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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.

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

For additional options, see dev options.

NOTE

If dev mode is enabled, at least one guild id must be specified within dev.guilds

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.

js
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:

js
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.

NOTE

You should also set global to true so the command is still registered globally when out of dev mode.

js
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
    }
})

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