Dev Mode

Global slash commands take up to an hour to register, so it’s recommended to use guild commands during development.

JellyCommands has a dev mode to make this easy.

Setup

To use dev mode, you must tell Jelly which guilds to use.

const client = new JellyCommands({
  dev: {
    guilds: ['663140687591768074'], // Array of guild id's
  },
});

For additional options, see dev options.

Global Dev Mode

Adding dev: true to every command (and remembering to remove it) can be tedious. global dev mode makes this easier.

Enable global dev mode by setting global to true.

const client = new JellyCommands({
  dev: {
    global: true, // This will enable dev mode on every command
    guilds: ['663140687591768074'],
  },
});

Automatic Global Dev Mode

An environment variable can be used to automatically enable dev mode locally with the popular dotenv package.

In your project’s root directory, create a file called .env containing the text NODE_ENV="development". Then, add the following to your config:

import 'dotenv/config'; // Reads environment variables from a .env file
import { Client } from 'jellycommands';

const DEV = process.env['NODE_ENV'] == 'development';

const client = new JellyCommands({
  dev: {
    global: DEV,
    guilds: ['663140687591768074'],
  },
});

Now, dev mode will be enabled when working locally, and disabled when running in production.

Dev Mode for Commands

You can also enable dev mode for individual commands.

import { command } from 'jellycommands';

export default command({
  name: 'commandname',
  description: 'A short description of what the command does',

  global: true,
  dev: true,

  run: ({ interaction }) => {
    // Do something with interaction
  },
});