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How do you display content of a .JSON file using Discord.js?

rated 0 times [ 6] [ 4] / answers: 1 / hits: 13075 / 4 Years ago, tue, february 18, 2020, 12:00:00

Currently my code reads out as

if(message.content.startsWith(prefix + 'readback')) {



  fs.readFile('msgs.json', (err, data) => {

    if (err) throw err;

    let _msgs = JSON.parse(data);

    message.channel.send(_msgs);

    console.log(_msgs)

  });

}

with all appropriate constants and variables

While using prefix + 'readback, the Discord Bot displays _msgs as [object Object] - to make sure it wasn't an issue with the code, I added console.log(_msgs), and the correct JSON file content displays in the console. Is there a way to get the Bot to display the contents of the JSON file in a channel?

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answered 4 Years ago trinity · Accepted Answer

You can take advantage of discord markdown.

Code block, as on Stack Overflow, can be used to format code and even add color:

```json  

{

    "some": "json"

}

```

will render like this:

Now, as stated by Xander Kyle in comment, you want to use JSON.stringify as message.channel.send use toString to convert variable to string and it doesn't work "as you want" for objects.

fs.readFile('msgs.json', (err, data) => {

  if (err) { throw err; }

  const _msgs = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(data), null, 2);

  message.channel.send('```jsonn' + _msgs + 'n```');

  console.log(_msgs)

});

The 2 in stringify make the json indented (documentation)