Discord Bot setting someones nickname

Question

I am trying to make a Discord bot and I want to make a !nick command and I keep getting the same error, could someone help me:

ERROR:

{ DiscordAPIError: Missing Permissions

    at item.request.gen.end (/rbd/pnpm-volume/76d7cd6d-9602-4908-bb55-ccc4f8de8537/node_modules/.registry.npmjs.org/discord.js/11.4.2/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/rest/RequestHandlers/Sequential.js:79:15)

    at then (/rbd/pnpm-volume/76d7cd6d-9602-4908-bb55-ccc4f8de8537/node_modules/.registry.npmjs.org/snekfetch/3.6.4/node_modules/snekfetch/src/index.js:215:21)

    at <anonymous>

    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:189:7)

  name: 'DiscordAPIError',

  message: 'Missing Permissions',

  path: '/api/v7/guilds/485921672013283339/members/469227202345697280',

  code: 50013,

  method: 'PATCH' }

CODE:

const Discord = require("discord.js");

exports.run = (client, message, args, member) => {
  const arg = args.join(" ")
  if (arg === null || arg === "" || arg === undefined || arg == " ") {
    var embed = new Discord.RichEmbed()
      embed.setColor(0x00AE86);
      embed.addField("USAGE", "!nick (nickname)", false);
    message.channel.send(embed);
  }
  else {
    var embed = new Discord.RichEmbed()
      embed.setColor(0x00AE86);
      embed.addField("NICKNAME", "You have set your nickname to **" + arg + "**", false);
    message.channel.send(embed);
    message.member.setNickname("["+ member.highestRole.name + "]" + member.displayName)
      .then(console.log)
      .catch(console.error);
}
}

Does anyone know why I am getting this error, if so please tell me HOW to fix it. Thank you!

ALEEF02 ALEEF02 · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-05T05:28:54

From message: 'Missing Permissions' we can conclude that your bot is missing the required permissions.

To fix the issue go to your Discord Developer Portal and get the PERMISSIONS INTEGER that contains the permissions you need. The most common is 8, which is the integer for Administrator permissions.

If that doesn't work, ensure that your bot's role is above others in your Discord Server as shown here

Discord Bot setting someones nickname

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