I am looking to add a timer to my bot giveaway embed message that continues to update itself even when the bot is offline, without showing that the message was edited.
Here's what I currently have in my embed:
const embed = new MessageEmbed();
embed.setAuthor({
name: `${message.guild.name} GiveAways!`,
iconURL: `${message.guild.iconURL({ dynamic: true })}`
});
embed.setThumbnail(`${message.guild.iconURL({ dynamic: true })}`);
embed.setTitle(`${title.toUpperCase()}`);
embed.setColor("BLURPLE");
embed.setDescription(
`
**React With 🎉 To Enter!**
**Ends In: ${time} ${}!**
**Hosted By: ${message.author}!**
`
);
embed.setFooter({
text: `${winnerCount.toString().slice(0, -1)} Winners | Ends`
});
embed.setTimestamp(Date.now() + ms(duration));
const sentGiveaway = await channel.send({
content: "||@everyone|| **🥳 GIVEAWAY 🥳**",
embeds: [embed]
});
sentGiveaway.react("🎉");
title - Sets the title for the giveaway.
time - Converts the user-entered duration into a full name (e.g. 4d => 4 Days).
winnerCount - Determines how many winners there will be.
duration - Takes the duration argument from the user.
Date.now + ms(duration) - Provides the exact end time of the giveaway.
My current embed setup includes details about the duration and other information, but the embed.setTimestamp() function only indicates the end time of the giveaway. However, I want an automatic time update feature next to the variable time in the description that updates even when the bot is offline. I've seen other bots do this, but I am unsure how to implement it.