Snippet: Typing Indicator | SHOHAN

Typing Indicator

SHOHAN — Shohan

This example snippet shows how you can delay an action & post a typing Indicator. It also shows how to reply to someone without pinging them. Use "!type" command to get typing indicator

const lib = require('lib')({token: process.env.STDLIB_SECRET_TOKEN});

let sleep = async (ms) => {
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    setTimeout(resolve, ms);
  });
};
await lib.discord.channels['@0.3.0'].typing.create({
  channel_id: `${context.params.event.channel_id}`,
});
await sleep(4000); //send message after 4 sec
await lib.discord.channels['@0.3.0'].messages.create({
  channel_id: `${context.params.event.channel_id}`,
  content: `I was typing a message!`,
  allowed_mentions: {
    replied_user: false,
  },
  message_reference: {
    message_id: context.params.event.id,
  },
});