crimson lion
Hi folks. Looking to create a slash command, that could allow the user to be redirected to an external url in their browser. The use case is signing up for an account on a website. I'd like to implement a /register command that would allow them to be redirected to my authentication service with some prepopulated values
What's the best way to do this? Return a button or url for them to click, or can a redirect/open browser be forced?
limber compassBOT
npm list discord.js and node node -v version?
crimson lion
Node 18, discord.js: 13.9.2
opaque pendant
the only way is to show them a url or button
crimson lion
Damn that's frustrating. I'm fairly sure I know the answer, but am I right in thinking buttons can only be attached to a text or embed reply?
glad prawn
You could probably create a blank text message by doing something like:
_ _
and then attach a button to the end of it
When you do _ _ it creates a blank message
Example:
_ _
^ as you can see a blank message
crimson lion
Might not be a terrible idea
glad prawn
At least that will allow you to have a blank message with a button
The other thing you could do is create a transparent image and upload it as a Emoji and use that however, emojis show up bigger as a blank message then the method I just described.
crimson lion
Tbf I may just go all in and make an embed for it, it's not a biggie. Thanks!
glad prawn
No problembo!
opaque pendant
you could also use masked links
crimson lion
Oh I forgot about those
austere bear
You can also just send a message with only components. Content and embeds aren't required if you have components as the components are enough to not be empty
When creating a message, apps must provide a value for at least one of content, embeds, sticker_ids, components, or files[n].
https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/channel#create-message-jsonform-params