How Do I Track The Number Of Reactions On A Message?

So I wanted to implement report&ban system and I decided to use an embedded message with reactions added to it. Moderator can either agree or disagree. For example once 10 mode

Solution 1:

1. Database

You should use either message.awaitReactions(); or client.on('messageReactionAdd', ...); and fetch the message on the bot ready event.

It's a very simple process. You'd require a database to store the message ID's, channel ID and of course, server ID. After that make a small algorithm inyour ready event to go through all the messages collected from the database and use either message.awaitReactions(); or client.on('messageReactionAdd', ...); on them.

I'd suggest using message.awaitReactions(); if you decide to go with the database method.

2. Global Array (Less Recommended)

If you have a really simple bot and you can't use a database then I'd recommend having a global array storing all the message IDs and using those for the client.on('messageReactionAdd', ...); event.

You'd have to check if the ID from the message array matches the ID of the message collected in the event and then act accordingly.

This method would work well for the smaller bots, but if you have a bigger, multi-server bot, then I'd highly recommend going with the database version because this version would not work after the bot restarts.