refactor(MessageOptions): move replyTo to reply#messageReference and add failIfNotExists (#5298)

Co-authored-by: SpaceEEC <spaceeec@yahoo.com>
Co-authored-by: Shubham Parihar <shubhamparihar391@gmail.com>

src/structures/APIMessage.js

@@ -175,12 +175,15 @@ class APIMessage {
     }
 
     let message_reference;
-    if (typeof this.options.replyTo !== 'undefined') {
+    if (typeof this.options.reply === 'object') {
       const message_id = this.isMessage
-        ? this.target.channel.messages.resolveID(this.options.replyTo)
+        ? this.target.channel.messages.resolveID(this.options.reply.messageReference)
-        : this.target.messages.resolveID(this.options.replyTo);
+        : this.target.messages.resolveID(this.options.reply.messageReference);
       if (message_id) {
-        message_reference = { message_id };
+        message_reference = {
+          message_id,
+          fail_if_not_exists: this.options.reply.failIfNotExists ?? true,
+        };
       }
     }
 

src/structures/Message.js

@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ class Message extends Base {
    * Send an inline reply to this message.
    * @param {StringResolvable|APIMessage} [content=''] The content for the message
    * @param {MessageOptions|MessageAdditions} [options] The additional options to provide
-   * @param {MessageResolvable} [options.replyTo=this] The message to reply to
+   * @param {MessageResolvable} [options.reply.messageReference=this] The message to reply to
    * @returns {Promise<Message|Message[]>}
    */
   reply(content, options) {
@@ -618,7 +618,10 @@ class Message extends Base {
       content instanceof APIMessage
         ? content
         : APIMessage.transformOptions(content, options, {
-            replyTo: this,
+            reply: {
+              messageReference: this,
+              failIfNotExists: options?.reply?.failIfNotExists ?? content?.reply?.failIfNotExists ?? true,
+            },
           }),
     );
   }

src/structures/interfaces/TextBasedChannel.js

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class TextBasedChannel {
    * @property {string|boolean} [code] Language for optional codeblock formatting to apply
    * @property {boolean|SplitOptions} [split=false] Whether or not the message should be split into multiple messages if
    * it exceeds the character limit. If an object is provided, these are the options for splitting the message
-   * @property {MessageResolvable} [replyTo] The message to reply to (must be in the same channel and not system)
+   * @property {ReplyOptions} [reply] The options for replying to a message
    */
 
   /**
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ class TextBasedChannel {
    * @property {string} [append=''] Text to append to every piece except the last
    */
 
+  /**
+   * Options for sending a message with a reply.
+   * @typedef {Object} ReplyOptions
+   * @param {MessageResolvable} messageReference The message to reply to (must be in the same channel and not system)
+   * @param {boolean} [failIfNotExists=true] Whether to error if the referenced message
+   * does not exist (creates a standard message in this case when false)
+   */
+
   /**
    * Sends a message to this channel.
    * @param {StringResolvable|APIMessage} [content=''] The content to send

typings/index.d.ts

@@ -3198,7 +3198,7 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
     files?: (FileOptions | BufferResolvable | Stream | MessageAttachment)[];
     code?: string | boolean;
     split?: boolean | SplitOptions;
-    replyTo?: MessageResolvable;
+    reply?: ReplyOptions;
   }
 
   type MessageReactionResolvable = MessageReaction | Snowflake;
@@ -3447,6 +3447,11 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
     maxUsers?: number;
   }
 
+  interface ReplyOptions {
+    messageReference: MessageResolvable;
+    failIfNotExists?: boolean;
+  }
+
   interface ResolvedOverwriteOptions {
     allow: Permissions;
     deny: Permissions;