dpp::message Struct Reference

Represents messages sent and received on Discord. More...

#include <message.h>

Inheritance diagram for dpp::message:

Collaboration diagram for dpp::message:

Classes
struct	allowed_ref
	Allowed mentions details. More...
struct	message_interaction_struct
	Reference to an interaction. More...
struct	message_ref
	Reference to another message, e.g. a reply. More...

Public Member Functions
	message ()
	Construct a new message object. More...
	message (class cluster *o)
	Construct a new message object. More...
virtual	~message ()
	Destroy the message object. More...
	message (snowflake channel_id, const std::string &content, message_type type=mt_default)
	Construct a new message object with a channel and content. More...
	message (snowflake channel_id, const embed &_embed)
	Construct a new message object with a channel and content. More...
	message (const std::string &content, message_type type=mt_default)
	Construct a new message object with content. More...
message &	set_reference (snowflake _message_id, snowflake _guild_id=0, snowflake _channel_id=0, bool fail_if_not_exists=false)
	Set the original message reference for replies/crossposts. More...
message &	set_allowed_mentions (bool _parse_users, bool _parse_roles, bool _parse_everyone, bool _replied_user, const std::vector< snowflake > &users, const std::vector< snowflake > &roles)
	Set the allowed mentions object for pings on the message. More...
message &	fill_from_json (nlohmann::json *j, cache_policy_t cp={cp_aggressive, cp_aggressive, cp_aggressive})
virtual std::string	build_json (bool with_id=false, bool is_interaction_response=false) const
bool	is_crossposted () const
	Returns true if the message was crossposted to other servers. More...
bool	is_crosspost () const
	Returns true if posted from other servers news channel via webhook. More...
bool	suppress_embeds () const
	True if embeds have been removed. More...
bool	is_source_message_deleted () const
	True if source message was deleted. More...
bool	is_urgent () const
	True if urgent. More...
bool	has_thread () const
	True if has thread attached. More...
bool	is_ephemeral () const
	True if ephemeral (visible only to issuer of a slash command) More...
bool	is_loading () const
	True if loading. More...
message &	add_component (const component &c)
	Add a component (button) to message. More...
message &	add_embed (const embed &e)
	Add an embed to message. More...
message &	set_flags (uint8_t f)
	Set the flags. More...
message &	set_type (message_type t)
	Set the message type. More...
message &	set_filename (const std::string &fn)
	Set the filename of the last file in list. More...
message &	set_file_content (const std::string &fc)
	Set the file content of the last file in list. More...
message &	add_file (const std::string &filename, const std::string &filecontent)
	Add a file to the message. More...
message &	set_content (const std::string &c)
	Set the message content. More...
message &	set_channel_id (snowflake _channel_id)
	Set the channel id. More...
message &	set_guild_id (snowflake _guild_id)
	Set the channel id. More...
bool	is_dm () const
	Returns true if the message is from a DM. More...
double	get_creation_time () const
	Get the creation time of this object according to Discord. More...
bool	operator== (const managed &other) const noexcept
	Comparison operator for comparing two managed objects by id. More...
bool	operator!= (const managed &other) const noexcept
	Comparison operator for comparing two managed objects by id. More...

Public Attributes
snowflake	channel_id
snowflake	guild_id
user	author
guild_member	member
std::string	content
std::vector< dpp::component >	components
time_t	sent
time_t	edited
bool	tts
bool	mention_everyone
std::vector< std::pair< user, guild_member > >	mentions
std::vector< snowflake >	mention_roles
std::vector< channel >	mention_channels
std::vector< attachment >	attachments
std::vector< embed >	embeds
std::vector< reaction >	reactions
std::string	nonce
bool	pinned
snowflake	webhook_id
uint8_t	flags
std::vector< sticker >	stickers
std::vector< std::string >	filename
std::vector< std::string >	filecontent
message_type	type
struct dpp::message::message_ref	message_reference
struct dpp::message::message_interaction_struct	interaction
struct dpp::message::allowed_ref	allowed_mentions
class cluster *	owner
	The cluster which created this message object. More...
snowflake	id
	Unique ID of object set by Discord. This value contains a timestamp, worker ID, internal server ID, and an incrementing value. Only the timestamp is relevant to us as useful metadata. More...

Detailed Description

Represents messages sent and received on Discord.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

message() [1/5]

dpp::message::message

(

)

Construct a new message object.

message() [2/5]

dpp::message::message

(

class cluster *

o

)

Construct a new message object.

