Is it possible to use Intents with the REST API?

[pranavbadami]

Hey folks,

I think I'm missing something here, but I'm doing something like this in my code

 const rest = new REST({
      version: "10",
    }).setToken(process.env["DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN"] ?? "");

    const members = (await rest.get(
      Routes.guildMembers(guildId),
      {}
    )) as APIGuildMember[];

However, this only returns a limited subset of members. I know this is a very common gotcha with the GUILD_MEMBERS intent when using the Gateway, but is it possible to send Intents along with REST API requests?

Thanks in advance for the help!

[didinele]

Hiya! That REST endpoint does not provide all members in a guild regardless of your allowed intents. I believe it's paginated if my memory serves me right...?

If you want to get all members in a guild (i.e. how discord.js does it via the GuildMemberManager#fetch method), it's advised you use the gateway - there's a REQUEST_GUILD_MEMBERS payload that you can send, which indeed does require the intent if you desire to get all members.

The gateway then responds with GUILD_MEMBER_CHUNK packets.

[vladfrangu]

Adding to DD's comment, while some rest endpoints are affected by what intents you have enabled for your app in the Developer portal, you do not have to specify them! Enabling them is enough.