#how do i delete an ephemeral interaction?

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viscid field
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i tried await e.Interaction.DeleteOriginalResponseAsync();

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(it gave me error 404)

split cedar
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you dont

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only the user can get rid of that message

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all you can do is update the message to an empty message, or to say "Done" or something like that

viscid field
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how do i access the original message

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like "it"

fair elm
split cedar
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depends if it is the original response or a followup, but generally there should be a Get<Original/Followup>MessageAsync method on your interaction object

viscid field
split cedar
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or the user already dismissed it?

fair elm
viscid field
# fair elm

i struggle to wrap my head around what that means

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maybe i've been coding for too long

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i need to use whatever interaction that contained the panel interaction?

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to delete it?

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like the slash command?

split cedar
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i means that you can only delete the ephemeral message through the interaction that made it

viscid field
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so, in my case, a slash command

split cedar
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yeah guess so

viscid field
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but i'm listening to the ComponentInteractionCreatedEvent

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so it's quite a long reach

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[2023-02-05 19:38:53 +02:00] [108 /WebSocketRec] [Error] Socket handler suppressed an exception
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at DSharpPlus.DiscordClient.OnReadyEventAsync(ReadyPayload ready, JArray rawGuilds, JArray rawDmChannels)
at DSharpPlus.DiscordClient.HandleDispatchAsync(GatewayPayload payload)
at DSharpPlus.DiscordClient.HandleSocketMessageAsync(String data)
at DSharpPlus.DiscordClient.<InternalConnectAsync>g__SocketOnMessage|484_1(IWebSocketClient sender, SocketMessageEventArgs e)

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what does mean lol

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apparently newer versions of dsharpplus are bad

fair elm
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What version are you using?

viscid field
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i fixed it by going back to stable 4.3.0

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i used 4.4.0-nightly-01260 and 4.4.0-nightly-01259

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gave up after trying those two and reverted to stable

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idk what i had originally

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can check if super important (git)

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more importantly, how do i modify the contents of the interaction 😭 i keep getting 404

fair elm
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Use nightly 1258

viscid field
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await e.Message.ModifyAsync("Test");
e.Interaction.EditOriginalResponseAsync(new DiscordWebhookBuilder().WithContent("Test"));

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none of these worked

viscid field
split cedar
viscid field
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i'm on the event

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ComponentInteractionCreatedEvent

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not on the slash command

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this is after getting what the user selected

split cedar
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so you have a slash command that creates an ephemeral message with a button or a dropdown?

viscid field
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and after it sends the channel, it should delete itself (the first message)

split cedar
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yeah then you cant delete or modify the message from the componentinteractioncreated event

viscid field
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i've noticed 😭

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are there any alternatives

split cedar
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you could use interactivity to wait for the components event in the slash command method

viscid field
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this is waiting for the user though

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user can take 2 sec or a minute

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is there a safe way to wait for that?

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how long will the interaction even be alive for?

split cedar
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as long as you already responded you can take i think up to 5 mins until the interaction goes invalid

viscid field
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i see

split cedar
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and interactivity has a timeout you can set, so you can give the user say 2 mins to do what they want, and if they dont thelly have to rerun the command

viscid field
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i see

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can i not make it a 1 time use?

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for that interaction in particular

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i don't want them to spam mentions easily

split cedar
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you can make it 2 seconds if you like

viscid field
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or by accident

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yes but if they don't use it in 2 seconds (slow hands) f

split cedar
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yep

viscid field
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ig i'll just leave it like this for now

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discord is weird

split cedar
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you can make it any timespan so...

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i think default might be 2 mins or so

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you can change the app wide default in your interactivity configuration, and then you can also specify a per use timeout separately

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for that you just pass a timespan iirc

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or you can even pass a CancellationToken

viscid field
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yeah that seems like an awful lot of work for a first project 😅

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i'll keep that in mind for my third refactor

split cedar
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already planning third refactor when doing one rn? xD

shell sky
split cedar
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Yeah already found

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Didnt see that update

shell sky
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Acknowledge the interaction with a response (such as DeferredMessageUpdate) and then delete the original response.

viscid field
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in the MessageDeletedEvent, the Guild is set to null

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is that normal?

shell sky
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Possibly?