Parameters

o	Owning cluster, passed down to various things such as dpp::attachment. Owning cluster is optional (can be nullptr) and if nulled, will prevent some functions such as attachment::download from functioning (they will throw, if used)

~message()

virtual dpp::message::~message ( )

virtual

Destroy the message object.

message() [3/5]

dpp::message::message	(	snowflake	channel_id,
		const std::string &	content,
		message_type	type = mt_default
	)

Construct a new message object with a channel and content.

Parameters

channel_id	The channel to send the message to
content	The content of the message. It will be truncated to the maximum length of 4000 UTF-8 characters.
type	The message type to create

message() [4/5]

dpp::message::message	(	snowflake	channel_id,
		const embed &	_embed
	)

Construct a new message object with a channel and content.

Parameters

channel_id	The channel to send the message to
_embed	An embed to send

message() [5/5]

dpp::message::message	(	const std::string &	content,
		message_type	type = mt_default
	)

Construct a new message object with content.

Parameters

content	The content of the message. It will be truncated to the maximum length of 4000 UTF-8 characters.
type	The message type to create

Member Function Documentation

add_component()

message & dpp::message::add_component

(

const component &

c

)

Add a component (button) to message.

Parameters

c	component to add

Returns

message& reference to self

add_embed()

message & dpp::message::add_embed

(

const embed &

e

)

Add an embed to message.

Parameters

e	embed to add

Returns

message& reference to self

add_file()

message & dpp::message::add_file	(	const std::string &	filename,
		const std::string &	filecontent
	)

Add a file to the message.

Parameters

filename	filename
filecontent	raw file content contained in std::string

Returns

message& reference to self

build_json()

virtual std::string dpp::message::build_json ( bool  with_id = false, bool  is_interaction_response = false  ) const

virtual

Build JSON from this object.

Parameters

with_id	True if the ID is to be included in the built JSON
is_interaction_response	Set to true if this message is intended to be included in an interaction response. This will exclude some fields that are not valid in interactions at this time.

Returns

The JSON text of the message

fill_from_json()

message & dpp::message::fill_from_json	(	nlohmann::json *	j,
		cache_policy_t	cp = {cp_aggressive, cp_aggressive, cp_aggressive}
	)

Fill this object from json.

Parameters

j	JSON object to fill from
cp	Cache policy for user records, whether or not we cache users when a message is received

Returns

A reference to self

get_creation_time()

double dpp::managed::get_creation_time ( ) const

inherited

Get the creation time of this object according to Discord.

Returns

double creation time inferred from the snowflake ID. The minimum possible value is the first second of 2015.

has_thread()

bool dpp::message::has_thread

(

)

const

True if has thread attached.

Returns

true if has thread attached

is_crosspost()

bool dpp::message::is_crosspost

(

)

const

Returns true if posted from other servers news channel via webhook.

Returns

true if posted from other server

is_crossposted()

bool dpp::message::is_crossposted

(

)

const

Returns true if the message was crossposted to other servers.

Returns

true if crossposted

is_dm()

bool dpp::message::is_dm

(

)

const

Returns true if the message is from a DM.

Returns

true if message is a DM

is_ephemeral()

bool dpp::message::is_ephemeral

(

)

const

True if ephemeral (visible only to issuer of a slash command)

Returns

true if ephemeral

is_loading()

bool dpp::message::is_loading

(

)

const

True if loading.

Returns

true if loading

is_source_message_deleted()

bool dpp::message::is_source_message_deleted

(

)

const

True if source message was deleted.

Returns

true if source message deleted

is_urgent()

bool dpp::message::is_urgent

(

)

const

True if urgent.

Returns

true if urgent

operator!=()

bool dpp::managed::operator!= ( const managed &  other ) const

noexceptinherited

Comparison operator for comparing two managed objects by id.

Parameters

other

Other object to compare against

Returns

true objects are not the same id

false objects are the same id

operator==()

bool dpp::managed::operator== ( const managed &  other ) const

noexceptinherited

Comparison operator for comparing two managed objects by id.

Parameters

other

Other object to compare against

Returns

true objects are the same id

false objects are not the same id

set_allowed_mentions()

message & dpp::message::set_allowed_mentions	(	bool	_parse_users,
		bool	_parse_roles,
		bool	_parse_everyone,
		bool	_replied_user,
		const std::vector< snowflake > &	users,
		const std::vector< snowflake > &	roles
	)

Set the allowed mentions object for pings on the message.

Parameters

_parse_users	whether or not to parse users in the message content or embeds
_parse_roles	whether or not to parse roles in the message content or embeds
_parse_everyone	whether or not to parse everyone/here in the message content or embeds
_replied_user	if set to true and this is a reply, then ping the user we reply to
users	list of user ids to allow pings for
roles	list of role ids to allow pings for

Returns

message& reference to self

set_channel_id()

message & dpp::message::set_channel_id

(

snowflake

_channel_id

)

Set the channel id.

