Snippet: Rate limit Discord commands

Rate limit Discord commands

Scott — threesided

Add a rate limit to discord prefix commands using utils.kv

// authenticates you with the API standard library
// type `await lib.` to display API autocomplete
const lib = require('lib')({token: process.env.STDLIB_SECRET_TOKEN});

if (context.params.event.content.startsWith('!example')) {
  let rateLimit = await lib.utils.kv['@0.1.16'].get({
    key: `rate_limit_example_${context.params.event.author.id}`
  });
  
  if (rateLimit) {
    return lib.discord.channels['@0.1.1'].messages.create({
      channel_id: `${context.params.event.channel_id}`,
      content: `Sorry, you gotta wait!`
    });
  } else {
    await lib.utils.kv['@0.1.16'].set({
      key: `rate_limit_example_${context.params.event.author.id}`,
      value: `true`,
      ttl: 60 // The number of seconds to rate limit a person for.
    });
    
    return lib.discord.channels['@0.1.1'].messages.create({
      channel_id: `${context.params.event.channel_id}`,
      content: `This is an example response! Now wait 60 seconds to use this command again. ⏲`
    });
  }
}