Channel

extends Snowflake

Defines the base methods and properties for all Discord channel types.

This is an abstract base class. Direct instances should never exist.

Properties Inherited From Snowflake

Name	Type	Description
client	Client	A shortcut to the client object to which this container is visible.
createdAt	number	The Unix time in seconds at which this object was created by Discord. Additional decimal points may be present, though only the first 3 (milliseconds) should be considered accurate. Equivalent to Date.parseSnowflake(Snowflake.id).
id	string	The Snowflake ID that can be used to identify the object. This is guaranteed to be unique except in cases where an object shares the ID of its parent.
parent	Container/Client	The parent object of to which this container is a child. For example, the parent of a role is the guild in which the role exists.
timestamp	string	The date and time at which this object was created by Discord, represented as an ISO 8601 string plus microseconds when available. Equivalent to Date.fromSnowflake(Snowflake.id):toISO().

Properties

Name	Type	Description
mentionString	string	A string that, when included in a message content, may resolve as a link to a channel in the official Discord client.
type	number	The channel type. See the channelType enumeration for a human-readable representation.

Methods Inherited From Snowflake

__eq()

Defines the behavior of the == operator. Allows containers to be directly compared according to their type and __hash return values.

Returns: boolean

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__hash()

Returns Snowflake.id

Returns: string

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__tostring()

Defines the behavior of the tostring function. All containers follow the format ClassName: hash.

Returns: string

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getDate()

Returns a unique Date object that represents when the object was created by Discord. Equivalent to Date.fromSnowflake(Snowflake.id)

This method only operates on data in memory.

Returns: Date

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