message.startsWith is not a function

[whitesockies]

Source

client.on('chat', (uptime, channel, user, message, self) => {
if(message.startsWith("!")){
  let args = message.split(' ')

  let command = args[0].split('!')[1].toLowerCase();

  try {

    let command_file = require('./commands/' + command + '.js')
    command_file.run(client, message, args, channel, uptime);
  }
  catch(error) {

    console.log("no " + command + " command")
  }
}
})

Actual behaviour: No response from the bot.

Expected behaviour: The bot will look for instances of a "command" and will do the action of whatever "command".js is.

Error log:

TypeError: message.startsWith is not a function
at client.on (/app/index.js:70:12)
    at client.EventEmitter.emit (/app/node_modules/tmi.js/lib/events.js:101:25)
    at client.EventEmitter.emits (/app/node_modules/tmi.js/lib/events.js:64:19)
    at client.handleMessage (/app/node_modules/tmi.js/lib/client.js:1003:34)
    at parts.forEach (/app/node_modules/tmi.js/lib/client.js:1080:36)
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at client._onMessage (/app/node_modules/tmi.js/lib/client.js:1079:11)
    at WebSocket.onMessage (/app/node_modules/ws/lib/event-target.js:120:16)
    at WebSocket.emit (events.js:189:13)
    at Receiver.receiverOnMessage (/app/node_modules/ws/lib/websocket.js:742:20)

Server configuration

• Operating system: Ubuntu 18.04.2
• Node version: 7.10.x
• tmi.js version: 1.4.2

[AlcaDesign]

You should try debugging your arguments. If you tried to log all of them you'd probably realize that "uptime" is not part of the event.

(uptime, channel, user, message, self) => {

Should be

(channel, user, message, self) => {