So I've been trying to do something so if someone dm's you, it'll reply with a message.

Example:

Friend: Hey

Bot: I'm afk

Something like that so basically when someone sends a message to your dms the bot will reply a message saying something.

So I've been trying to do something so if someone dm's you, it'll reply with a message.

Example:

Friend: Hey

Bot: I'm afk

Something like that so basically when someone sends a message to your dms the bot will reply a message saying something.

• javascript
• bots
• discord.js

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2 Answers 2

Without breaking Discord TOS you can't. Because you would need to have a userbot or selfbot. Basically its some bot that acts as the user (in your case reading the messages). And most libraries are dropping the support for selfbots.
For reference: https://support.discordapp./hc/en-us/articles/115002192352-Automated-user-accounts-self-bots-

Automating normal user accounts (generally called "self-bots") outside of the OAuth2/bot API is forbidden, and can result in an account termination if found.

Use client.on and provide a callback function as such:

client.on('message', message => {
  if (message.content.startsWith('Hey'))
    target.send('im afk')
})