applied Tags

so im trying to make my bot send a message when a certain tag is applied to a thread

client.on(Events.ThreadUpdate, async (oldThread, newThread, channel) => {
  console.log(newThread.appliedTags)

  if (newThread.appliedTags === '1107649018902884393') channel.send({ content: 'working', ephemeral: true})
  
})

client.on(Events.ThreadUpdate, async (oldThread, newThread, channel) => {
  console.log(newThread.appliedTags)

  if (newThread.appliedTags === '1107649018902884393') channel.send({ content: 'working', ephemeral: true})
  
})

the tags get logged but nothing gets sent to the channel

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d.js toolkit•2y ago

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eX•2y ago

are you trying to send the message inside that thread? or sending the message to another channel?

keekztahOP•2y ago

that thread

eX•2y ago

also, appliedTags is an array[] so if there can only be one tag, itll always be appliedTags[0], if there can be multiple tags on the thread, youll need to loop thru the tags to see if the tag youre looking for exists

keekztahOP•2y ago

if (newThread.appliedTags === ['1107649018902884393'])?

eX•2y ago

or if (newThread.appliedTags[0] === '1107649018902884393') newThread.send({}) is usually better in my book as well, but not sure itd make any difference

keekztahOP•2y ago

eX•2y ago

but yes, comparing the entire value of the array would work as well, so long as they cant select more than one tag

keekztahOP•2y ago

ok thank you

eX•2y ago

also, i dont think you can send a willy nilly ephemeral message... only in response to an interaction

keekztahOP•2y ago

yea i just realized haha but, the message 'working' still sends even if its not the right tag im applying to the channel for instance, i want it to send when the tag "Beginner" appears, but the message still sends when the tag "Intermediate" appears

eX•2y ago

try returning the .send() function

if (newThread.appliedTags[0] === '1107649018902884393') return newThread.send({ content: 'working', ephemeral: true});

if (newThread.appliedTags[0] === '1107649018902884393') return newThread.send({ content: 'working', ephemeral: true});

if (newThread.appliedTags[0] === '1107649018902884393') {
   channel.send({ content: 'working', ephemeral: true});
}

if (newThread.appliedTags[0] === '1107649018902884393') {
   channel.send({ content: 'working', ephemeral: true});
}

keekztahOP•2y ago

that works only if the only tag is beginner

eX•2y ago

im sorry what

keekztahOP•2y ago

is there a way to make it so that if beginner is added, regardless of what other tags are applied, sends the message? sorry, it worked. but only if there is only one tag (beginner)

eX•2y ago

correct, thats what i was saying before. if theres more than 1 tag, youll need to loop through the array of appliedTags

keekztahOP•2y ago

ohhh ok thank you

eX•2y ago

if (newThread.appliedTags.includes('This Tag')) {
   // Do this any time This Tag exists
}

if (newThread.appliedTags.includes('This Tag')) {
   // Do this any time This Tag exists
}

or something alongthose lines

keekztahOP•2y ago

do i have to add the [0]

eX•2y ago

no, the [0] just means look at the first array value only. if you console.log(newThread.appliedTags), you should see ['132456789', '987654321'] if there were 2 tags applied. when you run

if (newThread.appliedTags.includes('123456789')) {
   // Do this any time This Tag exists
}

if (newThread.appliedTags.includes('123456789')) {
   // Do this any time This Tag exists
}

it will look at each value in newThread.appliedTags (123456789 and 987654321), and if any of them match 123456789, itll execute the code also, beware that the message will likely send every time the thread is updated, because the appliedTags will be the same, since this is within the threadUpdate event. (so if the thread is renamed, etc itll resend) that can be avoided by comparing the oldThread.appliedTags to the newThread.appliedTags

keekztahOP•2y ago

can u send an example im so sorry

eX•2y ago

if (oldThread.appliedTags !== newThread.appliedTags && newThread.appliedTags.includes('This Tag')) {
   // if the appliedTags on the "old version" of this thread are not the same as the appliedTags on the "new version" of this thread, AND the newThread has the appliedTag "This Tag", run this code
}

if (oldThread.appliedTags !== newThread.appliedTags && newThread.appliedTags.includes('This Tag')) {
   // if the appliedTags on the "old version" of this thread are not the same as the appliedTags on the "new version" of this thread, AND the newThread has the appliedTag "This Tag", run this code
}

simply comparing the two "versions" of the thread

keekztahOP•2y ago

so the 'this tag' would be the tag i want when sending the message right?

eX•2y ago

yep

keekztahOP•2y ago

for ex, beginner

eX•2y ago

@ me if you need anything else, gonna be tabbed out into a different window

keekztahOP•2y ago

perfect, thank you @ex_1 this is a whole different thing but youre very helpful so i wanted to see if you knew the answer i wanted to create a reminder for someone who ran a command x minutes ago- is this possible?

eX•2y ago

using a 3rd party library, like cron, yes. or (a less good idea) using a timeout fuction to execute something after some time

keekztahOP•2y ago

npmjs.com/package/cron this?

eX•2y ago

yes https://www.npmjs.com/package/cron

setTimeout(function() {
  // do something after 1000 milliseconds
}, 1000);

setTimeout(function() {
  // do something after 1000 milliseconds
}, 1000);

npm

cron

Cron jobs for your node. Latest version: 2.3.1, last published: a month ago. Start using cron in your project by running npm i cron. There are 1802 other projects in the npm registry using cron.

keekztahOP•2y ago

is that against tos at all lol

eX•2y ago

depends how you use it. if you use cron to send the same message every 10 seconds, technically yes thats api abuse. but if you send a message every hour, or every day, or one time 5 minutes after a particular event, it wouldnt be api abuse but thatd be a good question for someone else

keekztahOP•2y ago

do you use cron urself?

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