Channel not found error when running without Firebase keys

I was trying to set up EddieBot locally without the Firebase keys.

1. I disabled the Firebase errors by commenting out these lines:

./node_modules/firebase-admin/lib/auth/credential.js:134
./node_modules/firebase-admin/lib/auth/credential.js:142

1. Then I filled up ./.env like this:

DISCORD_TOKEN=<token of my bot in single quotes>
COMMAND_PREFIX="^"
# You can find this from "right clicking" on your server and selecting "Copy ID".
DISCORD_SERVER_ID=<my server token in single quotes>
# You can use ANY channel by "right clicking" on your server and selecting "Copy ID". A #bot channel is recommended.
DISCORD_BOT_CHANNEL_ID=<token on the #bot channel in my server in single quotes>
# Generate a firebase service account in the UI, the `gcloud` CLI will generate you the wrong service account.
# When you download your Firebase service account details, these will be in the downloaded/generated json file.
FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY=""
FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID=""
FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL=""
FIREBASE_DATABASE_URL=""

1. Now when I try to run the bot, this is what I face:

❯ npm run start:local

> eddiebot@1.0.0 start:local /home/raisinten/Desktop/universe/git/EddieBot
> npm run build && node dist/index.js


> eddiebot@1.0.0 build /home/raisinten/Desktop/universe/git/EddieBot
> tsc

[1601308601188] INFO  (504 on hp): Scheduling the job opensource-reminder
[1601308601192] ERROR (504 on hp): Channel not found
(node:504) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error [DISALLOWED_INTENTS]: Privileged intent provided is not enabled or whitelisted.
    at WebSocketManager.createShards (/home/raisinten/Desktop/universe/git/EddieBot/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/websocket/WebSocketManager.js:260:15)
(node:504) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
(node:504) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
^C

[alrifay]

Do you know what the reason is behind that error? I tried few commands on my channel and it produced the correct responses.

The reason you get this error is either you didn’t set the correct bot channel id in .env file https://github.com/EddieJaoudeCommunity/EddieBot/blob/2c8adb209b1b397914025cd4f0f595743e7b4654/.env.example#L5-L6

or because scheduleOpenSourceReminder in index.ts starts executing and logging to the bot channel before the bot is ready.

To fix it, move scheduleOpenSourceReminder on index.ts:41 https://github.com/EddieJaoudeCommunity/EddieBot/blob/2c8adb209b1b397914025cd4f0f595743e7b4654/src/index.ts#L41 to index.ts:16 so it start executing when the bot is ready. https://github.com/EddieJaoudeCommunity/EddieBot/blob/2c8adb209b1b397914025cd4f0f595743e7b4654/src/index.ts#L14-L16

[alrifay]

Do you think I should make a pr with this change?

Of course, PRs are always welcome 🎉

I just tried what you mentioned but it still produced the same error.

I’m curious to know why it didn’t work for you, could you show me what you did and didn’t work 😁 Because I tried the example

client.once('ready', () => {
    log.info('Online!', 'Lets get started...');
    scheduleOpenSourceReminder();
    if (client.user) {
        client.user.setPresence({
            activity: {
                name: `${config.COMMAND_PREFIX}help for help`,
                type: 'WATCHING',
            },
            status: 'online'
        });
    }
});

and it worked.