Fetching the original ChatInputCommandInteraction from MessageComponentInteraction

[tranquil harbor]

After a user interacts with a component like a button, I would like to instead of creating a new interaction ignore this and instead update the old one, is that possible? I can't seem to find the original interaction ID from, nor a method to ignore this one and update the old one

Version information:
Node: v19.7.0
Packages:
@discordjs/builders 1.4.0 dotenv 16.0.3 mongodb 5.1.0 pino-pretty 9.4.0
common-tags 1.8.2 luxon 3.3.0 path-exists 5.0.0 yargs 17.7.1
discord.js 14.7.1 make-fetch-happen 11.0.3 pino 8.11.0

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[ornate sage]

Message#interaction
Partial data of the interaction that this message is a reply to

[sleek cosmos]

Maybe this might work?

[hallow relic]

you don't create interactions. users create them by pushing the button. so you can't circumvent that a new interaction gets created. Maybe you mean something else, maybe you want to not reply with a new message to the interaction but instead update the one your button was on? in that case interaction.update(..) does exactly that

[tranquil harbor]

That's what I want indeed, and I also needed the original interaction id, thanks a lot@sleek cosmos @hallow relic :D

[tranquil harbor]

How can I get the ID of the original interaction, the one that will be updated?

[hallow relic]

what do you want the original interaction id for? that's mostly useless

you update a Message (the reply to an interaction), not an interaction

[tranquil harbor]

Aha

[hallow relic]

do you want the messageId of the Message you update?

or what's the use-case?

[tranquil harbor]

Is MessageComponentInteraction.message.id the same as ChatInputCommandInteraction.id of the original message?

[tranquil harbor]

I'm saving the ID of the ChatInputCommandInteraction to a database and then want to look it up when a MessageComponentInteraction is received

[hallow relic]

no. the latter is the id of the Interaction (something you only need if you actually want to respond or followUp to that interaction) the former is the id of the response to that Interaction (or more exact: the id of the message the MessageComponent is on)

[hallow relic]

add the id to the customId of the button. don't rely on discord sending you the id of the original interaction correctly. or alternatively save the id of the reply to the ChatInputCommandInteraction (the Message)

[tranquil harbor]

The latter works for me, thanks a lot. Just last question, how do I follow up after a deferred update?

[hallow relic]

you first need to editReply with an actual update content. then you can followUp with more messages if you want

if you don't want to update but reply instead then don't deferUpdate