class CategoryChannel

extends

GuildChannel
export class CategoryChannel extends GuildChannel

Represents a guild category channel on Discord.

appPermissions
children
client
createdAt
createdTimestamp
deletable
flags
guild
guildId
id
manageable
members
name
parent
parentId
partial
permissionOverwrites
permissions
permissionsLocked
position
rawPosition
type
url
viewable
clone
delete
edit
equals
fetch
isDMBased
isSendable
isTextBased
isThread
isThreadOnly
isVoiceBased
lockPermissions
permissionsFor
setName
setParent
setPosition
toJSON
toString
valueOf

appPermissions : Readonly<PermissionsBitField> | null

The computed permissions of the application in this channel, including overwrites. This is only present on channels received through an interaction's resolved data, and only when the application's bot user is in the guild.

Inherited from: BaseChannel

readonly
children : CategoryChannelChildManager

A manager of the channels belonging to this category

readonly
client : Client<true>

The client that instantiated this

Inherited from: Base

readonly
createdAt : Date

The time the channel was created at

Inherited from: GuildChannel

readonly
createdTimestamp : number

The timestamp the channel was created at

Inherited from: GuildChannel

readonly
deletable : boolean

Whether the channel is deletable by the client user

Inherited from: GuildChannel

flags : Readonly<ChannelFlagsBitField>

The flags that are applied to the channel. This is only null in a PartialGroupDMChannel. In all other cases, it is not null.

Inherited from: GuildChannel

guild : Guild

The guild the channel is in

Inherited from: GuildChannel

guildId : Snowflake

The id of the guild the channel is in

Inherited from: GuildChannel

id : Snowflake

The channel's id

Inherited from: BaseChannel

readonly
manageable : boolean

Whether the channel is manageable by the client user

Inherited from: GuildChannel

readonly
members : Collection<Snowflake, GuildMember>

A collection of cached members of this channel, mapped by their ids. Members that can view this channel, if the channel is text-based. Members in the channel, if the channel is voice-based.

Inherited from: GuildChannel

name : string

The name of the guild channel

Inherited from: GuildChannel

readonly
parent : null

The parent of this channel.

parentId : null

The id of the parent of this channel.

readonly
partial : false

Whether this Channel is a partial This is always false outside of DM channels.

Inherited from: BaseChannel

permissionOverwrites : PermissionOverwriteManager

A manager of permission overwrites that belong to this channel

Inherited from: GuildChannel

permissions : Readonly<PermissionsBitField> | null

The computed permissions of the user who invoked the interaction in this channel, including overwrites. This is only present on channels received through an interaction's resolved data.

Inherited from: BaseChannel

readonly
permissionsLocked : boolean | null

If the permissionOverwrites match the parent channel, null if no parent

Inherited from: GuildChannel

readonly
position : number

The position of the channel

Inherited from: GuildChannel

rawPosition : number

The raw position of the channel from Discord

Inherited from: GuildChannel

type : ChannelType.GuildCategory

The type of the channel

readonly
url : string

The URL to the channel

Inherited from: BaseChannel

readonly
viewable : boolean

Whether the channel is viewable by the client user

Inherited from: GuildChannel

clone(
options?: GuildChannelCloneOptions
) : Promise<this>

Clones this channel.

Inherited from: GuildChannel

delete(
reason?: string
) : Promise<this>

Deletes this channel.

Examples:
// Delete the channel
channel.delete('making room for new channels')
  .then(console.log)
  .catch(console.error);

Inherited from: GuildChannel

edit(
options: GuildChannelEditOptions
) : Promise<this>

Edits the channel.

Examples:
// Edit a channel
channel.edit({ name: 'new-channel' })
  .then(console.log)
  .catch(console.error);

Inherited from: GuildChannel

equals(
channel: GuildChannel
) : boolean

Checks if this channel has the same type, topic, position, name, overwrites, and id as another channel. In most cases, a simple channel.id === channel2.id will do, and is much faster too.

Inherited from: GuildChannel

fetch(
force?: boolean = true
) : Promise<this>

Fetches this channel.

Inherited from: BaseChannel

isDMBased() : this is DMChannel | PartialDMChannel | PartialGroupDMChannel

Indicates whether this channel is DM-based (either a DMChannel or a PartialGroupDMChannel).

Inherited from: BaseChannel

isSendable() : this is SendableChannels

Indicates whether this channel is sendable.

Inherited from: BaseChannel

isTextBased() : this is GuildBasedChannel & TextBasedChannel

Indicates whether this channel is text-based.

Inherited from: GuildChannel

isThread() : this is AnyThreadChannel

Indicates whether this channel is a ThreadChannel.

Inherited from: BaseChannel

isThreadOnly() : this is ThreadOnlyChannel

Indicates whether this channel is thread-only.

Inherited from: BaseChannel

isVoiceBased() : this is VoiceBasedChannel

Indicates whether this channel is voice-based.

Inherited from: BaseChannel

lockPermissions() : Promise<this>

Locks in the permission overwrites from the parent channel.

Inherited from: GuildChannel

permissionsFor(
memberOrRole: GuildMember | Role
checkAdmin?: boolean = true
) : Readonly<PermissionsBitField>

Gets the overall set of permissions for a member or role in this channel, taking into account channel overwrites.

setName(
name: string
reason?: string
) : Promise<this>

Sets a new name for the guild channel.

Examples:
// Set a new channel name
channel.setName('not_general')
  .then(newChannel => console.log(`Channel's new name is ${newChannel.name}`))
  .catch(console.error);

Inherited from: GuildChannel

setParent(
channel: CategoryChannelResolvable
options?: SetParentOptions = {}
) : Promise<GuildChannel>

Sets the category parent of this channel. It is not possible to set the parent of a CategoryChannel.

setPosition(
position: number
options?: SetChannelPositionOptions
) : Promise<this>

Sets a new position for the guild channel.

Examples:
// Set a new channel position
channel.setPosition(2)
  .then(newChannel => console.log(`Channel's new position is ${newChannel.position}`))
  .catch(console.error);

Inherited from: GuildChannel

toJSON(
...props: Record<string, boolean | string>[]
) : unknown

Inherited from: Base

toString() : ChannelMention

When concatenated with a string, this automatically returns the channel's mention instead of the Channel object.

Examples:
// Logs: Hello from <#123456789012345678>!
console.log(`Hello from ${channel}!`);

Inherited from: GuildChannel

valueOf() : string

Inherited from: Base