I can’t send an embed with a slash command (discord.js)

So what happens is Anytime I try to send a embed with a slash command on discord.js it throws an error. Here is the “help.js” file I’m trying to send.

const { SlashCommandBuilder } = require('@discordjs/builders');

const { MessageEmbed } = require('discord.js');

const helpEmbed = {
  "type": "rich",
  "title": `Need Help?`,
  "description": `Here you go.`,
  "color": 0x00fff0
}

module.exports = {
    data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
        .setName('help')
        .setDescription('Prints a Help Message'),
    async execute(interaction) {
        await channel.send({embeds: [helpEmbed]});
    },
};

The Error:

ReferenceError: channel is not defined
    at Object.execute (C:UsersuserDesktopmy-botbot-filecommandshelp.js:37:3)
    at Client.<anonymous> (C:UsersuserDesktopmy-botbot-fileindex.js:31:17)
    at Client.emit (node:events:527:28)
    at InteractionCreateAction.handle (C:UsersuserDesktopmy-botbot-filenode_modulesdiscord.jssrcclientactionsInteractionCreate.js:83:12)
    at Object.module.exports [as INTERACTION_CREATE] (C:UsersuserDesktopmy-botbot-filenode_modulesdiscord.jssrcclientwebsockethandlersINTERACTION_CREATE.js:4:36)
    at WebSocketManager.handlePacket (C:UsersuserDesktopmy-botbot-filenode_modulesdiscord.jssrcclientwebsocketWebSocketManager.js:351:31)
    at WebSocketShard.onPacket (C:UsersuserDesktopmy-botbot-filenode_modulesdiscord.jssrcclientwebsocketWebSocketShard.js:444:22)
    at WebSocketShard.onMessage (C:UsersuserDesktopmy-botbot-filenode_modulesdiscord.jssrcclientwebsocketWebSocketShard.js:301:10)
at WebSocket.onMessage (C:UsersuserDesktopmy-botbot-filenode_moduleswslibevent-target.js:199:18)
at WebSocket.emit (node:events:527:28)

Answer

You are getting this error because the variable channel has not been defined before you used it. Instead you can use interaction.channel.send() if you want to send the help embed to the channel where the user used the slash command or optionally you can fetch the channel by either using the id or the channel name and then send it.

1st option: (If you want to send the embed to the channel where the user used the slash command)

async execute(interaction) {
    await interaction.channel.send({embeds: [helpEmbed]});
}

2nd option: (If you want to find the channel by its id or its name)

async execute(interaction) {
    const channel = interaction.guild.channels.cache.get('channelid')
    // Or
    const channel = interaction.guild.channels.cache.find(ch => ch.name === 'channelName')
    await channel.send({embeds: [helpEmbed]});
}