I have seen some bots use Webhooks instead of sending through the clieny for some messages. I believe Dyno sends event logs through Webhooks. I already know you can send messages through webhooks without needing to log in. Does anyone know why and any advantages of doing so?
#Webhooks VS Sending messages
lunar garden
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lunar garden
djs version: 14.11
nodejs: 18.16 (LTS)
(I don't think versions matter for this question)
blissful flint
Advantages:
- it doesn’t need the bot to be logged in so you can use it for logging purposes, even when the thing you want to log caused the bot‘s connection to close/wasn’t open in the first place
- the webhook has its own ratelimit bucket so if you log a lot of stuff it doesn’t ratelimit your bot doing its thing at the same time
- you can send messages under a different username and avatar
lunar garden
so its rate limit advantages? is webhook's limit lower than sending messages' rate limit
blissful flint
No*. But it doesn’t share the ratelimit with your other sending your bot does
* ratelimits are dynamic so not entirely true