Snippet: Create channel under a category, app returns button to navigate to the new channel

Create channel under a category, app returns button to navigate to the new channel

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This snippet will create a channel in a specified category (if category is not existing, will automatically create one, create a new category). Bot will message the creator after successful creation, and will provide a button to directly navigate to the new channel. Note that access is initially set as private, only the creator can view it! -- customizable see comment at line 40

const lib = require('lib')({token: process.env.STDLIB_SECRET_TOKEN});

const categoryName = `custom-channels`; //Category name where channels will be created [You can change this]
const guildId = context.params.event.guild_id;
let categoryId = ''; //Placeholder for the category

//Get all existing channels in the discord server
let channels = await lib.discord.guilds['@0.0.2'].channels.list({
  guild_id: guildId,
});

//Find the target category based on categoryName
let targetCategory = channels.find((channel) => {
  return channel.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(categoryName.toLowerCase()) > -1;
});

//Check if the target category is existing, else create a new category
if (targetCategory) {
  categoryId = targetCategory.id;
} else {
  let newCategory = await lib.discord.guilds['@release'].channels.create({
    guild_id: guildId,
    name: categoryName,
    type: 4, //type = 4 for category
  });
  categoryId = newCategory.id;
}

//Create a new channel wherein access is not allowed to everyone but only for the user who created it
let newChannel = await lib.discord.guilds['@0.2.4'].channels.create({
  guild_id: guildId,
  parent_id: categoryId,
  name: `${context.params.event.author.username}-channel`, //Name of the new channel [You can change this]
  topic: ``,
  type: 0,
  permission_overwrites: [
    {
      id: `${context.params.event.guild_id}`,
      type: 0,
      deny: `${1 << 10}`, //change "deny" to "allow" if you want everyone to access the new channel
    },
    {
      id: `${context.params.event.author.id}`,
      type: 1,
      allow: `${1 << 10}`,
    },
  ],
});

//Get the url for newly created channel
let channelUrl =
  'https://discord.com/channels/' + guildId + '/' + newChannel.id;

//Create a message with button to navigate to the new channel
return lib.discord.channels['@0.3.0'].messages.create({
  channel_id: `${context.params.event.channel_id}`,
  content: ``,
  components: [
    {
      type: 1,
      components: [
        {
          style: 5,
          label: `Go to channel`,
          url: channelUrl,
          disabled: false,
          type: 2,
        },
      ],
    },
  ],
  embeds: [
    {
      type: 'rich',
      title: `New Channel`,
      description: `Hey, <@!${context.params.event.author.id}>! Your channel has been successfully created.`,
      color: 0x00ffff,
    },
  ],
});