#Without the bot being present at all you
balmy ridge
OK then, at least make a thread about it 😄
so... i;ve used the install link, i've authorized the app. now say my app needs to communicate 1on1, through DMs
how exactly do I DM the damn thing?
steel hare
Did you install it in the right scope?
balmy ridge
what does that mean? as a user, not in a guild?
steel hare
You can install them to a specific guild or to your user account
balmy ridge
right. i've installed it on my account ("Try now")
steel hare
That entirely depends on what it's capabilities are uh
Let me get to a PC real quick and I'll try it
balmy ridge
no rush
steel hare
Got a link to the specific app for me?
balmy ridge
not really, sorry 😦 i could have one by tomorrow
it's job stuff and it's only a staging environment atm
steel hare
Oh I see I thought it was just some app one you found ^^
balmy ridge
let me rephrase so that maybe it's more generic: how is one expected to use a bot which is only installable per account, not per guild?
ok, you authorize the app. then what?
when I started playing with this, i made the app both user- and guild-installable. as such, I was able to DM the bot as one of the members in my test guild
but if my ultimate goal is to have the app only user-installable, I don't understand how a user is expected to interact with the app
steel hare
ah i see
its a bit yoinky
i added statsfm
then you just execute any command
and that response has a clickable profile from which you can get into the dms
balmy ridge
ok, so you have to register some global slash commands to start interacting
steel hare
looks like it
it probably would show up in the sidebar if you added it to the other scope
you may even be able to configure for which it will work so people dont have to figure it out
balmy ridge
this makes it seem like i'm using a laptop as a hammer, but ok
steel hare
generally speaking dms are very limited for bots to counter act abuse
like you can only have like 10 concurrently open on which you will receive non message events for
responding always be like open dm then respond
and there is also nothing you really can precheck on wether or not you are blocked from receiving your messages until you send one
doing communications entirely over slash commands or whatever the newish components are called dont have those kinds of limits
steel hare
