DeleteParser and SilentParser

Two flag tags. Both render nothing and set a boolean on response.actions.

For template authors

Syntax

{delete}
{silent}

delete asks the bot to remove the message that triggered the tag. silent asks it not to send the tag output at all, which is useful when the point of the tag is an embed or a side effect rather than text.

Examples

{delete}{embed(title):Announcement}{embed(description):The server restarts at 8pm.}

That posts an embed and removes the command message, leaving only the embed behind.

Aliases

delete, del. silent has no alias.

For developers

Register the parsers

import { DeleteParser, SilentParser } from '@tagscript/plugin-discord';
import { Interpreter } from 'tagscript';

const ts = new Interpreter(new DeleteParser(), new SilentParser());

Behaviour

Neither takes a parameter or a payload. parse sets actions.deleteMessage or actions.silentResponse to true and returns an empty string. Both are absent rather than false when the tag was not used, so check with if (response.actions.deleteMessage).

if (!response.actions.silentResponse) await message.reply(response.body!);
if (response.actions.deleteMessage) await message.delete();

Check your own permissions before deleting. A template can ask, and the request tells you nothing about whether the bot may actually do it.

API reference

DeleteParser, SilentParser