How to create rotating status messages for Discord bot

[FlyingEagle]

I’m trying to set up my Discord bot so it switches between different status messages automatically. I want it to alternate every 10 seconds between showing the server count and user count. Right now my bot only displays one static status message when it starts up. I need help creating a timer that cycles through multiple activities. Here’s what I have so far:

bot.on('ready', () => {
  console.log('Bot is online: ' + bot.user.username);
  bot.user.setPresence({
    activities: [{
      name: `${bot.guilds.cache.size} communities | !commands`,
      type: 'WATCHING'
    }]
  });
});

How can I modify this to make the status rotate between different messages automatically?

[JumpingMountain]

Create a function outside the ready event to handle rotation. Store your status messages in an array and use modulo to cycle through them cleanly. This approach works great:

let statusIndex = 0;
const statuses = [
  { name: `${bot.guilds.cache.size} servers`, type: 'WATCHING' },
  { name: `${bot.users.cache.size} users`, type: 'LISTENING' }
];

function updateStatus() {
  bot.user.setPresence({
    activities: [statuses[statusIndex % statuses.length]]
  });
  statusIndex++;
}

bot.on('ready', () => {
  updateStatus(); // Set initial status
  setInterval(updateStatus, 10000);
});

Modulo prevents index overflow and keeps rotation smooth. One thing - guild and user counts won’t auto-update in the status text unless you refresh them inside the function.

[henryg]

try putting your setPresence in a setInterval running every 10 sec. make an array of status msgs and cycle through them using a counter. make sure to reset the counter at the end, otherwise it’ll mess up.

[livbrown]

Had the exact same problem with my first Discord bot. The issue is that guild and user counts get cached at startup, so rotation won’t show current numbers. I fixed it by putting the count calculations inside the rotation function instead of storing them statically. Try this in your interval function: bot.user.setPresence({ activities: [{ name: ${bot.guilds.cache.size} servers | !help, type: 'WATCHING' }] }); It recalculates the server count each update. Also throw some error handling around setPresence - it’ll fail if the bot loses connection temporarily. Found that out when my bot kept crashing during network issues.