deploy-commands.js

const { REST, Routes } = require("discord.js");
const fs = require("node:fs");
const path = require("node:path");
require("dotenv").config();

const DISCORD_TOKEN = process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN;
const CLIENT_ID = process.env.CLIENT_ID;
const GUILDID = process.env.GUILD_ID;

const commands = [];
// Grabbing all the command folders from the commands directory you created earlier
const foldersPath = path.join(__dirname, "commands");
const commandFolders = fs.readdirSync(foldersPath);

for (const folder of commandFolders) {
  // Grab all the command files from the commands directory you created earlier
  const commandsPath = path.join(foldersPath, folder);
  const commandFiles = fs
    .readdirSync(commandsPath)
    .filter((file) => file.endsWith(".js"));
  // Grab the SlashCommandBuilder#toJSON() output of each command's data for deployment
  for (const file of commandFiles) {
    const filePath = path.join(commandsPath, file);
    const command = require(filePath);
    if ("data" in command && "execute" in command) {
      commands.push(command.data.toJSON());
    } else {
      console.log(
        `[WARNING] The command at ${filePath} is missing a required "data" or "execute" property.`
      );
    }
  }
}

// Constructing and preparing an instance of the REST module
const rest = new REST().setToken(DISCORD_TOKEN);

// deploying commands!

 async function startDeployment() {
    try {
        // The put method  used to fully refresh all commands in the guild with the current set
        const data = await rest.put(
          Routes.applicationGuildCommands(CLIENT_ID, GUILDID),
          { body: commands }
        );
        console.log(`Successfully reloaded ${data.length} application (/) commands.`);
      } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
      }
}

module.exports = {
    startDeployment
}

// (async () => {
//   try {
//     // The put method  used to fully refresh all commands in the guild with the current set
//     const data = await rest.put(
//       Routes.applicationGuildCommands(CLIENT_ID, GUILDID),
//       { body: commands }
//     );
//     console.log(`Successfully reloaded ${data.length} application (/) commands.`);
//   } catch (error) {
//     console.error(error);
//   }
// })();