discord.js bot to tag random user in server

Question

I want to include a '-random' command that will tag random member of a server. I have found the following code:

if(command === 'random'){
              
        let randomUser = message.guild.members.cache.random().user;
        message.channel.send('<@'+randomUser+'>');
    }

It works but it will only tag me, the bot itself, or someone else if that person recently wrote in the channel. How do I fix this?

Answer 1

Fetch all the members first, then call random() on the returning collection.

if (command == 'random') {
   message.guild.members.fetch()
      .then(allMembers => {
         const member = allMembers.random();
         message.channel.send(member.toString());
      })
      .catch(console.error);
}

Ensure you have the GuildMember's intent enabled for fetching to work.