Discord.js - How to send YouTube url after searching for a video - discord.js

Question

So basically, my idea for a new command for my discord bot is a "link searcher", which will be a searching command that sends the url of the video that is chosen by the user. Something like in the image attached.
What I already have made is a searching command with embed, but im not quite sure how to send the video url that gets chosen via reaction. Any ideas/solutions?

Answer 1

I have found a solution after some tries, so here's the final code.
//////CONFIG LOAD///////////
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const ytsr = require("youtube-sr")
const { Client, Collection, MessageEmbed } = require("discord.js");
const { attentionembed } = require("../util/attentionembed"); //attentionembed is an embed i pre-made for errors/attention cases for when the user gets one
const { approveemoji, denyemoji, PREFIX, } = require(`../config.json`); //my config contains the definitions for "yes" and "no" emojis, together with the bot token
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//////COMMAND BEGIN/////////
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module.exports = {
name: "linkfor",
aliases: ["searchlink","findlink","link","lf"], //optional
cooldown: 3, //optional
async execute(message, args, client) {
//if its not in a guild return
if (!message.guild) return;
//react with approve emoji
message.react(approveemoji).catch(console.error);
//if the argslength is null return error
if (!args.length)
return attentionembed(message, `Usage: ${message.client.prefix}${module.exports.name} <Video Name>`)
//if there is already a search return error
if (message.channel.activeCollector)
return attentionembed(message, "There is a search active!");
//define search
const search = args.join(" ");
//define a temporary Loading Embed
let temEmbed = new MessageEmbed()
.setAuthor("Searching...", "put a gif link here if you want")
.setColor("#F0EAD6")
//define the Result Embed
let resultsEmbed = new MessageEmbed()
.setTitle("Results for ")
.setDescription(`\`${search}\``)
.setColor("#F0EAD6")
.setAuthor("Search results:", "put a gif link here if you want")
.setFooter("Respond with the right number", "put a gif link here if you want")
//try to find top 9 results
try {
//find them
const results = await ytsr.search(search, { limit: 9 });
//map them and sort them and add a Field to the ResultEmbed
results.map((video, index) => resultsEmbed.addField(video.url, `${index + 1}. ${video.title}`));
//send the temporary embed aka Loading... embed
const resultsMessage = await message.channel.send(temEmbed)
//react with 9 Numbers
await resultsMessage.react("1️⃣");
await resultsMessage.react("2️⃣");
await resultsMessage.react("3️⃣");
await resultsMessage.react("4️⃣");
await resultsMessage.react("5️⃣");
await resultsMessage.react("6️⃣");
await resultsMessage.react("7️⃣");
await resultsMessage.react("8️⃣");
await resultsMessage.react("9️⃣");
//edit the resultmessage to the resultembed (you can also try deleting and sending the new one, if you need to)
await resultsMessage.edit(resultsEmbed)
//set the collector to true
message.channel.activeCollector = true;
//wait for a response
let response;
await resultsMessage.awaitReactions((reaction, user) => user.id == message.author.id,
{ max: 1, time: 60000, errors: ['time'], }).then(collected => {
//if its one of the emoji set them to 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / ...
if (collected.first().emoji.name == "1️⃣") { return response = 1; }
if (collected.first().emoji.name == "2️⃣") { return response = 2; }
if (collected.first().emoji.name == "3️⃣") { return response = 3; }
if (collected.first().emoji.name == "4️⃣") { return response = 4; }
if (collected.first().emoji.name == "5️⃣") { return response = 5; }
if (collected.first().emoji.name == "6️⃣") { return response = 6; }
if (collected.first().emoji.name == "7️⃣") { return response = 7; }
if (collected.first().emoji.name == "8️⃣") { return response = 8; }
if (collected.first().emoji.name == "9️⃣") { return response = 9; }
//otherwise set it to error
else {
response = "error";
}
});
//if response is error return error
if (response === "error") {
//send error message
attentionembed(message, "Please use the right emoji symbol.");
//try to delete the message
return resultsMessage.delete().catch(console.error);
}
//get the response link
const URL = resultsEmbed.fields[parseInt(response) - 1].name;
//set collector to false aka off
message.channel.activeCollector = false;
//send the collected url
message.channel.send(URL);
//delete the search embed (optional, for better displaying)
resultsMessage.delete().catch(console.error);
//catch any errors while searching
} catch (error) {
//log them
console.error(error);
//set collector false, just incase its still true
message.channel.activeCollector = false;
}
}
};