Building Embed Helper Extensions | Discord.Net | Page 1

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:18 AM

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Hello,

I am trying to create a few Embed Builder helpers and was wondering if anyone has any ideas for a better approach. Currently I'm creating extensions based off of strings.

public static Embed ToSuccessfulEmbed(this string description, string? title = null, string? thumbnailUrl = null,
        string? imageUrl = default, (string name, string iconUrl, string url) author = default, DateTimeOffset? timeStamp = default)
    {
        return description.ToEmbedBuilder(title, thumbnailUrl, imageUrl, Color.Green, author, timeStamp).Build();
    }

    public static EmbedBuilder ToEmbedBuilder(this string description, string? title = null, string? thumbnailUrl = null,
        string? imageUrl = null, Color color = default, (string name, string iconUrl, string url) author = default,
        DateTimeOffset? timeStamp = default)
    {
        var builder = new EmbedBuilder()
            .WithTitle(title)
            .WithDescription(description)
            .WithColor(color)
            .WithThumbnailUrl(thumbnailUrl)
            .WithImageUrl(imageUrl);

        if (timeStamp != default)
            builder.Timestamp = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ConvertToDiscordTimestamp(TimestampFormat.RelativeTime);

        if (author != default)
            builder.WithAuthor(author.name, author.iconUrl, author.url);

        return builder;
    }

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:25 AM

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why not work with the builder directly

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:25 AM

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mossy pewter why not work with the builder directly

I feel like this would make it much easier instead of having to specify everything all the time

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:26 AM

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yes

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you can do this EmbedBuilder

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public static EmbedBuilder WithErrorColor(this EmbedBuilder eb) => eb.WithColor(Mewdeko.ErrorColor)

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zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:27 AM

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That is much better! Thank you so much

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:27 AM

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np

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:27 AM

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One more question if you dont mind

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:27 AM

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?

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:27 AM

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#useful-snippets message

topaz ploverBOT Sep 29, 2022, 6:27 AM

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envyvox#0001

Message:

With all flags (formats) support: https://gist.github.com/envyvox/7d9590a3bb56284f93db4c95a2e55344

Usage:

DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ConvertToDiscordTimestamp(TimestampFormat.RelativeTime);

(I'm using DateTimeOffset, but you can change it to DateTime if needed)

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zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:28 AM

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Per this, how can I use this as the Timestamp since the timestamp is a datetimeoffset

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Or would it not work in that way

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:28 AM

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TimestampTag.FromDateTimeOffset

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zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:30 AM

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mossy pewter

Sorry not getting you

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Don't see a TimestampTag

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:32 AM

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zinc saffron Don't see a `TimestampTag`

make sure you have using Discord;

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:33 AM

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using Discord;

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Def have that

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It's part of EmbedBuilder correct?

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:34 AM

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no its separate

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https://discordnet.dev/api/Discord.TimestampTag.html

Discord.Net Docs

Struct TimestampTag | Discord.Net Documentation

Represents a class used to make timestamps in messages. see https://discord.com/developers/docs/reference#message-formatting-timestamp-styles.

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:35 AM

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Oooo thank you so much @mossy pewter

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:35 AM

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kazuma7

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:39 AM

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mossy pewter <a:kazuma7:866398115997024326>

Do I have to close this forum post? Haven't used these before

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:40 AM

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you can if you want

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:40 AM

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Wait actually @mossy pewter still having an issue.

builder.Timestamp = TimestampTag.FromDateTimeOffset(DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ConvertToDiscordTimestamp(TimestampFormat.RelativeTime));

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Still a string error

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:41 AM

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oh that type of timestamp

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:41 AM

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FormatFromDateTimeOffset

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:41 AM

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wait im confused and im probably gonna say something wrong so wait on someone else to answer lel

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:41 AM

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Ah okay

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 6:41 AM

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its 2am and brain is half fried

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 6:41 AM

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haha np

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Essentially I need to convert to DateTimeOffset builder.Timestamp = TimestampTag.FromDateTimeOffset(DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ConvertToDiscordTimestamp(TimestampFormat.RelativeTime));, but the problem is with the Discord timestamps it's a string such as $"<t:{dateTime.ToUnixTimeSeconds()}:{format.Flag()}>";

zinc saffron Sep 29, 2022, 8:35 AM

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@mossy pewter Mind adding me as a friend? Have a question for ya and don't wanna clog this post

mossy pewter Sep 29, 2022, 8:36 AM

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added

rocky tinsel Sep 29, 2022, 11:32 AM

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tldr on second question, op wanted to make embed .WithTimestamp display user local time
I don't know if that's possible and footer do not support timestamps tags too

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