recommend):

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');
const rootDir = path.dirname(require.main.filename);
const fileArray = [];

const readCommands = (dir) => {

    const __dirname = rootDir;

    // Read out all command files
    const files = fs.readdirSync(path.join(__dirname, dir));

    // Loop through all the files in ./commands
    for (const file of files) {
        // Get the status of 'file' (is it a file or directory?)
        const stat = fs.lstatSync(path.join(__dirname, dir, file));

        // If the 'file' is a directory, call the 'readCommands' function
        // again with the path of the subdirectory
        if (stat.isDirectory()) {
            readCommands(path.join(dir, file));
        }
        else {
            const fileDir = dir.replace('\\', '/');
            fileArray.push(fileDir + '/' + file);
        }
    }
};


readCommands('commands');