How to `update() ` the same interaction multiple times?

So I have this simple slash command that sends 3 buttons: hello, hi, and wassup

async function execute(interaction)  {
  const hello = new ButtonBuilder()
    .setCustomId('hello')
    .setLabel('Say Hello')
    .setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary);
  
    const hi = new ButtonBuilder()
    .setCustomId('hi')
    .setLabel('Say Hi')
    .setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary);
  
    const wassup = new ButtonBuilder()
    .setCustomId('wassup')
    .setLabel('Say wassup')
    .setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary);
  
  const row = new ActionRowBuilder().addComponents(hello, hi, wassup);
  
   const response = await interaction.reply({
    content: 'Choose your messages',
    components: [row],
  });
  
  const userChoice = await response.awaitMessageComponent();
    switch (userChoice.customId) {
      case "hello": return await userChoice.update("hello");
      case "hi": return await userChoice.update("hi")
      case "wassup": return await userChoice.update("wassup")
    }
};

async function execute(interaction)  {
  const hello = new ButtonBuilder()
    .setCustomId('hello')
    .setLabel('Say Hello')
    .setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary);
  
    const hi = new ButtonBuilder()
    .setCustomId('hi')
    .setLabel('Say Hi')
    .setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary);
  
    const wassup = new ButtonBuilder()
    .setCustomId('wassup')
    .setLabel('Say wassup')
    .setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary);
  
  const row = new ActionRowBuilder().addComponents(hello, hi, wassup);
  
   const response = await interaction.reply({
    content: 'Choose your messages',
    components: [row],
  });
  
  const userChoice = await response.awaitMessageComponent();
    switch (userChoice.customId) {
      case "hello": return await userChoice.update("hello");
      case "hi": return await userChoice.update("hi")
      case "wassup": return await userChoice.update("wassup")
    }
};

When a user click one of the buttons, the message should change into the chosen message, which works as intended. However, it only work once. The next click will result in "Interaction failed". I tried duplicating the awaitMessageComponent() function call but it still doesn't work. Any idea?

12 Replies

d.js toolkit•17mo ago

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chewie•17mo ago

After calling .update() for the first time, you can use .editReply()

invictusOP•17mo ago

Should I make a new variable or can I just directly call .editReply() from userChoice?

chewie•17mo ago

You can call it on userChoice

invictusOP•17mo ago

Okay, let me try Apparently, I ran into another problem. It looks like the function only run twice (First after the slash command is called, second after the user responds)? After that, my console.log no longer logs any things. The next interaction only got intercepted by interactionCreate listener, which is on a different file. So the .editReply() code doesn't even get called.

chewie•17mo ago

You only await one button, so that makes sense Use a collector if you want to collect multiple

d.js docs•17mo ago

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invictusOP•17mo ago

Ohhh What If I put the awaitMessageComponent on loop?

chewie•17mo ago

No Please dont

invictusOP•17mo ago

hehe it works though 😁

chewie•17mo ago

I mean, whatever floats your goat

invictusOP•17mo ago

Well, thanks anyway. I noticed that awaitMessageComponent() halts the function execution, saving the rest for the next interaction. So, the loop is safe here, as it only runs when there is a new interaction.

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