bot.js

require('dotenv').config()

//importing essentials
const fs = require('fs')
const Discord = require('discord.js')

const bot = new Discord.Client()
bot.commands = new Discord.Collection()

//Here we read through all the files in the command folder ending with .js with a fs module.
const commandFiles = fs
  .readdirSync('./commands')
  .filter((file) => file.endsWith('.js'))

//In this we add files we read through fs module into the collection declared above
for (const file of commandFiles) {
  const command = require(`./commands/${file}`)
  bot.commands.set(command.name, command)
}

bot.once('ready', () => {
  console.log('Ready!')
})

bot.on('message', (message) => {
  //checks if the message is intended for bot or not
  if (!message.content.startsWith(process.env.PREFIX) || message.author.bot)
    return

  //seperates the arguments and the command from message
  const mess = message
  let args = message.content.slice(process.env.PREFIX.length).trim().split(/ +/)
  const commandName = args.shift().toLowerCase()
  if (commandName == 'job') {
    args = mess.content.slice(process.env.PREFIX.length).trim().split('|')
  }

  //Checks if a particular command exist or not
  if (!bot.commands.has(commandName)) return

  //from the collection picks out the command with commandName
  const command = bot.commands.get(commandName)

  //Checks if command require arguments
  //if true then it will check if arguments are present or not
  if (command.args && !args.length) {
    try {
      message.channel.send(
        `You didn't provide any arguments, ${message.author}!`
      )
    } catch (error) {
      console.log(error)
      return
    }
  }

  //execute the command
  //logs for error on console by checking them
  try {
    command.execute(message, args)
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error)
    message.reply('there was an error trying to execute that command!')
  }
})

// (async () => {
//   await try
// })();

bot.login(process.env.TOKEN)