Snippet: Followup & Ephemeral Message Guide (OUTDATED!!)

Followup & Ephemeral Message Guide (OUTDATED!!)

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This snippets shows you everything you have to know about followup & ephemeral messages. Followup messages normal messages that have a little indicator above the message, that shows the Icon of the Command executer and a little text "used /(commandname).

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

//GET THE TOKEN
const token = context.params.event.token;

//CREATE THE FOLLOWUP MESSAGE
let followup = await lib.discord.interactions['@0.0.0'].followups.create({
  // Create a Followup message on a interaction
  token: token,
  content: `This is a followup message.`,
});

const followupID = followup.id; //get the messageID
console.log(followupID);

//EDIT THE FOLLOWUP MESSAGE
let editFollowup = await lib.discord.interactions['@0.0.0'].followups.update({
  token: token,
  message_id: followupID, //paste followup messageID
  content: `This is a also a followup message but edited.`,
});

//GET THE FOLLOWUP MESSAGE
let getFollowup = await lib.discord.interactions['@0.0.0'].followups.retrieve({
  token: token,
  message_id: followupID,
});
console.log(getFollowup);

//DELETE THE FOLLOWUP MESSAGE
let destroyFollowup = await lib.discord.interactions[
  '@0.0.0'
].followups.destroy({
  token: token,
  message_id: followupID,
});

//CREATE AN EPHEMERAL MESSAGE (ONLY VISABLE FOR ONE PERSON)
let ephemeral = await lib.discord.interactions[
  '@0.0.0'
].followups.ephemeral.create({
  token: token,
  content: 'This is an ephemeral message!',
});