How do I fix CLIENT_MISSING_INTENTS error?

Question

I started learning about discord.js, but now I am facing this issue. I tried some googling, but I couldn't manage to fix it.

const Discord = require('discord.js');
// const Discord = require('discord.js');

// Using Intents class
const client = new Discord.Client();

client.on('message', (msg) => {
  // Send back a reply when the specific command has been written by a user.
  if (msg.content === '!hello') {
    msg.reply('Hello, World!');
  }
});

client.login('my_token');

This is the error I am getting:

Answer 1

You need to specify the events which you want your bot to receive using gateway intents.

Instead of

const client = new Discord.Client();

Use

const client = new Discord.Client({ intents: [Enter intents here] })

For example

const client = new Discord.Client({ intents: ["GUILDS", "GUILD_MESSAGES"] })

Here's another useful page: Gateways

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• Intents help you control which events your bot receives. See Privileged Intents for more information.
• You need node.js 16.6 or higher to use discord.js13. npm install node@16 in shell.
• The list of events are under the events tab at Client.

Answer 2

You can instead just degrade the discord.js version by typing this into the shell:

npm i [email protected]

The latest discord.js version doesn't function very well, so I use v12. It isn't a complicated script.

Answer 3

client = new Discord.Client({intents: 32767})