Sapphire - Imagine a framework•2y ago

Passing down arguments of Commands to the Interaction Handlers

I have a command that takes a user argument like /clan member @MindLabor and this command creates a message with Buttons. I also have a button interaction handler which runs when the button is clicked. But in that interaction handler I cannot find the arguments of my original command that created the message. Is there a good way of "passing" the data from where the buttons are built to the handler? Button Message Creation:

return interaction.reply({
    content: `Choose the action you want to perform on this user/member:`,
    ephemeral: true,
    components: [
        new ActionRowBuilder<ButtonBuilder>().addComponents(
            new ButtonBuilder().setCustomId('add-member').setLabel('Add').setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary),
            new ButtonBuilder().setCustomId('promote-member').setLabel('Promote').setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary),
            new ButtonBuilder().setCustomId('demote-member').setLabel('Demote').setStyle(ButtonStyle.Danger),
            new ButtonBuilder().setCustomId('kick-member').setLabel('Kick').setStyle(ButtonStyle.Danger),
            new ButtonBuilder().setCustomId('remove-member').setLabel('Remove').setStyle(ButtonStyle.Danger)
        )
    ]
});

return interaction.reply({
    content: `Choose the action you want to perform on this user/member:`,
    ephemeral: true,
    components: [
        new ActionRowBuilder<ButtonBuilder>().addComponents(
            new ButtonBuilder().setCustomId('add-member').setLabel('Add').setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary),
            new ButtonBuilder().setCustomId('promote-member').setLabel('Promote').setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary),
            new ButtonBuilder().setCustomId('demote-member').setLabel('Demote').setStyle(ButtonStyle.Danger),
            new ButtonBuilder().setCustomId('kick-member').setLabel('Kick').setStyle(ButtonStyle.Danger),
            new ButtonBuilder().setCustomId('remove-member').setLabel('Remove').setStyle(ButtonStyle.Danger)
        )
    ]
});

Button Handler

public async run(interaction: ButtonInteraction) {
    // const clanName = interaction.options.getString('name'); // DOESNT WORK
    const memberId = interaction.message.interaction?.user.id;
    console.log(memberId);
    console.log(interaction);
    switch (interaction.customId) {
        case "add-member":
            console.log("add-member"); // WORKS
    }
    // AHHHHHHHahgdjgha ajks ja!!
}

public async run(interaction: ButtonInteraction) {
    // const clanName = interaction.options.getString('name'); // DOESNT WORK
    const memberId = interaction.message.interaction?.user.id;
    console.log(memberId);
    console.log(interaction);
    switch (interaction.customId) {
        case "add-member":
            console.log("add-member"); // WORKS
    }
    // AHHHHHHHahgdjgha ajks ja!!
}

Solution:

That way, my button handler can check if the label starts with the unique-label, then I can checke if the user who clicked the button matches the user who requested the button, and finally I get whatever other information I need to actually preform the action (in your case that looks like it owuld be another userID)

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4 Replies

Ben•2y ago

The best way I've found is to pass information through the custom ID's themselves. I usually use the format of unique-label|userId-that-requested-button|extra-info

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Ben•2y ago

Favna•2y ago

there is no real other way with the Discord API. The only alternative is having a Map that you export from somewhere then write keys to it and read from it in the handlers. Basically dependency injection.

Goosy•2y ago

ah I see, will do for my purpose that hurts my soul but I'll keep it in mind xD

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Passing down arguments of Commands to the Interaction Handlers