Add-on Creation

Doing addon for NovaBot is simple

Folder Structure

Folder Structure

novabot:
  - index.js
  - addons:
    - yourAddon:
      - index.js
      - events:
        - event.js
      - commands:
        - command.js

To ensure NovaBot will read all files in order, we have to strictly follow folder structure. NovaBot automatically register all commands inside of commands folder and register all events in events folder.

index.js

async function myFunction(){
    console.log("Hello World!");
}

module.exports = {
  name: "YourAddon",
  version: "1.0.0",
  author: "YourName",
  description: "My awesome add-on!",
  myFunction

This is simple index.js. As you can see, module.exports exports name, version, author and description. These variables are important for NovaBot to have, so it can show in /reload and in console upon start.

command.js

const { SlashCommandBuilder, MessageFlags } = require("discord.js");

const { myFunction } = require("../index.js");

module.exports = {
    data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
    .setName("command")
    .setDescription("Simple command"),

    async execute(interaction){
        await myFunction();
        await interaction.reply({
            content: "myFunction works!",
            flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral
            //ephemeral: true is deprecated and obsolete
        })
    }
}

This will create a simple slash (/) command for our bot which calls myFunction function which will say "Hello World!" into console.

event.js

module.exports = {
    name: "messageCreate",
    async execute(message){
        console.log(`${message.author.id} wrote ${message}`);
    }
}

This will send "000000000000000000 wrote MyMessageContent" into console every time a user send a message.

Success

We are done! Hope you will unleash your creativity!