JavaScript TypeError: Cannot read property 'startsWith' of undefined - discord bot

Question

I must start this question by saying that I have very little knowledge of javascript (I\'m practiced in Java) and just wanted to make a (somewhat) simple Discord bot that would

Answer 1

Your issue is, that you mix discord.js with discord.io

discord.js is object oriented where discord.io is not, so in discord.io your message is already a string!

Example discord.io message event.

bot.on('message', function(user, userID, channelID, message, event) {
    if (message === "ping") {
        bot.sendMessage({
            to: channelID,
            message: "pong"
        });
    }
});