god damn if this works the whole way

deploy-commands.js

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+// yoinked right from the guide
+
+const { REST, Routes } = require('discord.js');
+const { token } = require('./config.json');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const commands = [];
+const commandsPath = path.join(__dirname, 'commands');
+const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync(commandsPath).filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
+// Grab the SlashCommandBuilder#toJSON() output of each command's data for deployment
+for (const file of commandFiles) {
+	const filePath = path.join(commandsPath, file);
+	const command = require(filePath);
+	if ('data' in command && 'execute' in command) {
+		commands.push(command.data.toJSON());
+	} else {
+		console.log(`[WARNING] The command at ${filePath} is missing a required "data" or "execute" property.`);
+	}
+}
+
+
+// Construct and prepare an instance of the REST module
+const rest = new REST().setToken(token);
+
+// and deploy your commands!
+(async () => {
+	try {
+		console.log(`Started refreshing ${commands.length} application (/) commands.`);
+
+		// Determine application (bot) id dynamically and refresh commands
+		const app = await rest.get(Routes.oauth2CurrentApplication());
+		const applicationId = app && app.id;
+		if (!applicationId) throw new Error('Unable to determine application id. Set CLIENT_ID env var or add id to config.json');
+
+		// The put method is used to fully refresh all commands with the current set
+		const data = await rest.put(Routes.applicationCommands(applicationId), { body: commands });
+
+		console.log(`Successfully reloaded ${data.length} application (/) commands.`);
+	} catch (error) {
+		// And of course, make sure you catch and log any errors!
+		console.error(error);
+	}
+})();