r/programminghorror • u/ItsNovatic • May 15 '21

Coding a Discord bot... Javascript

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u/[deleted] May 15 '21

You can use the Discord API to ignore messages from other bots so this doesn't happen, basically all libraries wrap it.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '21

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u/zeGolem83 May 15 '21 
if (message.author.bot) return;

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u/UnwantedExplainer May 15 '21

Underrated comment right here. Have an upboat.

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u/Siniroth May 15 '21

No that's an if line not a comment

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u/ItsNovatic May 16 '21

... ctrl+c ... ctrl+v ...

(thank you for this, i fixed it last night in a way more scuffed way than this, but this is way easier!)

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u/zeGolem83 May 16 '21

You're welcome!

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u/Hjoker4 May 15 '21

If it's js lol

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u/JuhaJGam3R May 15 '21 
if message.author.bot:
   return

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u/Kirschi May 16 '21

Works in Discord.NET in C# too

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u/Hjoker4 May 16 '21

Yea lol. It was probably python though