# Slash Commands in Discord.js

These are some simple examples for using Slash Commands in discord.js.  
discord.js doesn't have full support for slash commands yet ([there's a wip pr](https://github.com/discordjs/discord.js/pull/5106)) but you can still use the underlying api and websocket to use them.  
Note that discord.js doesn't officially support using client.api, this is basically just a workaround until they fully release support.

Please read [Discord's Slash Command docs](https://discord.com/developers/docs/interactions/slash-commands) since they have actual docs and details for slash commands; the code examples below are just how you can implement it using discord.js.

Note that slash commands won't show in a server unless that server has authorized it with the `applications.commands` oauth2 scope (not just the `bot` scope).

## Registering a Command:
You only need to register each command one time. You might wanna use an eval command for this.

Send a [Command](https://discord.com/developers/docs/interactions/slash-commands#applicationcommand) object
### Global Commands
global commands show in all authorized servers, but take up to an hour to deploy.
```js
// if your application id and bot id are different, change client.user.id to the application id
client.api.applications(client.user.id).commands.post({data: {
    name: 'ping',
    description: 'ping pong!'
}})
```

### Guild-specific commands
guild commands deploy immediately - use these for testing
```js
// if your application id and bot id are different, change client.user.id to the application id
client.api.applications(client.user.id).guilds('guild id').commands.post({data: {
    name: 'ping',
    description: 'ping pong!'
}})
```

## Receiving the Event
`interaction` is an [Interaction object](https://discord.com/developers/docs/interactions/slash-commands#interaction)
```js
client.ws.on("INTERACTION_CREATE", async interaction => {
  
})
```

## Responding To An Interaction:
send an [Interaction Response](https://discord.com/developers/docs/interactions/slash-commands#interaction-interaction-response) object
```js
client.api.interactions(interaction.id, interaction.token).callback.post({data: {
  type: 4,
  data: {
    content: 'hello world!'
    }
  }
})
```

shortlink: [s.advaith.io/slashdjs](https://s.advaith.io/slashdjs)