kord-core/dev.kord.core.behavior.channel/MessageChannelBehavior

MessageChannelBehavior

interface MessageChannelBehavior : ChannelBehavior, Strategizable(source)

The behavior of a Discord channel that can use messages.

Inheritors

GuildMessageChannelBehavior

Properties

abstract val id: Snowflake

The unique identifier of this entity.

abstract val kord: Kord

The kord instance that created this object.

open val mention: String

This channel formatted as a mention as used by the Discord API.

open val messages: Flow<Message>

Requests to get all messages in this channel.

open val pinnedMessages: Flow<Message>

Requests to get the pinned messages in this channel.

abstract val supplier: EntitySupplier

The supplier used to request entities.

Functions

open suspend override fun asChannel(): MessageChannel

Requests to get this behavior as a MessageChannel.

inline suspend fun <T : Channel> ChannelBehavior.asChannelOf(): T

Requests to get the Channel represented by this ChannelBehavior.

asChannelOfOrNull

inline suspend fun <T : Channel> ChannelBehavior.asChannelOfOrNull(): T?

Requests to get the Channel represented by this ChannelBehavior, returns null if the Channel isn't present.

asChannelOrNull

open suspend override fun asChannelOrNull(): MessageChannel?

Requests to get this behavior as a MessageChannel, returns null if the channel isn't present or if the channel isn't a guild channel.

open operator override fun compareTo(other: Entity): Int

Compares entities on id.

inline suspend fun MessageChannelBehavior.createEmbed(block: EmbedBuilder.() -> Unit): Message

Requests to create a message with only an embed.

open suspend fun createMessage(content: String): Message

Requests to create a message with only a MessageCreateBuilder.content.

inline suspend fun MessageChannelBehavior.createMessage(builder: UserMessageCreateBuilder.() -> Unit): Message

Requests to create a message configured by the builder.

open suspend fun delete(reason: String? = null)

Requests to delete a channel (or close it if this is a dm channel).

open suspend fun deleteMessage(id: Snowflake, reason: String? = null)

Requests to delete a message in this channel.

open suspend override fun fetchChannel(): MessageChannel

Retrieve the MessageChannel associated with this behaviour from the provided EntitySupplier

fetchChannelOrNull

open suspend override fun fetchChannelOrNull(): MessageChannel?

Retrieve the MessageChannel associated with this behaviour from the provided EntitySupplier returns null if the MessageChannel isn't present.

open suspend fun getMessage(messageId: Snowflake): Message

Requests to get a message with the given messageId.

getMessageOrNull

open suspend fun getMessageOrNull(messageId: Snowflake): Message?

Requests to get a message with the given messageId, returns null if the message isn't present or is not part of this channel.

getMessagesAfter

open fun getMessagesAfter(messageId: Snowflake, limit: Int? = null): Flow<Message>

Requests to get all messages in this channel that were created after messageId.

getMessagesAround

open fun getMessagesAround(messageId: Snowflake, limit: Int = 100): Flow<Message>

Requests to get Messages around (both older and newer) the messageId.

getMessagesBefore

open fun getMessagesBefore(messageId: Snowflake, limit: Int? = null): Flow<Message>

Requests to get all messages in this channel that were created before messageId.

open suspend fun type()

Requests to trigger the typing indicator for the bot in this channel. The typing status will persist for 10 seconds or until the bot creates a message in the channel.

open suspend fun typeUntil(mark: TimeMark)

Requests to trigger the typing indicator for the bot in this channel. The typing status will persist until the mark is reached.

open suspend fun typeUntil(instant: Instant)

Requests to trigger the typing indicator for the bot in this channel. The typing status will persist until the instant is reached.

open override fun withStrategy(strategy: EntitySupplyStrategy<*>): MessageChannelBehavior

Returns a new MessageChannelBehavior with the given strategy.