🔒 How to send "create message" events to discord websocket as JSON?

[slim pine]

Is there any solution, please help?

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[remote cobalt]

send to discord websocket? are you trying to create your own discord bot framework?

[slim pine]

want framework? No, I experiment with the discord api thats it and understand it:

while True:
events = receive_data(ws)
print(events)
if events["t"] == "READY":
print("Bot has started.....")

[tough bronze]

Hey @slim pine!

It looks like you're trying to paste code into this channel.

Discord has support for Markdown, which allows you to post code with full syntax highlighting. Please use these whenever you paste code, as this helps improve the legibility and makes it easier for us to help you.

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[slim pine]

when event["t"] == "MESSAGE_CREATE" i want to send a message

like a reply

I tried with message = {"content" : "Hello world"} but when I send it , the websocket closes

send_data(ws, message)

[remote cobalt]

that is fairly advanced - I would strongly recommend using a framework like discord.py or hikari instead of implementing it yourself

alternatively, you can try looking at their source code to see how they implement it and use that as a base for your own project

[slim pine]

I receive events in the while loop

when I update channel or send messages on my test discord

but I dont want to receive always I also want to send

[open wadi]

It's closing because the websocket does not expect that input. For reference, the websocket is practically only used for identifying yourself, resuming connections and acknowledging heartbeats.

For sending messages, you use the REST API: POST /channels/{channel.id}/messages

[slim pine]

ah ok, yeah that I have done yesterday with the requets library

as a test

so you mean the websocket doesnt want any inputs?

it gives me inputs to work with?

I receive json data that I then convert into a python obj

[open wadi]

You can send data to the gateway. However, they are in a specific format and are again only for a few events (docs).

MESSAGE_CREATE is a Receive-only event. You can't send those.

[slim pine]

ok ok yeah your right. I see it. Than I must work with POST DELETE GET PATCH PUT

[open wadi]

Yeah. The docs are pretty clear on what you can do with the gateway vs the REST API.

[slim pine]

I think simply said when getaway event is qual to an event like MESSAGE_CREATE I can extract some datas store it in variables and fire it with the right link with requests.get post delete ....

[slim pine]

elif events["t"] == "MESSAGE_CREATE":
requests.post("https://discord.com/api/channels/mychannelid/messages", json={"content":"hello world"},headers=header)

would you approve this?

[open wadi]

That seems fine, although you'd ofc replace the channel id with the one you get from the API.

[slim pine]

yeah

the message is displayed multiple times is there a reason?

[open wadi]

It will send it each time your bot sees a new message. Given that sending a message produces the event, it sees your bot's messages and makes it enter into a sort of loop.

That's why people check if their messages weren't sent by their own bot.

[slim pine]

ah ok wait i send you a screenshot

i type s and then this

[open wadi]

Yeah, that's what I mentioned earlier. You'd handle it like you typically would when doing a Discord bot (here's the message object for reference).

I will acknowledge etrotta's previous mention that the Discord API can get fairly complex and you should look into the documentation which tends to be pretty clear on most topics. You can also refer to other existing frameworks and there's also the Discord Developers server if you have any doubts (we have a thread too: https://discord.com/channels/267624335836053506/965291516031549500)

[slim pine]

ah thanks I dont want to build a framework or something else I want to just experiment with it

and btw it is good to know what discord py makes under the hood @open wadi

thanks a lot guys

my todays accomplishements are connect to the getaway , sending heartbeats in an other thread , send the identifier and receiving events

[open wadi]

Sure, knowing how your favorite libraries work is definitely great!

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