Use a special file to register commands

.env.template

@@ -1 +1 @@
-TOKEN=
+BOT_TOKEN=

package.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node .",
     "dev": "tsc && cross-env NODE_ENV=development node .",
-    "register-commands": "node . --redeployCommands",
+    "register-commands": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node ./dist/registerCommands.js",
     "build": "tsc",
     "lint": "eslint"
   },
@@ -17,14 +17,12 @@
     "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "glob": "^11.0.0",
     "module-alias": "^2.2.3",
-    "tslog": "^4.9.3",
-    "yargs": "^17.7.2"
+    "tslog": "^4.9.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/js": "^9.12.0",
     "@types/module-alias": "^2.0.4",
     "@types/node": "^22.7.4",
-    "@types/yargs": "^17.0.33",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "eslint": "~9.12.0",
     "typescript-eslint": "^8.8.0"

src/index.ts

@@ -3,14 +3,8 @@ import 'module-alias/register';
 import '@/utils/classes/Logger';
 
 import Client from '@/loaders/client';
-import yargs from 'yargs';
+import checkEnvironmentVariables from '@/utils/checkEnvironmentVariables';
 
-type ProcessArgv = {
-  redeployCommands: boolean;
-  redeploy: boolean;
-}
+checkEnvironmentVariables();
 
-const argv = yargs.argv as Partial<ProcessArgv>;
-Client.start({
-  registerCommands: !!argv.redeployCommands
-});
+Client.start();

src/loaders/client.ts

@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ import EventLoader from '@/loaders/event';
 
 import type { CommandData, SendMessageOptions } from '@/types';
 
-type StartOptions = {
-  registerCommands: boolean;
-}
-
 class Client extends DiscordClient<true> {
   commands: CommandData[] = [];
 
@@ -20,23 +16,13 @@ class Client extends DiscordClient<true> {
     });
   }
 
-  async start(options: Partial<StartOptions>) {
-    if (!process.env.TOKEN) {
-      global.logger.fatal('Please set the TOKEN in the .env file');
-      process.exit(1);
-    }
-
-    if (options.registerCommands) {
-      await CommandLoader.loadCommands(true);
-      process.exit(0);
-    }
-
+  async start() {
     process.on('unhandledRejection', (error) => global.logger.error(error));
     process.on('uncaughtException', (error) => global.logger.error(error));
 
     this.extendPrototypes();
 
-    await this.login(process.env.TOKEN).catch((error) => {
+    await this.login(process.env.BOT_TOKEN).catch((error) => {
       global.logger.error(error);
       process.exit(1);
     });

src/loaders/command.ts

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default class CommandLoader {
     }));
 
     if (registerOnly) {
-      const token = process.env.TOKEN!;
+      const token = process.env.BOT_TOKEN!;
       const botId = Buffer.from(token.split('.')[0], 'base64').toString();
       const rest = new REST({ version: '10' }).setToken(token);
 

src/registerCommands.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import 'dotenv/config';
+import 'module-alias/register';
+import '@/utils/classes/Logger';
+
+import CommandLoader from '@/loaders/command';
+import checkEnvironmentVariables from '@/utils/checkEnvironmentVariables';
+
+checkEnvironmentVariables();
+
+CommandLoader.loadCommands(true);

src/utils/checkEnvironmentVariables.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export default function checkEnvironmentVariables() {
+  const requiredVariables = ['BOT_TOKEN'];
+  const missingVariables = requiredVariables.filter(env => !process.env[env]);
+
+  if (missingVariables.length) {
+    global.logger.fatal(`Missing environment variables: ${missingVariables.join(', ')}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}