Snippet: Upload Images and Videos to a Channel From a Bot

Upload Images and Videos to a Channel From a Bot

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Example of an Image/Video file or url conversion to buffer and posting to a different channel by a bot

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

module.exports = async (event, context) => {
let result = await lib.discord.channels['@0.2.0'].messages.retrieve({
    message_id: event.id,
    channel_id: `${process.env.Channel_to_upload}`
  });
  
  if (result.attachments[0] == null) {
    console.log("empty");
    return;
  }
  
  console.log(result.attachments[0].url);
  
  console.log(result.attachments[0].content_type);
  
  var vs = result.attachments[0].content_type;
  
  var vsx = vs.slice(6, 9);
  
  if (vsx === "qui") {
    vsx = "mov";
  }
  
  if (vsx === "jpe") {
    vsx = "jpg";
  }
  
  if (vsx === "x-m") {
    vsx = "wmv";
  }
  
  let buffer = await lib.http.request['@1.1.5']({
    method: 'GET',
    url: `${result.attachments[0].url}`,
  }).then((result) => {
    return result.body;
  });
  
  await lib.discord.channels['@0.2.0'].messages.create({
    channel_id: `${process.env.Channel_to_send}`,
    content: '',
    file: Buffer.from(buffer),
    filename: `${result.attachments[0].id}.${vsx}`,
  });
  
  await lib.discord.channels['@0.0.6'].messages.destroy({
    message_id: event.id,
    channel_id: `${process.env.Channel_to_upload}`, //replace with your channel id
  });
}