I'm trying to make a clear command with role permissions for my Discord bot. (Discord.js) - discord

Question

I have some code already, but how would I implement some other code to make the command only accessible by users with the MANAGE_MESSAGES permission?
My attempt at doing it myself:
else if (message.content.startsWith(`${prefix}clear`)) {
const amount = parseInt(args[0]);;
if (isNaN(amount)) {
return message.reply('that doesn\'t seem to be a valid number.');
} else if (amount <= 0 || amount > 100) {
return message.reply('you need to input a number between 1 and 100.');
}
message.channel.bulkDelete(amount, true).catch(err => {
console.error(err);
message.channel.send('Uh oh! Something went wrong!');
}).catch(() => {
if (!message.member.hasPermission(['MANAGE_MESSAGES'])) {
message.reply("you do not have permission to use this command!");
}
});
}
Without the extra bit at the end:
else if (message.content.startsWith(`${prefix}clear`)) {
const amount = parseInt(args[0]);;
if (isNaN(amount)) {
return message.reply('that doesn\'t seem to be a valid number.');
} else if (amount <= 0 || amount > 100) {
return message.reply('you need to input a number between 1 and 100.');
}
message.channel.bulkDelete(amount, true).catch(err => {
console.error(err);
message.channel.send('Uh oh! Something went wrong!');
});
}

Answer 1

Try this:
else if (message.content.startsWith(`${prefix}clear`)) {
// put this at the very top
if (!message.member.hasPermission("MANAGE_MESSAGES")) {
return message.reply("you do not have permission to use this command!");
const amount = parseInt(args[0]);
if (isNaN(amount))
return message.reply("that doesn't seem to be a valid number.");
if (amount <= 0 || amount > 100)
return message.reply("you need to input a number between 1 and 100.");
message.channel
.bulkDelete(amount, true)
.catch((err) => {
console.error(err);
message.channel.send("Uh oh! Something went wrong!");
})
.catch((err) => console.log(err));
}
}
I think the problem is that you were not returning if the member did not have the required permissions, so your code was just continuing on normally.