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Migrating from Discord.JS

A word of warning​

Before we begin, please note that Revolt does not support interactions or slash commands. This guide will only help for bots that use message-based commands and such. While we may add support for slash commands in the future, for now message-based commands are the only option for making Revolt bots.

The basics​

  • If you're not already using ESM for your Discord bot please note that unlike Discord.JS - which supports both CommonJS and ESM (see here for more info on the latter) - Revolt.js is an ESM-only library. This means you can't require() the library, and will instead need to import it like this:
- const { Client } = require("discord.js");
+ import { Client } from "revolt.js";

You'll also need to set the type field in your package.json to module, alongside other changes. See this node-fetch issue for more info on how to switch to ESM.

warning

Even if you're already using ESM, take note - when running your bot, make sure to pass --experimental-specifier-resolution=node as a Node flag (for example, node --experimental-specifier-resolution=node index.js). Revolt.js will not work if you do not pass this flag.

  • Unlike Discord, Revolt does not have intents and you do not need to specify them when creating a client. You should remove any code that specifies any intents.

  • client.once("ready", () => { code }) should be replaced with client.on("ready", async () => { code }.

  • client.login(botToken) should be replaced with client.loginBot(botToken) (or, for selfbots, client.useExistingSession(sessionToken, user_id: "", name: "")).

  • client.guilds should be replaced with client.servers.

Messages​

  • Unlike Discord.JS, messages may sometimes be SystemMessages. You'll need to handle these - either by ignoring them (like this):
if (typeof message.content !== "string") return;

  • ...or by handling them separately (for example, if you're making a logging bot and want to log these events).

  • Messages are not guaranteed to have channels. You'll mostly see this with SystemMessages. To prevent any issues, use optional chaining like this:

message.channel?.xyz
  • On top of this, Revolt.js's .send function is .sendMessage - message.channel.send should be replaced with message.channel?.sendMessage.

Embeds​

  • Embeds do not have fields - you should use bold text and newlines to acheive a similar effect.

  • You can't directly send an embed-only message - you have to specify the message content field. Fortunately, you can send an embed-only message by setting the content field to a space. The space won't be rendered, so you'll only see the embed in-app.