How do I get my async function to work? Typescript

Question

I'm working on a discord bot and need to check if a user is in my database or not so that I can make a profile for new users. I'm new at using async functions so I've been looking around for examples but can't seem to get it to work how I want.

Using Typescript / DiscordJS / mongoDB

let profileData;
try {
  const makeProfile = async () => {
    profileData = await profileModels.findOne({ userID: message.author.id });
    if (!profileData) {
      setTimeout(async () => {
        await new profileSchema({
          userID: message.author.id,
          serverID: message.guild?.id,
          balance: 0,
          inventory: [],
          bank: 0,
        }).save();
      }, 1000);
    }
  };
} catch (err) {
  console.log(err);
}

Uh, you're never calling `makeProfile`? – Bergi Jan 26 '22 at 03:36 — Bergi, Jan 26 '22 at 03:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '22 at 03:25

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async function makeProfile() {
  try {
    const profileData = await profileModels.findOne({
      userID: message.author.id,
    });

    await new profileSchema({
      userID: message.author.id,
      serverID: message.guild?.id,
      balance: 0,
      inventory: [],
      bank: 0,
    }).save();
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
}

answered Jan 26 '22 at 03:25

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thanks so much! worked perfectly – popoispoop Jan 26 '22 at 03:37
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This is missing the 1s delay though – Bergi Jan 26 '22 at 03:37

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '22 at 03:34

let profileData; // Left this in global scope in case you want to access it outside the function scope
async function makeProfile() {
  try {
    profileData = await profileModels.findOne({ userID: message.author.id });
    if (!profileData) {
      setTimeout(() => {
        await new profileSchema({
          userID: message.author.id,
          serverID: message.guild?.id,
          balance: 0,
          inventory: [],
          bank: 0,
        }).save();
      }, 1000);
    }
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err); // Would recommend console.error for errors
  }
}

Make sure to await the function when calling it if you care about the timing.

Since this is a discord bot and the function appears to be initialized inside the message_create listener, you might want to consider making a parameter for message and moving this out of the event listener.

How do I get my async function to work? Typescript

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