'How do I create a DiscordChannel entity in DSharp+ with no context

I want to make my Discord bot send a message on startup using the Discord Message Builder, but .sendAsync() requires a DiscordChannel entity. All the guides I've read use context, but I can't use context unless I'm replying to a message, which I can't do.

static async Task Send(string text)
            {
                var msg = await new DiscordMessageBuilder()
                .WithContent(text)
                .SendAsync();
            }
c++sharpdiscorddsharp+


Solution 1:[1]

I'm not sure what you mean by startup but I wrote a solution that works when the bot should send a message when it joins a server.

At first your Bot needs a special intent which you can add in your DiscordConfiguration

Intents = DiscordIntents.Guilds

After this step you can create a eventhandler which fires when your bot joins a guild. The eventarguments provides the guild and you can get the default channel of the server.

EventHandler:

Client.GuildCreated += OnGuildCreated;

EventFunction:

private void OnGuildCreated(object sender, GuildCreateEventArgs e)
    {
        DiscordChannel defaultChannel =  e.Guild.GetDefaultChannel();
        defaultChannel.SendMessageAsync("Your text / message");
    }

I hope I have understood your question correctly.

Edit: The solution only shows how to get channels. If the default channel can't/shouldn't be taken, you can also use Guild.Channels to get all channels of a server.

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