feat(Message|TextChannel): Inline replies (#4874)

* feat(Message): remove reply functionality

* feat(InlineReplies): add INLINE_REPLY constant/typing

* feat(InlineReplies): add Message#replyReference property

* feat(InlineReplies): add typings for sending inline replies

* feat(InlineReplies): provide support for inline-replying to messages

* feat(Message): add referencedMessage getter

* fix: check that Message#reference is defined in referencedMessage

* refactor(InlineReplies): rename property, rework Message resolution

* docs: update jsdoc for inline replies

* feat(Message): inline reply method

* fix(ApiMessage): finish renaming replyTo

* fix: jsdocs for Message#referencedMessage

Co-authored-by: Tristan Guichaoua <33934311+tguichaoua@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: restore reply typings

* fix: dont pass channel_id to API when replying

* chore: update jsdocs

* chore: more jsdoc updates

* feat(AllowedMentions): add typings for replied_user

* fix: naming conventions

* fix(Message): referenced_message is null, not undefined

* fix(MessageMentionOptions): repliedUser should be optional

* chore: get this back to the right state

* fix(ApiMessage): pass allowed_mentions when replying without content

* fix(ApiMessage): prevent mutation of client options

Co-authored-by: almostSouji <timoqueezle@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Tristan Guichaoua <33934311+tguichaoua@users.noreply.github.com>

README.md

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ client.on('ready', () => {
 
 client.on('message', msg => {
   if (msg.content === 'ping') {
-    msg.reply('pong');
+    msg.channel.send('pong');
   }
 });
 

docs/examples/avatars.js

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ client.on('message', message => {
   // If the message is "what is my avatar"
   if (message.content === 'what is my avatar') {
     // Send the user's avatar URL
-    message.reply(message.author.displayAvatarURL());
+    message.channel.send(message.author.displayAvatarURL());
   }
 });
 

docs/examples/moderation.md

@@ -45,23 +45,23 @@ client.on('message', message => {
           .kick('Optional reason that will display in the audit logs')
           .then(() => {
             // We let the message author know we were able to kick the person
-            message.reply(`Successfully kicked ${user.tag}`);
+            message.channel.send(`Successfully kicked ${user.tag}`);
           })
           .catch(err => {
             // An error happened
             // This is generally due to the bot not being able to kick the member,
             // either due to missing permissions or role hierarchy
-            message.reply('I was unable to kick the member');
+            message.channel.send('I was unable to kick the member');
             // Log the error
             console.error(err);
           });
       } else {
         // The mentioned user isn't in this guild
-        message.reply("That user isn't in this guild!");
+        message.channel.send("That user isn't in this guild!");
       }
       // Otherwise, if no user was mentioned
     } else {
-      message.reply("You didn't mention the user to kick!");
+      message.channel.send("You didn't mention the user to kick!");
     }
   }
 });
@@ -121,23 +121,23 @@ client.on('message', message => {
           })
           .then(() => {
             // We let the message author know we were able to ban the person
-            message.reply(`Successfully banned ${user.tag}`);
+            message.channel.send(`Successfully banned ${user.tag}`);
           })
           .catch(err => {
             // An error happened
             // This is generally due to the bot not being able to ban the member,
             // either due to missing permissions or role hierarchy
-            message.reply('I was unable to ban the member');
+            message.channel.send('I was unable to ban the member');
             // Log the error
             console.error(err);
           });
       } else {
         // The mentioned user isn't in this guild
-        message.reply("That user isn't in this guild!");
+        message.channel.send("That user isn't in this guild!");
       }
     } else {
       // Otherwise, if no user was mentioned
-      message.reply("You didn't mention the user to ban!");
+      message.channel.send("You didn't mention the user to ban!");
     }
   }
 });

docs/general/welcome.md

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ client.on('ready', () => {
 
 client.on('message', msg => {
   if (msg.content === 'ping') {
-    msg.reply('pong');
+    msg.channel.send('pong');
   }
 });
 

docs/topics/voice.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ client.on('message', async message => {
     if (message.member.voice.channel) {
       const connection = await message.member.voice.channel.join();
     } else {
-      message.reply('You need to join a voice channel first!');
+      message.channel.send('You need to join a voice channel first!');
     }
   }
 });

src/structures/APIMessage.js

@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ class APIMessage {
    * @returns {?(string|string[])}
    */
   makeContent() {
-    const GuildMember = require('./GuildMember');
-
     let content;
     if (this.options.content === null) {
       content = '';
@@ -110,25 +108,14 @@ class APIMessage {
     const isCode = typeof this.options.code !== 'undefined' && this.options.code !== false;
     const splitOptions = isSplit ? { ...this.options.split } : undefined;
 
