discord.js - Imagine an app•2mo ago

Sending a welcome DM to users that have added/authorized my bot

Finding a bot in Discord interface could be a bit challenging. Is there a way to send a welcome DM to user's who just added/authorized my bot?

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d.js toolkit•2mo ago

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Amgelo•2mo ago

ideally if you really need users to know something beforehand, that should be in your app's description that being said, discord doesn't notify through the gateway (what djs uses to receive events) when an app is installed that's an event that's only emitted through webhook events which is outside the scope of djs

d.js docs•2mo ago

:discord: Webhook Events - Application Authorized APPLICATION_AUTHORIZED is sent when the app is added to a server or user account. read more

Amgelo•2mo ago

specifically that

egoengineeringOP•2mo ago

I do have a description on how to interact with the bot, but many users from my test groups independently complained that they didn't know what to do when the bot added. And since the bot is interacted with via DMs, it is kind of important that users could easily find an authorized bod somewhere easily. This is a bit of a general Discord usability issue, in my opinion. Anyway, thank you for pointing me out to the webhooks. This might be THE solution 🙂 Ah, nevermind. Just read the docs and turns out that specifying a webhook would mean the Gateway sockeck connection would stop working. This means I'd have to entirely redo my app from scratch, which negates the advantage of using the Discord.js...

NyR•2mo ago

No it wouldn't stop working, only for interaction endpoint (and possibly EntitlementCreat?, im not sure about this one) do you get interactionCreate over the http instead of gateway. ApplicationAuthorized and guildCreate is essentially two different event, you'll get both if you are subscribed to it

egoengineeringOP•2mo ago

My bot is forcced primarily on interactions, im afraid: slash commands, butto clicks etc. This means i'd have to redo 2/3rds of an app

NyR•2mo ago

Yeah so do not enable http interactions. And that is also separate to webhook events, you only get what you subscribe to on the dev portal. You can easily enable ApplicationAuthorized event without affecting others

clownidze•2mo ago

Maybe consider searching thru audit logs in guildCreate event? To be specific, look for AuditLogEvent.BotAdd

d.js docs•2mo ago

:method: Guild#fetchAuditLogs() [email protected] Fetches audit logs for this guild.

// Output audit log entries
guild.fetchAuditLogs()
  .then(audit => console.log(audit.entries.first()))
  .catch(console.error);

// Output audit log entries
guild.fetchAuditLogs()
  .then(audit => console.log(audit.entries.first()))
  .catch(console.error);

treble/luna•2mo ago

there is no guild in a user app

clownidze•2mo ago

user app, question is about a bot? so i'm guessing it was about guilds too?

treble/luna•2mo ago

a user app isnt a bot user apps are installed on users not on guilds

clownidze•2mo ago

yeah, exactly, author asked about a bot in their title and description, not a user app

treble/luna•2mo ago

what? they were helped regardless

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