No starter message | discord.js - imagine an app | Page 1

placid fjord Jun 25, 2022, 6:59 PM

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This is a thread without a starter message (unless I messed up)

brittle zephyr Jun 25, 2022, 6:59 PM

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hm

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 6:59 PM

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this is exactly what i had though

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thought*

brittle zephyr Jun 25, 2022, 6:59 PM

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I guess it would return the first message

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 6:59 PM

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but messing around with the djs library, i would assume it just means the first message in the threadChannel

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and not the message that created the threadchannel

pale cliff Jun 25, 2022, 7:00 PM

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u can make a thread from a message and delete it but the thread stays therefore the method wud reject

placid fjord Jun 25, 2022, 7:00 PM

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thorn tiger but messing around with the djs library, i would assume it just means the first ...

Nope, it means exactly what discord means by that. This thread won’t have a starter message in djs

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 7:01 PM

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but it would tho, i think it would be named no starter message

pale cliff Jun 25, 2022, 7:01 PM

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no why wd it be name as such?

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 7:01 PM

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can you explain this?

pale cliff Jun 25, 2022, 7:02 PM

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the message the thread it started from has a message ..

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u see.. the system message..

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 7:02 PM

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im so confused

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i see it is a system message

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im expecting the threadChannel#fetchStarterMessage method to reject, bc the thread channel doesn't have a starter message tho?

placid fjord Jun 25, 2022, 7:03 PM

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Now this thread really doesn’t have a starter message anymore😉

pale cliff Jun 25, 2022, 7:03 PM

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the system message is the starter message...

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 7:04 PM

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wait can you explain what a system message is

pale cliff Jun 25, 2022, 7:04 PM

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message sent by discord..

placid fjord Jun 25, 2022, 7:04 PM

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A message generated by discord itself

pale cliff Jun 25, 2022, 7:05 PM

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or ye generated

placid fjord Jun 25, 2022, 7:05 PM

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Like the welcome messages for guild join, thread created, etc

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 7:05 PM

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yeah okay

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so a starter message is a message that created a thread channel?

placid fjord Jun 25, 2022, 7:06 PM

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Correct

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That can be a system message or (as is the case in the other thread) a user message

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 7:07 PM

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wait, are system messages always generated when you create a thread without a starter message?

placid fjord Jun 25, 2022, 7:07 PM

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Yes. But you can delete them

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 7:08 PM

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delete.. the system message?

placid fjord Jun 25, 2022, 7:08 PM

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Correct. I just did for this thread

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 7:08 PM

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oh so ThreadChannel#fetchStarterMessage will reject, if that message.. doesn't exist anymore?

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since a system message would be generated automatically by creating a thread channel w/o a starter message

placid fjord Jun 25, 2022, 7:09 PM

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Yes

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 7:09 PM

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okay just a confirmation, fetchStarterMessage will only reject when the message doesn't exist anymore?

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are there any other situations where the promise might reject ?

placid fjord Jun 25, 2022, 7:10 PM

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Mostly yes. Or when discord has other problems. Same as for every fetch. A 500 error can occur at any endpoint

thorn tiger Jun 25, 2022, 7:10 PM

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oh okay

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thanks!

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