Poll not being created on slash command interaction

[IslandRhythms]

Which package is this bug report for?

discord.js

Issue description

1. use /poll
2. observe no poll created

I believe this to be a bug because if I omit the content property and just attempt to create a poll, it throws a discord api error stating content is required. So it feels as though it acknowledges the poll property but is doing nothing with it.

Code sample

const { SlashCommandBuilder, EmbedBuilder } = require('discord.js');

const { emojiCharacters } = require('../../resources/constants');


module.exports = {
  data: new SlashCommandBuilder().setName('poll').setDescription('starts a poll on the given topic')
  .addStringOption(option => option.setName('question').setDescription('the topic in the form of a question').setRequired(true))
  .addStringOption(option => option.setName('choices').setDescription('the possible choices, max 10, for the poll in the form of comma separated values'))
  .addRoleOption(option => option.setName('audience').setDescription('the people intended to respond to the poll'))
  .addBooleanOption(option => option.setName('multiple').setDescription('true to allow multiple answers. Default is no.'))
  .addNumberOption(option => option.setName('duration').setDescription('how long, in hours, the poll should remain active.')),
  async execute(interaction) {
    await interaction.deferReply();
    const message = {
      poll: {
        question: {
          text: interaction.options.getString('question')
        },
        duration: interaction.options.getNumber('duration') ?? 1, // duration in hours, minimum 1
        allowMultiselect: interaction.options.getBoolean('multiple') ?? false
      },
    }
    const choices = interaction.options.getString('choices');
    if (choices) {
      const answers = choices.split(',');
      message.poll.answers = [];
      for (let i = 0; i < answers.length; i++) {
        message.poll.answers.push({ text: answers[i].trim(), emoji: emojiCharacters[i + 1] });
      }
    } else {
      message.poll.answers = [{ text: 'Yes', emoji: `👍` }, { text: 'No', emoji: `👎`}];
    }
    console.log(message);
    await interaction.followUp({ content: `Poll started by ${interaction.user.id}`, poll: message.poll })
  }
}

Versions

• discord.js 14.15.1
• Node.js 20.10.0

Issue priority

Low (slightly annoying)

Which partials do you have configured?

No Partials

Which gateway intents are you subscribing to?

Guilds, GuildMembers, GuildVoiceStates, GuildMessages, MessageContent, GuildMessagePolls

I have tested this issue on a development release

No response

[Jiralite]

You cannot edit a message with a poll.

[IslandRhythms]

Is a slash command editing a message? If so it should mentioned somewhere in the docs this is the case.

[Jiralite]

Is a slash command editing a message?

The slash command you provided is indeed editing a message. Think about what you are doing:

1. You used interaction.deferReply();. This created a message in a channel.
2. You edit that message via interaction.followUp().

If so it should mentioned somewhere in the docs this is the case.

Perhaps you should read the guide. Specifically, this page:

Note that if you use followUp() after a deferReply(), the first follow-up will edit the <application> is thinking message rather than sending a new one.

[IslandRhythms]

So are you saying if I don't defer the reply it'll work? The function reply() indicates to me a message is not being editted?