Making system status reporting better

llamabot.js

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import { emptyResponses } from './assets/emptyMessages.js';
 import { resetResponses, userResetMessages } from './assets/resetMessages.js';
 import { errorMessages, busyResponses } from './assets/errorMessages.js';
+import cpuStat from 'cpu-stat';
 import os from 'os';
+
 import {
     Client,
     GatewayIntentBits,
@@ -181,18 +183,28 @@ async function generateResponse(conversation, message) {
 
     // define a function that shows the system load percentage and updates the message
     const showSystemLoad = async () => {
-        const systemLoad = os.loadavg()[0] / os.cpus().length * 100;
-        const freeMemory = os.freemem() / 1024 / 1024;
-        const totalMemory = os.totalmem() / 1024 / 1024;
-        const usedMemory = totalMemory - freeMemory;
-        const messageData = `Please wait, I am thinking...\nSystem Load: ${systemLoad.toFixed(2)}%\nMemory Usage: ${usedMemory.toFixed(2)} MB / ${totalMemory.toFixed(2)} MB`;
 
-        // if the message object doesn't exist, create it
-        if (!botMessage) {
-            botMessage = await message.channel.send(messageData);
-        } else {
-            botMessage.edit(messageData); // otherwise, update the message
-        }
+        cpuStat.usagePercent(function(err, percent, seconds) {
+            if (err) {
+                return console.log(err);
+            }
+
+            const systemLoad = percent //the percentage cpu usage over all cores
+            const freeMemory = os.freemem() / 1024 / 1024 / 1024;
+            const totalMemory = os.totalmem() / 1024 / 1024 / 1024;
+            const usedMemory = totalMemory - freeMemory;
+            const messageData = `Please wait, I am thinking...\nSystem Load Average: ${systemLoad.toFixed(2)}%\nMemory Usage: ${usedMemory.toFixed(2)} GB / ${totalMemory.toFixed(2)} GB`;
+
+            // if the message object doesn't exist, create it
+            if (!botMessage) {
+                (async () => {
+                    botMessage = await message.channel.send(messageData);
+                })()
+
+            } else {
+                botMessage.edit(messageData); // otherwise, update the message
+            }
+        })
     };
 
     // call the function initially

package.json

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "discord.js": "^14.9.0",
     "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
     "node-fetch": "^3.3.1",
-    "os": "^0.1.2"
+    "os": "^0.1.2",
+    "cpu-stat": "^2.0.1"
   }
 }