feat: replaces require with dynamic import for loading commands

Author: mrepol742

src/components/utils/cmd/loader.ts

@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ import { commands } from "../../../index";
 
 const commandsPath = path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", "..", "commands");
 
-export default function loader(file: string, customPath?: string) {
+export default async function loader(file: string, customPath?: string) {
   if (/\.js$|\.ts$/.test(file)) {
     const filePath = path.join(customPath || commandsPath, file);
 
-    if (require.cache[require.resolve(filePath)])
-      delete require.cache[require.resolve(filePath)];
+    const resolvedPath = path.resolve(filePath);
+    if (require.cache[resolvedPath]) {
+      delete require.cache[resolvedPath];
+    }
 
-    const commandModule = require(filePath);
+    const commandModule = await import(filePath);
 
     if (
       typeof commandModule.default === "function" &&
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ export default function loader(file: string, customPath?: string) {
 
 export async function mapCommands() {
   const files = await fs.readdir(commandsPath);
+  await Promise.all(files.map((file) => loader(file)));
+}
 
-  Promise.all(files.map((file) => loader(file)));
-}
+export function mapCommandsBackground() {
+  mapCommands().catch(err => log.error("MapCommandLoader", err));
+}

src/index.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dotenv.config();
 import { Message } from "whatsapp-web.js";
 import path from "path";
 import log from "./components/utils/log";
-import loader, { mapCommands } from "./components/utils/cmd/loader";
+import loader, { mapCommandsBackground } from "./components/utils/cmd/loader";
 import watcher from "./components/utils/cmd/watcher";
 import "./components/process";
 import server from "./components/server";
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ log.info("Bot", `prefix: ${commandPrefix}`);
 
 if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
   throw new Error(
-    "DATABASE_URL is not set in the environment variables.\n This is required for the bot to function properly."
+    "DATABASE_URL is not set in the environment variables.\n This is required for the bot to function properly.",
   );
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const commands: Record<
   }
 > = {};
 
-mapCommands();
+mapCommandsBackground();
 
 // Watch for changes
 if (autoReload) watcher(commandsPath);