[Bug]: NullReference on SendMessageAsync

[kevinvenclovas]

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Description

Get an nullreference error when execute SendMessageAsync

Version

3.7.2

Working Version

No response

Logs

at Discord.Rest.RestDMChannel..ctor(BaseDiscordClient discord, UInt64 id, UInt64 recipientId) at Discord.Rest.RestDMChannel.Create(BaseDiscordClient discord, Channel model) at Discord.Rest.UserHelper.<CreateDMChannelAsync>d__3.MoveNext() at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConfiguredTaskAwaitable1.ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult() at Discord.Rest.RestUser.<Discord-IUser-CreateDMChannelAsync>d__57.MoveNext() at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConfiguredTaskAwaitable1.ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult() at Discord.UserExtensions.<SendMessageAsync>d__0.MoveNext() at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter`1.GetResult() at FlyffUniverseTools.Core.Services.DiscordBotService.<SendPrivateMessage>d__7.MoveNext() in C:\Users\Kevin\source\repos\FlyffUniverseTools\FlyffUniverseTools.Core\Services\DiscordBotService.cs:line 123

Sample

DiscordSocketClient _client = null;
private async Task<DiscordSocketClient> GetSocketClient()
{
    if (_client == null)
    {
        _client = new DiscordSocketClient();
    }

    if (_client.LoginState == LoginState.LoggedOut)
    {
        await _client.LoginAsync(TokenType.Bot, "XXX");
        await _client.StartAsync();
    }

    return _client;
}

public async Task SendPrivateMessage(ulong recieverUser)
{
    var client = await GetSocketClient();
   
    var user= await _client.GetUserAsync(recieverUser);
    await user.SendMessageAsync("Hello :)");
}

Someone can help me? I want to send a private message to an user by userid.

Packages

[csmir]

A couple of things are wrong or unclear with this example.

1: You cannot send messages to users the bot does not share a guild with. Are you certain that they are sharing? 2: The user appears to be null, is the ID correct? 3: Have you verified the client has been started successfully? 4: The rest client is not ready to be used before the _client.Ready event. A viable reason for not fetching the user may be that it is not ready to make the call yet.

[csmir]

Please follow up on my suggestion. If any of these issues were the cause and are now resolved, please close the issue.

[csmir]

Closed by lack of followup.