Streaming external websocket backend state to a discord channel
Hey
I have a discord bot that is connected to a separate websocket backend with WebSockets.
I want the bot to show the backend servers state on a discord channel, should I just make the
bot send a message that shows the backend server state and then edit that message on every backend state change?
I am listening to the websocket backend server changes with the discord bot
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- Issue solved? Press the button!so basically in my discord.js bot:
this will listen to the external backend websocket server
I want to show this event.data on my discord server through this bot
and I want to have it all in one message, and make that one original message update on changes
hey
Is this idea even half decent or should I just ditch the discord bot and do
website client that talks to the backend websocket server
can you send me your discord bot stuff that you have in it
I wantto start making disocrd bot
but do not know how to make cmds and what i need in the Files
you can make commands using the slashcommandbuilder or just by typing the commands out yourself
then set the commands guild-based/globally based on your purposes
using commands.set
okok
I think this discord has guides for getting started, and there are discord.js docs
this is just a singular post asking for question about websockets
ok
Probably a matter of preference whether to use a message in Discord or a status website.
As long as the state (and along with it the message) is not excessively updating, it should be fine.
Note that Discord really does not like bots using channel names or topics for this.
Thank you for the inisight. What I am working on is the following
backend: ws server (game queue with mmr based matchmaking, connected to a database), kind of like matchmaking as a service backend
client: discord bot OR website
the reason I'd like to use discord as a client is that my userbase is in discord. However, in web world streaming backend state in real time for this seems easier to implement, at least for me. Have it working already on web, but want to see if it can work in a discord text channel
the client can basically be anything, as long as it can stream the matchmaking state for the users
and btw, what did your last sentence mean? Sorry for my poor english/understanding
Don't automatically update channel names or topics for these things, as Discord doesn't want bots to do that.
So you are saying it's not a good idea?
Using a message should be fine.
oh, yeah, that's all I really want
just one message with a reference to it and keep updating everything on it
thanks!!!!
also love the last emote on ur name
