GuildMember#setNickname api is always getting permissions missing

My bot has following permissions in my serverCREATE_INSTANT_INVITE

KICK_MEMBERS
BAN_MEMBERS
ADMINISTRATOR
MANAGE_CHANNELS
MANAGE_GUILD
ADD_REACTIONS
VIEW_AUDIT_LOG
PRIORITY_SPEAKER
STREAM
VIEW_CHANNEL
SEND_MESSAGES
SEND_TTS_MESSAGES
MANAGE_MESSAGES
EMBED_LINKS
ATTACH_FILES
READ_MESSAGE_HISTORY
MENTION_EVERYONE
USE_EXTERNAL_EMOJIS
VIEW_GUILD_INSIGHTS
CONNECT
SPEAK
MUTE_MEMBERS
DEAFEN_MEMBERS
MOVE_MEMBERS
USE_VAD
CHANGE_NICKNAME
MANAGE_NICKNAMES
MANAGE_ROLES
MANAGE_WEBHOOKS
MANAGE_EMOJIS

I am sure it should have permissions to change member's nickname, but i always get Missing Permissions with the GuildMember#setNickname

Maisy

July 19, 2020 00:34

That could still happen if the person who's name you're trying to change has a higher role than your bot.

0nepeop1e

July 19, 2020 04:21

But how the permissions level was defined? i tried with every non admin role but some can some cannot

Asqry

July 30, 2020 12:01
Edited

Also has nothing to do with the API itself. Discord.js has their own separate issues tab on the official github.

https://github.com/discordjs/discord.js/issues

edit: make sure the bot's role is higher than every role in the list. Also, the bot cannot change the owner of the server's nickname in my experience.

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