Discord.js -- make presenceUpdate send a message - node.js

Question

im trying to get my super simple bot to send a message stating the user status. as if someone is offline, online,..etc it automatically sends a message to the server saying that happened.
im just doing a work around so it can get updated (i know i need to !status everytime)
anyone has an idea to make it send the same message instantly after presenceUpdate fires?
let userStatus = [];
bot.on("presenceUpdate", (oldMember, newMember) => {
let username = newMember.user.username;
let status = newMember.user.presence.status;
userStatus.push(username, status);
console.log(`${newMember.user.username} is now ${newMember.user.presence.status}`);
})
bot.on('message', (message) => {
// if (!message.content.startsWith(prefix)) return;
if (console.log())
let [username, status] = userStatus;
if (message.content.startsWith(prefix + "status")) {
let botembed = new Discord.RichEmbed()
.setDescription("Status Update")
.setColor("#FFF")
.addField('.............................................', `${username} is now ${status}`);
message.channel.send(botembed);
userStatus = [];
}
});

Answer 1

The issue I think you're running into is that you don't have a direct reference to a channel anymore, which is why you can't "easily" call <TextChannel>.send(...). You'll have to decide which channel you want to send a message to, in your presenceUpdate event listener. Once you decide, you can use this code to get a reference to that channel using the channel's name:
client.on('presenceUpdate', (oldMember, newMember) => {
// get a reference to all channels in the user's guild
let guildChannels = newMember.guild.channels;
// find the channel you want, based off the channel name
// -> replace '<YOUR CHANNEL NAME>' with the name of your channel
guildChannels.find('name', '<YOUR CHANNEL NAME>')
.send('test message!')
.then(msg => {
// do something else if you want
})
.catch(console.error)
});
Note: you don't have to use the channel's name property to identify a unique channel, you can use the channel's id by doing
guildChannels.get('<YOUR CHANNEL ID')
.send('...
Hope this helps!