Discord.js - Cooldown for a command for each user not all users

Question

I am developing a discord.js bot and I want to make a cooldown for a command.

I saw a lot of tutorials on how to do it on Google, but all those tutorials do it for all the commands (so when a user type !mycmd all the users have to wait X minutes/seconds until it can be typed again).

But I want to do it for each user (when a user type !mycmd , ONLY this user have to wait X minutes/seconds until THE USER can type it again).

Is it possible?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes it is easy and possible.

Add this at the top of your JS file:

// First, this must be at the top level of your code, **NOT** in any event!
const talkedRecently = new Set();

Now in the command event add this:

    if (talkedRecently.has(msg.author.id)) {
            msg.channel.send("Wait 1 minute before getting typing this again. - " + msg.author);
    } else {

           // the user can type the command ... your command code goes here :)

        // Adds the user to the set so that they can't talk for a minute
        talkedRecently.add(msg.author.id);
        setTimeout(() => {
          // Removes the user from the set after a minute
          talkedRecently.delete(msg.author.id);
        }, 60000);
    }