Discord.js send a webhook - node.js

Question

Hi I have been experimenting with webhooks and I'm wondering how do you send a normal message(not embeded) through a webhook with a custom avatar and name
const user = message.mentions.users.first() || client.users.cache.get(args[0]);
let announcement = args.slice(1).join(" ");
if(!announcement) return message.channel.send(`lol say something`)
const wc = new WebhookClient('id', 'token')
const embed = new MessageEmbed()
.setTitle("").setColor('GREEN').setTimestamp().setDescription(announcement)
wc.send({
username : user.username,
avatarURL : user.displayAvatarURL({ dynamic : true }),
embeds : [embed]
})
}
```

Answer 1

If you wish to send Discord webhooks you need to make a POST API request to the webhook url.
For that you can basically use any module you want however in this example I'll use node-fetch. Simply install it in your console
npm install node-fetch
and then require it where you need to use it
const fetch = require('node-fetch');
Now that we have what we need to make it work lets create the API request.
For that we start with the params variable. Here you set all the things that make the webhook look like you want it to look. Note: I also included how to send embeds just in case. If you want to see all options check here.
var params = {
username: "Your name",
avatar_url: "",
content: "Some message you want to send",
embeds: [
{
"title": "Some title",
"color": 15258703,
"thumbnail": {
"url": "",
},
"fields": [
{
"name": "Your fields here",
"value": "Whatever you wish to send",
"inline": true
}
]
}
]
}
Now that we have the params we can create the actual POST request. For that you simply call the fetch function and provide the webhook url.
First you specify the method you want to use. By default the method is GET. Next make sure to set the headers to 'Content-type': 'application/json', otherwise you'll get an error. Lastly include the params from earlier in the body. We use JSON.stringify() here to make it work.
fetch('URL', {
method: "POST",
headers: {
'Content-type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify(params)
}).then(res => {
console.log(res);
})
At the end you have the option to catch any errors you might receive.