Syntax

$channelType[channelID]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
channelID	Required. The ID of the target channel. Use $channelID for the current channel. An invalid ID raises Invalid channel ID. and an unknown channel raises Channel not found.

Return value

Type	Description
string	The type of the channel. Possible values: text, voice, category, announcement, thread, stage, forum, media, dm (private and group DMs), unknown.

Examples

Display the type of the channel

$sendMessage[This channel is of type: **$channelType[$channelID]**]

Check if voice channel

$if[$channelType[$channelID]==voice]
  $sendMessage[You are in a voice channel.]
$else
  $sendMessage[You are not in a voice channel.]
$endif

Check if category

$if[$channelType[$channelID]==category]
  $sendMessage[This command cannot be used on a category.]
  $stop
$endif

Notes

• Channel types are returned in lowercase.
• Useful for conditioning the behavior of a command based on the channel type.
• Channels of type dm do not have a parent category.
• Announcement channels (formerly “news”) are returned as announcement.