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!createcategory | doesn’t create category | What to do? Discord.js

client.on('ready', () => {
    command(client, 'createcategory', (message) => {
      const name = message.content.replace('!createcategory ', '')
      
      if(message.guild.channels.cache.find(c => c.name == message.author.username && c.type == "category") === undefined){
          message.guild.channels.create(message.author.username, {type: 'category', permissionOverwrites: [
          {
              id: message.guild.id,
              deny: ['VIEW_CHANNEL'],
          },
          {
              id: message.author.id,
              allow: ['VIEW_CHANNEL'],
          },
      ]})
      message.guild.channels.create('Text channel', {type: 'text', permissionOverwrites: [
        {
            id: message.guild.id,
            deny: ['VIEW_CHANNEL'],
        },
        {
            id: message.author.id,
            allow: ['VIEW_CHANNEL'],
        },
    ]}).then(channel => {
      let category = message.guild.channels.cache.find(c => c.name == message.author.username && c.type ==       "category");
  
      if (!category) throw new Error("Category channel does not exist");
      channel.setParent(category.id);
    }).catch(console.error);
      message.guild.channels.create('Voice channel', {type: 'voice', permissionOverwrites: [
        {
            id: message.guild.id,
            deny: ['VIEW_CHANNEL'],
        },
        {
            id: message.author.id,
            allow: ['VIEW_CHANNEL'],
        },
    ]}).then(channel => {
      let category = message.guild.channels.cache.find(c => c.name == message.author.username && c.type ==       "category");
  
      if (!category) throw new Error("Category channel does not exist");
      channel.setParent(category.id);
    }).catch(console.error);
       } else {message.send('Jau tu turi kanala, kurviuk tu')}
  });
});

The code used to work, but somehow I forgot what I did with it and didn’t code for 2 months or so… The function should be – when you write !createcategory it should create a category with voice and text channels in it. The category should be named by your user name. There is no error in the console, please help, thanks!

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Answer

I’m not sure what’s causing your issue, but try setting the parent of the text and voice channels when you create the channel:

// GuildChannelManager#create returns the channel you created
message.guild.channels.create(message.author.username, {
    type: 'category',
    permissionOverwrites: [
        {id: message.guild.id, deny: ['VIEW_CHANNEL']},
        {id: message.author.id, allow: ['VIEW_CHANNEL']},
    ]
}).then(parent => {
    // Create the text channel
    message.guild.channels.create('Text channel', {
        type: 'text',
        // under the parent category
        parent, // shorthand for parent: parent
        permissionOverwrites: [
            {id: message.guild.id, deny: ['VIEW_CHANNEL']},
            {id: message.author.id, allow: ['VIEW_CHANNEL']},
        ]
    }).catch(console.error)
    // Same with the voice channel
    message.guild.channels.create('Voice channel', {
        type: 'voice',
        parent,
        permissionOverwrites: [
            {id: message.guild.id, deny: ['VIEW_CHANNEL']},
            {id: message.author.id, allow: ['VIEW_CHANNEL']},
        ]
    }).catch(console.error)
})

You could also use ES2017’s async/await:

// Must be an async function      vvvvv
command(client, 'createcategory', async (message) => {
   // ...
   const parent = await message.guild.channels.create(/* ... */)
    try {
        // Run the promises concurrently, like in your code
        await Promise.all([
            message.guild.channels.create('Text channel', {/* ... */})
            message.guild.channels.create('Voice channel', {/* ... */)
        ])
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error)
    }
    // ...
})
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