ZombieClient Class

The ZombieClient class extends the standard Client from discord.js. It acts as the kernel that orchestrates all your registered loaders.

Constructor

import ZombieClient from '@thezombiepl/zombieclient';
import { GatewayIntentBits } from 'discord.js';
import { CommandLoader, EventLoader } from '@thezombiepl/zombieclient/loaders';

const client = new ZombieClient({
    intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds],
    ownerId: '123456789012345678', // Optional: Bot owner Discord ID
    loaders: [                     // Optional: Array of ILoaders to register
        new CommandLoader(path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'src/commands'), {
            autoDeploy: true,
        }),
        new EventLoader(path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'src/events')),
    ],
});

Properties

Property	Type	Description
colors	typeof BOT_COLORS	A set of predefined hex colors for embeds.
ownerId	string | undefined	The ID of the bot developer. Used for commands with dev: true. Falls back to process.env.OWNER_ID.
loaders	ILoader[]	An array of all currently registered plugins/loaders.

Methods

login(token?: string): Promise<string>

Initializes all registered loaders (creates a shared FileLoader, calls load(ctx) on each loader sequentially), then logs in to Discord. If any loader throws, login() fails with the error.

await client.login(process.env.TOKEN);

registerLoaders(loaders: ILoader[]): void

Registers an array of loaders. This does not initialize them, it only pushes them into the loaders array. Useful for dynamic/conditional registration.

if (isDev) {
    client.registerLoaders([new DebugLoader()]);
}

getLoader<T>(name: string): T | undefined

Retrieves a registered loader by its name property. Useful if one loader needs to access another loader at runtime.

const cmdLoader = client.getLoader<CommandLoader>('CommandLoader');