javascript - await only valid with async function urban dictionary api discord js

Question

Any idea how i can fix this problem? I tried putting an async function in and I couldn't get it to work. I'm not quite sure on how or where to add the async function, and how to get the two to work together. Any help is much appreciated, and this is for a discord javascript bot.

client.on('message', message => {
if (message.content.startsWith(`${PREFIX}urban`)) {
  if (!args.length) {
    return message.channel.send('You need to supply a search term!');
  }

    const query = querystring.stringify({ term: args.join(' ') });
  const { list } = await fetch(`https://api.urbandictionary.com/v0/define?${query}`).then(response => response.json());
  
  if (!list.length) {
    return message.channel.send(`No results found for **${args.join(' ')}**.`);
  }

  const [answer] = list;

  const embed = new Discord.MessageEmbed()
    .setColor('#EFFF00')
    .setTitle(answer.word)
    .setURL(answer.permalink)
    .addFields(
      { name: 'Definition', value: trim(answer.definition, 1024) },
      { name: 'Example', value: trim(answer.example, 1024) },
      { name: 'Rating', value: `${answer.thumbs_up} thumbs up. ${answer.thumbs_down} thumbs down.` },
    );
  message.channel.send(embed);
}
});

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65920988/await-only-valid-with-async-function-urban-dictionary-api-discord-js

Answer 1

In order to run your await command, you have to put async at the top of your code. For more info about how await and async work, look at the link provided by VLAZ.

//put the async right before the second message, that's it
client.on('message', async message => {
if (message.content.startsWith(`${PREFIX}urban`)) {
  if (!args.length) {
    return message.channel.send('You need to supply a search term!');
  }

    const query = querystring.stringify({ term: args.join(' ') });
  const { list } = await fetch(`https://api.urbandictionary.com/v0/define?${query}`).then(response => response.json());
  
  if (!list.length) {
    return message.channel.send(`No results found for **${args.join(' ')}**.`);
  }

  const [answer] = list;

  const embed = new Discord.MessageEmbed()
    .setColor('#EFFF00')
    .setTitle(answer.word)
    .setURL(answer.permalink)
    .addFields(
      { name: 'Definition', value: trim(answer.definition, 1024) },
      { name: 'Example', value: trim(answer.example, 1024) },
      { name: 'Rating', value: `${answer.thumbs_up} thumbs up. ${answer.thumbs_down} thumbs down.` },
    );
  message.channel.send(embed);
}
});