Alchemy.Message (alchemy v0.7.0)

This module contains the types and functions related to messages in discord.

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Types

Represents an emoji used to react to a message.

Represents a reaction to a message.

t()

Represents a message in a channel.

Represents an iso8601 timestamp.

Functions

Finds a list of mentions in a string.

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Specs

emoji() :: %Alchemy.Reaction.Emoji{id: String.t() | nil, name: String.t()}

Represents an emoji used to react to a message.

  • id The id of this emoji. nil if this isn't a custom emoji.
  • name The name of this emoji.
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mention_type()

Specs

mention_type() :: :roles | :nicknames | :channels | :users

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reaction() :: %Alchemy.Reaction{
  count: Integer,
  emoji: Alchemy.Reaction.Emoji.t(),
  me: Boolean
}

Represents a reaction to a message.

  • count Times this specific emoji reaction has been used.
  • me Whether this client reacted to the message.
  • emoji Information about the emoji used.

Specs

snowflake() :: String.t()

Specs

t() :: %Alchemy.Message{
  attachments: [Alchemy.Attachment.t()],
  author: Alchemy.User.t(),
  channel_id: snowflake(),
  content: String,
  edited_timestamp: String | nil,
  embeds: [Alchemy.Embed.t()],
  id: snowflake(),
  mention_everyone: Boolean,
  mention_roles: [snowflake()],
  mentions: [Alchemy.User.t()],
  nonce: snowflake(),
  pinned: Boolean,
  reactions: [Alchemy.Reaction.t()],
  timestamp: timestamp(),
  tts: Boolean,
  webhook_id: String.t() | nil
}

Represents a message in a channel.

  • id The id of this message.
  • author The user who sent this message. This field will be very incomplete if the message originated from a webhook.
  • content The content of the message.
  • timestamp The timestamp of the message.
  • edit_timestamp The timestamp of when this message was edited, if it ever was.
  • tts Whether this was a tts message.
  • mention_everyone Whether this message mentioned everyone.
  • mentions A list of users this message mentioned.
  • mention_roles A list of role ids this message mentioned.
  • attachments A list of attachments to the message.
  • embeds A list of embeds attached to this message.
  • reactions A list of reactions to this message.
  • nonce Used for validating a message was sent.
  • pinned Whether this message is pinned.
  • webhook_id The id of the webhook that sent this message, if it was sent by a webhook.

Specs

timestamp() :: String.t()

Represents an iso8601 timestamp.

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find_mentions(content, type)

Specs

find_mentions(String.t(), mention_type()) :: [snowflake()]

Finds a list of mentions in a string.

4 types of mentions exist:

  • roles A mention of a specific role.
  • nicknames A mention of a user by nickname.
  • users A mention of a user by name, or nickname.
  • :channels A mention of a channel.