Parameters

_channel_id

channel id

Returns

message& reference to self

set_content()

message & dpp::message::set_content

(

const std::string &

c

)

Set the message content.

Parameters

c	message content. It will be truncated to the maximum length of 4000 UTF-8 characters.

Returns

message& reference to self

set_file_content()

message & dpp::message::set_file_content

(

const std::string &

fc

)

Set the file content of the last file in list.

Parameters

fc	raw file content contained in std::string

Returns

message& reference to self

Deprecated:

Use message::add_file instead

set_filename()

message & dpp::message::set_filename

(

const std::string &

fn

)

Set the filename of the last file in list.

Parameters

fn

filename

Returns

message& reference to self

Deprecated:

Use message::add_file instead

set_flags()

message & dpp::message::set_flags

(

uint8_t

f

)

Set the flags.

Parameters

f	flags to set

Returns

message& reference to self

set_guild_id()

message & dpp::message::set_guild_id

(

snowflake

_guild_id

)

Set the channel id.

Parameters

_guild_id

channel id

Returns

message& reference to self

set_reference()

message & dpp::message::set_reference	(	snowflake	_message_id,
		snowflake	_guild_id = 0,
		snowflake	_channel_id = 0,
		bool	fail_if_not_exists = false
	)

Set the original message reference for replies/crossposts.

Parameters

_message_id	message id to reply to
_guild_id	guild id to reply to (optional)
_channel_id	channel id to reply to (optional)
fail_if_not_exists	true if the message send should fail if these values are invalid (optional)

Returns

message& reference to self

set_type()

message & dpp::message::set_type

(

message_type

t

)

Set the message type.

Parameters

t	type to set

Returns

message& reference to self

suppress_embeds()

bool dpp::message::suppress_embeds

(

)

const

True if embeds have been removed.

Returns

true if embeds removed

Member Data Documentation

allowed_mentions

struct dpp::message::allowed_ref dpp::message::allowed_mentions

attachments

std::vector<attachment> dpp::message::attachments

any attached files

author

user dpp::message::author

the author of this message (not guaranteed to be a valid user)

channel_id

snowflake dpp::message::channel_id

id of the channel the message was sent in

components

std::vector<dpp::component> dpp::message::components

message components

content

std::string dpp::message::content

contents of the message

edited

time_t dpp::message::edited

when this message was edited (may be 0 if never edited)

embeds

std::vector<embed> dpp::message::embeds

zero or more dpp::embed objects

filecontent

std::vector<std::string> dpp::message::filecontent

File content to upload (raw binary)

filename

std::vector<std::string> dpp::message::filename

Name of file to upload (for use server-side in discord's url)

flags

uint8_t dpp::message::flags

Flags

guild_id

snowflake dpp::message::guild_id

Optional: id of the guild the message was sent in

id

snowflake dpp::managed::id

inherited

Unique ID of object set by Discord. This value contains a timestamp, worker ID, internal server ID, and an incrementing value. Only the timestamp is relevant to us as useful metadata.

interaction

struct dpp::message::message_interaction_struct dpp::message::interaction

member

guild_member dpp::message::member

Optional: member properties for this message's author

mention_channels

std::vector<channel> dpp::message::mention_channels

Channels mentioned in the message. (Discord: not all types supported) Discord: Only textual channels that are visible to everyone in a lurkable guild will ever be included. Only crossposted messages (via Channel Following) currently include mention_channels at all. (includes ID, Guild ID, Type, Name)

mention_everyone

bool dpp::message::mention_everyone

whether this message mentions everyone

mention_roles

std::vector<snowflake> dpp::message::mention_roles

roles specifically mentioned in this message (only IDs currently)

mentions

std::vector<std::pair<user, guild_member> > dpp::message::mentions

users specifically mentioned in the message

message_reference

struct dpp::message::message_ref dpp::message::message_reference

nonce

std::string dpp::message::nonce

Optional: used for validating a message was sent

owner

class cluster* dpp::message::owner

The cluster which created this message object.

pinned

bool dpp::message::pinned

whether this message is pinned

reactions

std::vector<reaction> dpp::message::reactions

Optional: reactions to the message

sent

time_t dpp::message::sent

when this message was sent

stickers

std::vector<sticker> dpp::message::stickers

Stickers

tts

bool dpp::message::tts

whether this was a TTS message

type

message_type dpp::message::type

Message type

webhook_id

snowflake dpp::message::webhook_id

Optional: if the message is generated by a webhook, its id will be here otherwise the field will be 0