how to send a message to specific channel Discord.js

Question

I need the code to send a message to a channel I have looked on stack overflow but there all too old and through up a error

Answer 1

There is a guide for this on the discord.js guide.

const channel = <client>.channels.cache.get('<id>');
channel.send('<content>');

An improved version would be:

<client>.channels.fetch('<id>').then(channel => channel.send('<content>'))

Answer 2

At first you need to get the channel ID or Channel Name to do that

/* You handle in command and have message */
// With Channel Name
const ChannelWantSend = message.guild.channels.cache.find(channel => channel.name === 'Channel Name');
// With Channel ID
const ChannelWantSend = message.guild.channels.cache.get(channelId);
ChannelWantSend.send('Your Message');

/* If you start from root of your bot , having client */

// With Channel Name
const ChannelWantSend = client.channels.cache.find(channel => channel.name === 'Channel Name');
// With Channel ID
const ChannelWantSend = client.channels.cache.get(channelId);
ChannelWantSend.send('Your Message');

// In both case If ChannelWantSend is undefined where is a small chance that discord.js not caching channel so you need to fetch it

const ChannelWantSend = client.channels.fetch(channelId);

Answer 3

Discord.js sending a message to a specific channel

Not sure if you have tested out this code yet, but it looks like this may answer your question?

I haven't tested this, but the thread I linked seems to have tested it as of June 2020!

Answer 4

Shortly, I send message to specific channel like under.

<client>.channels.cache.get("<channel_id>").send("SEND TEXT");

Under code piece is my own usage.
In my case, I save all of Direct Messages to my own channel.

const Discord = require('discord.js');
const client = new Discord.Client();

function saveDMToAdminChannel(message) {
  var textDM = `${message.author.username}#${message.author.discriminator} : ${message.content}`;
  client.channels.cache.get("0011223344556677").send(textDM);
  // "0011223344556677" is just sample.
}

client.on("message", async message => {
  if(message.author.bot) return;
  if(message.channel.type == 'dm') {
    saveDMToAdminChannel(message);
  }
});

In my own channel, DM's are saved like,

00:00 User1#1234 : Please fix bug
07:30 User2#2345 : Please fix bug!!
10:23 User3#3456 : Please fix bug!!!!