private interaction

[shut ether]

I've seen bots that reply to commands and the replies are only visible to you (like little error messages for example). I would like to reply to an interaction with the same behaviour. RN I'm doing:

await sendInteractionResponse(
    bot, interaction.id, interaction.token, {
        type: InteractionResponseTypes.ChannelMessageWithSource,
        data: response
    }
);

What do I need to change?

[chilly sierra]

there is a flags prop somewhere

set that to 64

probably in the data variable irc

[shut ether]

Ill take a look at the docs

[chilly sierra]

await sendInteractionResponse(
    bot, interaction.id, interaction.token, {
        type: InteractionResponseTypes.ChannelMessageWithSource,
        data: response,
        flags: 64, // either here or in data, I do not remember
    }
);

[shut ether]

it's data.flags but hardcoding 64 is not the best, maybe you should make an export const somewhere for the next version

[chilly sierra]

it is not that simple, but yeah.

It is a bitfield and you can like combine more flags etc..

https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/channel#message-object-message-flags

[finite aspen]

Just make a function somewhere

async function sendPrivateReply(interaction, data) {}

Then put 64 once here

And use this function when u need it

[shut ether]

@chilly sierra are these messages only possible when replying to an interaction or does it work for normal messages as well?

[chilly sierra]

Interaction only

Including stuff like buttons

[shut ether]

I mean ephimeral

[chilly sierra]

yeah I get it

you can only reply with it to interaction.
But the interaction can come from a button which is on a normal message

[shut ether]

I wanted to make welcome messages ephimeral

[chilly sierra]

not possible afaik