How to edit the inital reply after ModalSubmitInteraction?

I am using Node v20.11.0 and discord.js v14.14.1. Initial reply:

  const button = new ButtonBuilder()
    .setCustomId('submit-modal')
    .setLabel('Click me')
    .setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary);

  const row = new ActionRowBuilder<ButtonBuilder>().addComponents(button);

  return interaction.reply({ embeds: [embed], components: [row] });

  const button = new ButtonBuilder()
    .setCustomId('submit-modal')
    .setLabel('Click me')
    .setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary);

  const row = new ActionRowBuilder<ButtonBuilder>().addComponents(button);

  return interaction.reply({ embeds: [embed], components: [row] });

Modal (after button is clicked)

const modal = new ModalBuilder()
    .setCustomId('submit-modal')
    .setTitle('Welcome!');

  const textinput = new TextInputBuilder()
    .setCustomId('name')
    .setLabel('What is your name?')
    .setRequired(true)
    .setStyle(TextInputStyle.Short);

  const row = new ActionRowBuilder<TextInputBuilder>().addComponents(textinput);

  modal.addComponents(row);

  await interaction.showModal(modal);

const modal = new ModalBuilder()
    .setCustomId('submit-modal')
    .setTitle('Welcome!');

  const textinput = new TextInputBuilder()
    .setCustomId('name')
    .setLabel('What is your name?')
    .setRequired(true)
    .setStyle(TextInputStyle.Short);

  const row = new ActionRowBuilder<TextInputBuilder>().addComponents(textinput);

  modal.addComponents(row);

  await interaction.showModal(modal);

After Submit:

const embed = new EmbedBuilder()
    .setColor(0x00ff00)
    .setTitle('Welcome!')
    .setDescription(`Hi ${name}`);

//How do I update the first message?
//I want to replace the initial reply with the new embed

const embed = new EmbedBuilder()
    .setColor(0x00ff00)
    .setTitle('Welcome!')
    .setDescription(`Hi ${name}`);

//How do I update the first message?
//I want to replace the initial reply with the new embed

I tried:

console.log(interaction.message) //Exists
interaction.message.edit({ embeds [embed] });

console.log(interaction.message) //Exists
interaction.message.edit({ embeds [embed] });

-> Could not find the channel where this message came from in the cache!

console.log(interaction.message) //Exists
interaction.editReply({ embeds: [embed] });

console.log(interaction.message) //Exists
interaction.editReply({ embeds: [embed] });

-> The reply to this interaction has not been sent or deferred. The goal is to prevent the user from clicking again on the modal button and display a welcome message.

6 Replies

d.js toolkit•12mo ago

- What's your exact discord.js npm list discord.js and node node -v version? - Not a discord.js issue? Check out #other-js-ts. - Consider reading #how-to-get-help to improve your question! - Explain what exactly your issue is. - Post the full error stack trace, not just the top part! - Show your code! - Issue solved? Press the button! - ✅ Marked as resolved by OP

vedelOP•12mo ago

This seams to work:

await interaction.deferUpdate({ fetchReply: true });
await interaction.editReply({ embeds: [embed], components: [] });

await interaction.deferUpdate({ fetchReply: true });
await interaction.editReply({ embeds: [embed], components: [] });

Please let me know if this is bad practise or not 🙂 In the typescript definition it appears not to exist. The closest (by name atleast) is deferedUpdate.

monbrey•12mo ago

In TypeScript you need to first typeguard it

d.js docs•12mo ago

ModalSubmitInteraction#isFromMessage() Whether this is from a MessageComponentInteraction.

monbrey•12mo ago

You cant update unless its from a button/select menu

vedelOP•12mo ago

Unfortunately I wasn't able to figure it out. For now I will keep it the ugly way.

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How to edit the inital reply after ModalSubmitInteraction?