message.client.guilds.fetch() is not a function

Question

Here's the relevant snippet of the code I was working on:

message.client.guilds.fetch('ID Here', false).then(guild => message.channel.send(guild.name))

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According do thediscord.js docs , this function, GuildManager#fetch() , should theoretically work. However, I keep getting this error:

message.client.guilds.fetch is not a function

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I even tried directly copying and pasting the example from the function docs, but it still gave me the same error.

I'm fairly stumped, any help would be appreciated!

Edit: I should mention that all other discord.js fetch methods are working fine, such as:

message.channel.messages.fetch()

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Edit #2: My previous problem has been solved, I was using the wrong version of discord.js . However, I now get a new error:

DiscordAPIError: Missing Access

When running it.

Answer 1

You are most likely using an outdated discord.js version. client.guilds was made a GuildManager as of v12.0.0 and the method client.guilds.fetch was added only in the latest version v12.3.0. You need to have a discord.js version >= 12.3.0 in order to use this method.

Try npm ls discord.js to check the active version in your dependencies.
Try npm i discord.js@latest to forcefully upgrade to latest version.