Discord JDA Api make custom Requestcall for missing API feature. only gets null :(

[gray zinc]

    private String avatar_decoration_asset_id(User u){
            new RestActionImpl<>(u.getJDA(), Route.Users.GET_USER.compile(u.getId()), (response, request) -> {
                DataObject json = response.getObject();
                String id =json.getObject("avatar_decoration_data").getString("asset");
                return id;
            });
        return null;
    }

https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/user#avatar-decoration-data-object

{
  "avatar_decoration_data": {
    "sku_id": "1144058844004233369",
    "asset": "a_fed43ab12698df65902ba06727e20c0e"
  }
}

any idea what i made wrong? or other suggestion how to make a custom API call

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[feral pond]

Well you have a return null; so that will always return null

What does json.getObject("avatar_decoration_data") return?

[gray zinc]

but it should return the id, and null only if the thing fails

dunno, i cant debug into that lambda

[feral pond]

well, you never do that

You just always execute the return null;

Should the method be blocking?

[gray zinc]

no, i just want the string

but appearently the RestActionImplementaiton needs return

[feral pond]

Well you cannot get the string without blocking

but with blocking, you cannot get listeners

though you can return the RestAction and use .queue()

[gray zinc]

like i doing this for the first time, trying to reinvent a custom methode for an api thats not updated for everything yet. i debuged the User object appearently that doesnt contain all the raw data from the Discord API, only the fields the JDA api defined

with queue i get an void again, so i cannot return the string

lemme try this i guess

Caused by: net.dv8tion.jda.api.exceptions.ErrorResponseException: -1: net.dv8tion.jda.api.exceptions.ParsingException

yeah something is not working

the whole json is null

yeah i get the error always but i get parts of the jsons on some members. might be caching problem. i will need to change the iteration for something else for now and retest

[gray zinc]

thx got it to work

    private String avatar_decoration_asset_id(User u){

           RestActionImpl<String> restAction = new RestActionImpl<>(u.getJDA(), Route.Users.GET_USER.compile(u.getId()), (response, request) -> {

               DataObject json = response.getObject();
               if (json.isNull("avatar_decoration_data")){ return "none";}
               String id = json.getObject("avatar_decoration_data").getString("asset");
               return id;
           });

        try {
            return restAction.complete(true);
        } catch (RateLimitedException e) {
            System.out.println(e);
            return "none";
        }

    }