I’m doing a chatbot with Node JS for Instagram using this library available on github(https://github.com/Androz2091/insta.js.git). I’m currently testing the feature through the online replit platform, I’m getting the message from the instagram user and sending it through a url to the reply service
I have a difficulty that would be the bot’s answer. It must follow a message structure, however, this structure is often toggled.
I send in the chat:
-Hi
The bot responds in the console:
-Hello!
-How can I help you?
but in the chat he responds like this:
-How can I help you?
-Hello!
Below is the code I used to go through the arrays I receive and send the messages
I tried using a switch case to try to solve the problem, but it still remains the same.
node-fetch(`instagram?mensage=${message}&user=${message.author.fullName}&session=${client.user}`)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(json => {
for (var i = 0; i < json.length; i++) {
message.chat.sendMessage(json[i].text || json[i].title);
console.log(json[i].text || json[i].title)
for (var key in json[i]) {
/* switch case
switch(json[i][key]){
case json[i].text:
message.chat.sendMessage(json[i].text);
break;
case json[i].title:
message.chat.sendMessage(json[i].title);
break;
}*/
if (json[i][key].length == 3) {
for (var j = 0; j < json[i][key].length; j++) {
message.chat.sendMessage(json[i][key][j].label);
console.log(json[i][key][j].label);
}
}
Does anyone know why this happens?
I already thank you.
>Solution :
sendMessage returns Promise, but you are using it as a normal function.
You can read about javascript promises here https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Using_promises.
In your code, it should look something like this
...
.then(async json => {
for (var i = 0; i < json.length; i++) {
await message.chat.sendMessage(json[i].text || json[i].title);
...
}
});