Restart app node.js/js

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Hello there. I am working on a disord.js bot and I want a command that allows me to shut the bot down and have it automatically. If there was any change in code I would like it to update. I hovever cannot find a way to do this. I am ok downloading a new Node.js application if needed. If someone can find this what would a watch.json look like that doesn’t change at all.

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Hey, WilsontheWolf

Here is the easiest way to do that:

process.exit(1);

My restart bot command:

if (message.content === 'restartthebot') {
  if (message.author.id !== 'Owners ID') return;
  message.channel.send('Restarted.').then(() => {
  process.exit(1);
})
};

Thanks and cheers!

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Thanks Trying it now

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Is your project public? I’m interested in what you’re doing but have no context … would love to take a peek. If not public, no worries.

Thanks!
Patrick

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wilsonmusictest is where I have put it in. I am making a discord music bot and sometimes it needs to reboot

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That’s really interesting - a kind of use case I wasn’t aware I could handle on glitch (and didn’t know where you meant until I saw it in server.js). Thanks!

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Bumb :grimacing:. This only shuts down the bot, doesn’t actually restart it.

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You can use the refresh command in the console to restart your project.

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This Should Work:

const Discord = require(‘discord.js’);
const client = new Discord.Client();
const settings = {
token: ‘YOUR - TOKEN - HERE’,
prefix: ‘YOUR - PREFIX - HERE’,
};
client.on(‘message’, message => {
if (message.content === ${settings.prefix}restart) {
const embed = new Discord.RichEmbed()
.setDescription(Restarted in: **${Math.floor(client.ping)}**ms);
if (message.author.id !== ‘YOUR-ID-HERE’) {
const NotAllowedEmbed = new Discord.RichEmbed()
.setDescription(You Cannot Restart ${client.user.tag}!);
message.channel.send(NotAllowedEmbed);
}
message.channel.send(embed)
.then(() => client.destroy())
.then(() => client.login(settings.token));
}
});

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use:
.then(() => client.login(YOUR-TOKEN-HERE));
or see my other comment :wink:

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this would destroy the client but not reload the code. if you have glitch process.exit shuts down the bot and glitch starts back up again. If you want this on a non-glitch bot use pm2