D++ (DPP)
C++ Discord API Bot Library
Caching Messages

By default D++ does not cache messages. The example program below demonstrates how to instantiate a custom cache using dpp::cache which will allow you to cache messages and query the cache for messages by ID.

This can be adjusted to cache any type derived from dpp::managed including types you define yourself.

Note
This example will cache and hold onto messages forever! In a real world situation this would be bad. If you do use this, you should use the dpp::cache::remove() method periodically to remove stale items. This is left out of this example as a learning exercise to the reader. For further reading please see the documentation of dpp::cache
#include <dpp/dpp.h>
#include <sstream>
int main() {
/* Create bot */
dpp::cluster bot("token");
/* Create a cache to contain types of dpp::message */
dpp::cache<dpp::message> message_cache;
/* Message handler */
bot.on_message_create([&](const dpp::message_create_t &event) {
/* Make a permanent pointer using new, for each message to be cached */
/* Store the message into the pointer by copying it */
*m = event.msg;
/* Store the new pointer to the cache using the store() method */
message_cache.store(m);
/* Simple ghetto command handler. In the real world, use slashcommand or commandhandler here. */
std::stringstream ss(event.msg.content);
std::string cmd;
ss >> cmd;
/* Look for our command */
if (cmd == "!get") {
ss >> msg_id;
/* Search our cache for a cached message */
dpp::message* find_msg = message_cache.find(msg_id);
if (find_msg != nullptr) {
/* Found a cached message, echo it out */
bot.message_create(dpp::message(event.msg.channel_id, "This message had the following content: " + find_msg->content));
} else {
/* Nothing like that here. Have you checked under the carpet? */
bot.message_create(dpp::message(event.msg.channel_id, "There is no message cached with this ID"));
}
}
});
/* Start bot */
bot.start(false);
return 0;
}
A cache object maintains a cache of dpp::managed objects.
Definition: cache.h:48
void store(T *object)
Store an object in the cache. Passing a nullptr will have no effect.
Definition: cache.h:99
T * find(snowflake id)
Find an object in the cache by id.
Definition: cache.h:152
The cluster class represents a group of shards and a command queue for sending and receiving commands...
Definition: cluster.h:384
uint64_t snowflake
A 64 bit unsigned value representing many things on discord. Discord calls the value a 'snowflake' va...
Definition: discord.h:36
Create message.
Definition: dispatcher.h:1156
message msg
message that was created (sent).
Definition: dispatcher.h:1165
Represents messages sent and received on Discord.
Definition: message.h:1010
std::string content
Definition: message.h:1020
snowflake channel_id
Definition: message.h:1012
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