How to send a direct message to a user using Discord.js? [duplicate] - discord

Question

I am trying to code a Discord bot for my personal server. I am using Discord.js and I have been following the discord.js guide.
I have now an event handler but when I add a file for another event, the code of this module is not executing. The event I am trying to trigger is the join of a new member in my server.
I have 2 important files : index.js which runs the corpse of my code and guildMemberAdd.js which is my event module for when a new member joins the server.
index.js:
// Require the necessary discord.js classes
const fs = require('node:fs');
const path = require('node:path');
const { Client, Collection, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
const { token } = require('./config.json');
// Create a new client instance
const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds] });
const eventsPath = path.join(__dirname, 'events');
const eventFiles = fs.readdirSync(eventsPath).filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
for (const file of eventFiles) {
const filePath = path.join(eventsPath, file);
const event = require(filePath);
if (event.once) {
client.once(event.name, (...args) => event.execute(...args));
} else {
client.on(event.name, (...args) => event.execute(...args));
}
}
// Log in to Discord with your client's token
client.login(token);
guildMemberAdd.js:
const { Events } = require('discord.js');
module.exports = {
name: Events.GuildMemberAdd,
async execute(member) {
console.log(member);
},
};

Answer 1

If you only have the GatewayIntentBits.Guilds intent enabled, the GuildMemberAdd event won't fire. You'll need to add the GatewayIntentBits.GuildMembers (and probably GatewayIntentBits.GuildPresences) too:
const { Client, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
const client = new Client({
intents: [
GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
GatewayIntentBits.GuildMembers,
GatewayIntentBits.GuildPresences,
],
});
In discord.js v13, it should be:
const { Client, Intents } = require('discord.js');
const client = new Client({
intents: [
Intents.FLAGS.GUILDS,
Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_MEMBERS,
Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_PRESENCES,
],
});