discord.js check event channel has permission or not

Question

how can i check the channel permissions to send message

In my case i am in an event called userUpdate.js where my code is something like

module.exports =  async (client,oldUser, newUser) => {

    if (newUser.bot) return;    
    if(oldUser.username === newUser.username) return ;

        var log = client.guilds.channels.find(ch => ch.name.includes('member-log'));
        if (log != null) 
        var sEmbed = new Discord.RichEmbed()
           .setColor("RANDOM")
           .setTimestamp()
           .setDescription(`**OLD-USER** <@${oldUser.username}> **NEW-USER**\n<@${newUser.id}>`)
        log.send(sEmbed);
}

but it doesn't have message parameter like in message event so how can i check bots permission

if (!message.channel.permissionsFor(client.user).has("SEND_MESSAGES")) return;

so how shall i put this in the userUpdate.js event file ?

Answer 1

I see you have the variable log which is the channel you want to send the message to. Just use the same snippet as above, but replace message.channel with log.

if (!log.permissionsFor(client.user).has("SEND_MESSAGES")) return;

Also: Your error handling is pretty bad in the script above and may could make more errors instead of preventing them. Probably try just returning if log is null. You could replace the line if (log != null) with if (!log) return;