Getting started

Here is an example tutorial for using discord.js v14. If you're using an earlier version, please update it. The discord.js Guide provides resources to help you with the update process.

Initializing the LavaShark and discord.js library

const { Client, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
const { LavaShark } = require('lavashark');

const TOKEN = 'your_token'; // Discord bot token
const prefix = '-';         // Command prefix


const client = new Client({
    intents: [
        GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
        GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages,
        GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent,
        GatewayIntentBits.GuildVoiceStates,
    ]
});

const lavashark = new LavaShark({
    nodes: [
        {
            id: 'Node 1',
            hostname: 'localhost',
            port: 2333,
            password: 'youshallnotpass'
        }
    ],
    sendWS: (guildId, payload) => { client.guilds.cache.get(guildId)?.shard.send(payload); }
});

client.lavashark = lavashark;
client.login(TOKEN);

Registering events

// -- LavaShark events --

// Fired when a track starts playing
client.lavashark.on('trackStart', (player, track) => {
    const channel = client.channels.cache.get(player.textChannelId);
    channel.send(`Now playing \`${track.title}\``);
});

// Fired when the queue ends
client.lavashark.on('queueEnd', (player) => {
    const channel = client.channels.cache.get(player.textChannelId);
    channel.send(`Queue ended`);
    player.destroy();
});

// This event is needed to catch any errors that occur on LavaShark
client.lavashark.on('error', (node, err) => {
    console.error('[LavaShark]', `Error on node ${node.identifier}`, err.message);
});


// -- Client events --

client.on('ready', () => {
    console.log('Ready!');

    // Starts the lavashark & connects to all lavalink nodes
    client.lavashark.start(client.user.id);
});

// -- REQUIRED --
client.on('raw', (packet) => client.lavashark.handleVoiceUpdate(packet));

Command configuration

client.on('messageCreate', async message => {
    if (message.author.bot) return;
    if (message.content.indexOf(prefix) !== 0) return;


    const args = message.content.slice(prefix.length).trim().split(/ +/g);
    const command = args.shift().toLowerCase();

    if (!message.member.voice.channel)
        return message.reply('❌ | You are not connected to an audio channel.');

    if (message.guild.members.me.voice.channel && message.member.voice.channelId !== message.guild.members.me.voice.channelId)
        return message.reply('❌ | You are not on the same audio channel as me.');


    console.log('--', command);

    if (command === 'play') {
        const track = args[0];

        const res = await client.lavashark.search(track);

        if (res.loadType === "LOAD_FAILED") {
            console.log(`Search Error: ${res.exception.message}`);
            return message.reply('❌ | Not found music.');
        }
        else if (res.loadType === "NO_MATCHES") {
            console.log(`Search Error: NO_MATCHES`);
            return message.reply('❌ | No matches.');
        }

        // Creates the audio player
        const player = client.lavashark.createPlayer({
            guildId: message.guild.id,
            voiceChannelId: message.member.voice.channelId,
            textChannelId: message.channel.id,
            selfDeaf: true
        });

        try {
            await player.connect(); // Connects to the voice channel
        } catch (error) {
            console.log(error);
            return message.reply({ content: `❌ | I can't join audio channel.`, allowedMentions: { repliedUser: false } });
        }

        if (res.loadType === 'PLAYLIST_LOADED') {
            player.addTracks(res.tracks, message.author);

            message.reply(`Playlist \`${res.playlistInfo.name}\` loaded!`);
        }
        else {
            const track = res.tracks[0];
            player.addTracks(res.tracks[0], message.author);
            message.reply(`Added \`${track.title}\``);
        }

        if (!player.playing) await player.play();
    }
});