Add loop messages feature #18
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I am using a JS file instead of JSON because of the comments that are useful with channelId and the template strings for the multi-line messages
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Is this to initially run it on startup?
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Yep, if the bot restarts for some reason then it already executes the function to update the channels
features/loopMessages/index.js
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| const channel = client.channels.get(loopMessage.channelId); | ||
| const channelMessages = await channel.fetchMessages({ limit: 50 }); |
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I'm guessing if the loop message is past 50 messages, it probably doesn't matter if we delete it or not 😛 I'm not exactly sure how the reactiflux website is parsing the job posts, not sure if it would pick up the bots messages for the jobs channel specifically.
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I'm guessing if the loop message is past 50 messages, it probably doesn't matter if we delete it or not
Yeah exactly.
I'm not exactly sure how the reactiflux website is parsing the job posts, not sure if it would pick up the bots messages for the jobs channel specifically.
I was gonna say that the bot only parses the messages that contain the tags ([FOR HIRE], [HIRING], etc) but I just realized that they are in the message content lol
Great catch, I will change the jobs script to ignore the messages from the bot
features/loopMessages/index.js
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| // time between each check to send a new loop message | ||
| const INTERVAL_TIME = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes (ms) |
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Is 5 minutes an appropriate amount of time? Should it be longer? I'm not sure if we want this to be customization depending on the loop message.
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I am not sure, to be honest. The bot won't keep sending new messages if the last one is from it so a low interval time won't create spam, but the messages on #jobs aren't that active to hide the bot message if the interval time is too big. 🤔
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I'm not sure if we want this to be customization depending on the loop message.
The initial implementation had an interval field on each message, but I decided to remove it to avoid making it more complex than it is initially needed. We can add when we feel necessary.
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I increased the interval to 40 minutes
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ok now each message can have a different interval
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I haven't reviewed this much yet, but my initial thoughts for the feature was just to have it be straight up a schedule of how often a message gets posted, and posting it. i was thinking node-cron for scheduling to keep it simple, not sure we need to check recent messages etc |
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@vcarl I see, so it would be definitely more simple hm 🤔 |
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| tags: ["forhire", "for hire", "hiring", "remote", "local"], | |||
| handleMessage: ({ msg, user }) => { | |||
| if (msg.author.bot) return; | |||
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Is this strictly necessary?
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Yes? What benefit would we get if we had bots messaging/triggering each other?
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This is necessary because the bot may post a message in the #jobs channel that does not contain these tags so it would receive a warning from itself
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May I ask why this wasn't merged? seems a waste |
With this feature, the bot will keep a message as the last one in a channel, with an interval between each post, to keep important information more visible to users.
I swear I couldn't find a better name for the module 😅 Suggestions are welcome
Closes #13