Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'send') (Discord.js V14)

Question

Can someone please explain why its not sending the message?

Im currently testing smth so when you say ">send", My bot sends a message to a channel:

if (msg.content === prefix + "send") {
        const channel = client.channels.cache.get('1137720568850956300');
        channel.send('test succes');
    
    }

the 1137720568850956300 is my channel id, but i keep getting this error:

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'send')

Trust me its the correct id (i doubled checked) and idk why its not working

what surprises me is that i copy and pasted it from the discord.js guide thinking it would work but it doesnt. if you really want it heres my full code:

const {
  Events,
  EmbedBuilder,
  Client,
  GatewayIntentBits,
} = require('discord.js');
const greeting = [
  'yo wsp',
  'hi',
  'hello muthafucka',
  'stfu and talk with other people',
];
const lolo = greeting[Math.floor(Math.random() * greeting.length)];
const prefix = '>';
const client = new Client({
  intents: [
    GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
    GatewayIntentBits.GuildMembers,
    GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages,
    GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent,
  ],
});
const EmbedReply = {
  title: 'Do not ping this person.',
  description: ' 🙏 hes ded because of the pings already 🙏',
  color: '10038562',

  footer: {
    text: 'Current version: 0.0.1',
    icon_url:
      'https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1141734104543539220/1141750630763987015/pooperson.jpg',
  },
};

module.exports = {
  name: Events.MessageCreate,
  once: false,
  execute(msg) {
    if (msg.content === '<@1140642830302335098>') {
      msg.reply(`${lolo}`);
    }

    if (msg.content === '<@1089518964360609792>') {
      msg.reply({ content: `<@${msg.author.id}>`, embeds: [EmbedReply] });
    }

    if (msg.content === prefix + 'test') {
      msg.reply('test succesful');
    }

    if (msg.content === prefix + 'send') {
      const channel = client.channels.cache.get('1137720568850956300');
      channel.send('test succes');
    }
  },
};

thanks in advance :D

Answer 1

It's because you instantiate a new client and it's not the one logged in and listening to the MessageCreate event. You will need to remove that and get the client from the msg variable:

const { Events } = require('discord.js');
const greeting = [
  'yo wsp',
  'hi',
  'hello muthafucka',
  'stfu and talk with other people',
];
const prefix = '>';

const EmbedReply = {
  title: 'Do not ping this person.',
  description: ' 🙏 hes ded because of the pings already 🙏',
  color: '10038562',
  footer: {
    text: 'Current version: 0.0.1',
    icon_url:
      'https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1141734104543539220/1141750630763987015/pooperson.jpg',
  },
};

module.exports = {
  name: Events.MessageCreate,
  once: false,
  execute(msg) {
    if (msg.content === '<@1140642830302335098>') {
      // you'll also need to move this here or it will be
      // the same message every time
      const lolo = greeting[Math.floor(Math.random() * greeting.length)];

      msg.reply(`${lolo}`);
    }

    if (msg.content === '<@1089518964360609792>') {
      msg.reply({ content: `<@${msg.author.id}>`, embeds: [EmbedReply] });
    }

    if (msg.content === prefix + 'test') {
      msg.reply('test succesful');
    }

    if (msg.content === prefix + 'send') {
      // grab the client here
      const { client } = msg;
      const channel = client.channels.cache.get('1137720568850956300');

      if (!channel) return console.log('Channel not found');

      channel.send('test succes');
    }
  },
};