msg.author.dmChannel does not exist - node.js

Question

so i need to get msg.author.dmChannel
it doesnt work
the msg.author object is the following:
User {
id: '0000000000000000',
bot: false,
system: false,
flags: UserFlags { bitfield: 0 },
username: 'username' ,
discriminator: '0000',
avatar: '8eb21315f800000000000000000000008a78ab77e',
banner: undefined,
accentColor: undefined
}
so there really is no dmChannel? how do i make one? msg.author.createDM() doesnt work
EDIT:
msg.author.send('What is the password?' + '\n If this is not you or you did not use the confim-subscription command please disregard this message. You have 1 minute'); has already been used
msg.author.send('What is the password?' + '\n If this is not you or you did not use the `confim-subscription` command please disregard this message. You have 1 minute');
console.log(msg.author);
let channel = msg.author.dmChannel;
console.log(channel);
channel.awaitMessages(m => m.author.id == msg.author.id, {
max: 1,
time: 60000,
errors: ['time']
})
.then(dm => {
dm = dm.first()
if (dm.content == password || dm.content.toUpperCase() == 'Y') {
dm.channel.send(`Your respone has been processed :thumbsup:`);
var role = message.guild.roles.find(role => role.name === "Member");
msg.guild.members.cache.get(msg.author.id).roles.add(role)
} else {
dm.channel.send(`Terminated: Invalid Response`)
}
})

Answer 1

In v13, DMs need their own intent (DIRECT_MESSAGES). Also, User.dmChannel can be null. To force a DM, you can use User.createDM which returns the channel. Here is what could be the final code:
let channel = await msg.author.createDM();
channel.send('What is the password?' + '\n If this is not you or you did not use the `confim-subscription` command please disregard this message. You have 1 minute');
channel.awaitMessages(m => m.author.id == msg.author.id, {
max: 1,
time: 60000,
errors: ['time']
})
.then(dm => {
dm = dm.first()
if (dm.content == password || dm.content.toUpperCase() == 'Y') {
dm.channel.send(`Your respone has been processed :thumbsup:`);
var role = message.guild.roles.find(role => role.name === "Member");
msg.guild.members.cache.get(msg.author.id).roles.add(role)
} else {
dm.channel.send(`Terminated: Invalid Response`)
}
})
Note your client does need the DM intents. You can provide it like this:
const client = new Client({
intents: [
Intents.FLAGS.DIRECT_MESSAGES //you can add other intents as needed
]
})