feat(NewsChannel)!: return followed channel data

packages/discord.js/src/managers/GuildChannelManager.js

@@ -105,12 +105,19 @@ class GuildChannelManager extends CachedManager {
    * @typedef {AnnouncementChannel|Snowflake} AnnouncementChannelResolvable
    */
 
+  /**
+   * Represents the followed channel data.
+   * @typedef {Object} FollowedChannel
+   * @property {Snowflake} channelId Source channel id
+   * @property {Snowflake} webhookId Created webhook id in the target channel
+   */
+
   /**
    * Adds the target channel to a channel's followers.
    * @param {AnnouncementChannelResolvable} channel The channel to follow
    * @param {TextChannelResolvable} targetChannel The channel where published announcements will be posted at
    * @param {string} [reason] Reason for creating the webhook
-   * @returns {Promise<Snowflake>} Returns created target webhook id.
+   * @returns {Promise<FollowedChannel>} Returns a followed channel object.
    */
   async addFollower(channel, targetChannel, reason) {
     const channelId = this.resolveId(channel);
@@ -121,11 +128,11 @@ class GuildChannelManager extends CachedManager {
     if (!targetChannelId) {
       throw new DiscordjsTypeError(ErrorCodes.InvalidType, 'targetChannel', 'TextChannelResolvable');
     }
-    const { webhook_id } = await this.client.rest.post(Routes.channelFollowers(channelId), {
+    const data = await this.client.rest.post(Routes.channelFollowers(channelId), {
       body: { webhook_channel_id: targetChannelId },
       reason,
     });
-    return webhook_id;
+    return { channelId: data.channel_id, webhookId: data.webhook_id };
   }
 
   /**

packages/discord.js/src/structures/AnnouncementChannel.js

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { Routes } = require('discord-api-types/v10');
 const BaseGuildTextChannel = require('./BaseGuildTextChannel');
-const { DiscordjsError, ErrorCodes } = require('../errors');
 
 /**
  * Represents a guild announcement channel on Discord.
@@ -13,7 +11,7 @@ class AnnouncementChannel extends BaseGuildTextChannel {
    * Adds the target to this channel's followers.
    * @param {TextChannelResolvable} channel The channel where the webhook should be created
    * @param {string} [reason] Reason for creating the webhook
-   * @returns {Promise<AnnouncementChannel>}
+   * @returns {Promise<FollowedChannel>} Returns a followed channel object.
    * @example
    * if (channel.type === ChannelType.GuildAnnouncement) {
    *   channel.addFollower('222197033908436994', 'Important announcements')
@@ -22,10 +20,7 @@ class AnnouncementChannel extends BaseGuildTextChannel {
    * }
    */
   async addFollower(channel, reason) {
-    const channelId = this.guild.channels.resolveId(channel);
-    if (!channelId) throw new DiscordjsError(ErrorCodes.GuildChannelResolve);
-    await this.client.rest.post(Routes.channelFollowers(this.id), { body: { webhook_channel_id: channelId }, reason });
-    return this;
+    return this.guild.channels.addFollower(this, channel, reason);
   }
 }
 

packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts

@@ -2585,7 +2585,7 @@ export class ModalSubmitInteraction<Cached extends CacheType = CacheType> extend
 export class AnnouncementChannel extends BaseGuildTextChannel {
   public threads: GuildTextThreadManager<AllowedThreadTypeForAnnouncementChannel>;
   public type: ChannelType.GuildAnnouncement;
-  public addFollower(channel: TextChannelResolvable, reason?: string): Promise<AnnouncementChannel>;
+  public addFollower(channel: TextChannelResolvable, reason?: string): Promise<FollowedChannel>;
 }
 
 export type AnnouncementChannelResolvable = AnnouncementChannel | Snowflake;
@@ -4211,6 +4211,11 @@ export class GuildApplicationCommandManager extends ApplicationCommandManager<Ap
   public set(commands: readonly ApplicationCommandDataResolvable[]): Promise<Collection<Snowflake, ApplicationCommand>>;
 }
 
+export interface FollowedChannel {
+  channelId: Snowflake;
+  webhookId: Snowflake;
+}
+
 export type MappedGuildChannelTypes = {
   [ChannelType.GuildCategory]: CategoryChannel;
 } & MappedChannelCategoryTypes;
@@ -4226,7 +4231,7 @@ export class GuildChannelManager extends CachedManager<Snowflake, GuildBasedChan
     channel: AnnouncementChannelResolvable,
     targetChannel: TextChannelResolvable,
     reason?: string,
-  ): Promise<Snowflake>;
+  ): Promise<FollowedChannel>;
   public create<Type extends GuildChannelTypes>(
     options: GuildChannelCreateOptions & { type: Type },
   ): Promise<MappedGuildChannelTypes[Type]>;