How to prevent my Discord bot from responding as a chatbot when using music commands?

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I made a Discord bot that uses OpenAI for chatting and Distube for music. Both work fine on their own. But when I use a music command with my prefix (like ‘?play’), the bot plays music and also replies as a chatbot. I want the bot to only do music stuff when I use a command with the prefix. How can I stop the AI chat function when using music commands?

Here’s a basic example of what I’m dealing with:

const Discord = require('discord.js');
const OpenAI = require('openai');
const Distube = require('distube');

const bot = new Discord.Client();
const ai = new OpenAI({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });
const music = new Distube(bot);

bot.on('message', async (msg) => {
  if (msg.content.startsWith('?')) {
    // Music commands
    handleMusicCommand(msg);
  } else {
    // AI chat
    const response = await ai.createCompletion({ prompt: msg.content });
    msg.reply(response.choices[0].text);
  }
});

function handleMusicCommand(msg) {
  // Music logic here
}

bot.login('your-bot-token');

How can I improve this so the AI doesn’t respond during music commands?

2

I’ve encountered a similar issue with my Discord bot. The problem lies in your message event handler. Currently, it’s checking for the prefix and then immediately falling through to the AI response for all other messages. To fix this, you need to add a return statement after handling the music command.

Here’s how you can modify your code:

bot.on('message', async (msg) => {
  if (msg.content.startsWith('?')) {
    handleMusicCommand(msg);
    return; // Add this line
  }
  
  // AI chat only happens if it's not a music command
  const response = await ai.createCompletion({ prompt: msg.content });
  msg.reply(response.choices[0].text);
});

This ensures that once a music command is processed, the function exits without reaching the AI chat logic. It’s a simple fix, but it should solve your problem effectively.

3

yo, try adding a flag to check if ur bot’s in music mode. like this:

let inMusicMode = false;

bot.on('message', async (msg) => {
  if (msg.content.startsWith('?')) {
    inMusicMode = true;
    handleMusicCommand(msg);
    inMusicMode = false;
    return;
  }
  
  if (!inMusicMode) {
    // AI chat stuff here
  }
});

this way, AI chat won’t kick in during music cmds

4

I’ve dealt with this problem in my own projects. In my experience, introducing a state flag to control the bot’s mode is an effective solution. You can initialize a boolean variable to false, and when a music command is detected, toggle it to true. Then, before processing any AI chat logic, check the flag to ensure it is not set. Once the music command finishes executing, reset the flag back to false. This practice helps manage the bot’s behavior and prevents overlapping functionalities between music and chat modes.