-    let mentionPart = '';
+    if (content) {
-    if (this.options.reply && !this.isUser && this.target.type !== 'dm') {
-      const id = this.target.client.users.resolveID(this.options.reply);
-      mentionPart = `<@${this.options.reply instanceof GuildMember && this.options.reply.nickname ? '!' : ''}${id}>, `;
-      if (isSplit) {
-        splitOptions.prepend = `${mentionPart}${splitOptions.prepend || ''}`;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (content || mentionPart) {
       if (isCode) {
         const codeName = typeof this.options.code === 'string' ? this.options.code : '';
-        content = `${mentionPart}\`\`\`${codeName}\n${Util.cleanCodeBlockContent(content)}\n\`\`\``;
+        content = `\`\`\`${codeName}\n${Util.cleanCodeBlockContent(content)}\n\`\`\``;
         if (isSplit) {
           splitOptions.prepend = `${splitOptions.prepend || ''}\`\`\`${codeName}\n`;
           splitOptions.append = `\n\`\`\`${splitOptions.append || ''}`;
         }
-      } else if (mentionPart) {
-        content = `${mentionPart}${content}`;
       }
 
       if (isSplit) {
@@ -185,19 +172,20 @@ class APIMessage {
       typeof this.options.allowedMentions === 'undefined'
         ? this.target.client.options.allowedMentions
         : this.options.allowedMentions;
-    if (this.options.reply) {
+
-      const id = this.target.client.users.resolveID(this.options.reply);
+    if (allowedMentions) {
-      if (allowedMentions) {
+      allowedMentions = Util.cloneObject(allowedMentions);
-        // Clone the object as not to alter the ClientOptions object
+      allowedMentions.replied_user = allowedMentions.repliedUser;
-        allowedMentions = Util.cloneObject(allowedMentions);
+      delete allowedMentions.repliedUser;
-        const parsed = allowedMentions.parse && allowedMentions.parse.includes('users');
+    }
-        // Check if the mention won't be parsed, and isn't supplied in `users`
+
-        if (!parsed && !(allowedMentions.users && allowedMentions.users.includes(id))) {
+    let message_reference;
-          if (!allowedMentions.users) allowedMentions.users = [];
+    if (typeof this.options.replyTo !== 'undefined') {
-          allowedMentions.users.push(id);
+      const message_id = this.isMessage
-        }
+        ? this.target.channel.messages.resolveID(this.options.replyTo)
-      } else {
+        : this.target.messages.resolveID(this.options.replyTo);
-        allowedMentions = { users: [id] };
+      if (message_id) {
+        message_reference = { message_id };
       }
     }
 
@@ -209,8 +197,10 @@ class APIMessage {
       embeds,
       username,
       avatar_url: avatarURL,
-      allowed_mentions: typeof content === 'undefined' ? undefined : allowedMentions,
+      allowed_mentions:
+        typeof content === 'undefined' && typeof message_reference === 'undefined' ? undefined : allowedMentions,
       flags,
+      message_reference,
     };
     return this;
   }

src/structures/Emoji.js

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Emoji extends Base {
    * @example
    * // Send a custom emoji from a guild:
    * const emoji = guild.emojis.cache.first();
-   * msg.reply(`Hello! ${emoji}`);
+   * msg.channel.send(`Hello! ${emoji}`);
    * @example
    * // Send the emoji used in a reaction to the channel the reaction is part of
    * reaction.message.channel.send(`The emoji used was: ${reaction.emoji}`);

src/structures/Message.js

@@ -205,11 +205,11 @@ class Message extends Base {
     this.flags = new MessageFlags(data.flags).freeze();
 
     /**
-     * Reference data sent in a crossposted message.
+     * Reference data sent in a crossposted message or inline reply.
      * @typedef {Object} MessageReference
-     * @property {string} channelID ID of the channel the message was crossposted from
+     * @property {string} channelID ID of the channel the message was referenced
-     * @property {?string} guildID ID of the guild the message was crossposted from
+     * @property {?string} guildID ID of the guild the message was referenced
-     * @property {?string} messageID ID of the message that was crossposted
+     * @property {?string} messageID ID of the message that was referenced
      */
 
     /**
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ class Message extends Base {
           messageID: data.message_reference.message_id,
         }
       : null;
+
+    if (data.referenced_message) {
+      this.channel.messages.add(data.referenced_message);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -425,6 +429,18 @@ class Message extends Base {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The Message this crosspost/reply/pin-add references, if cached
+   * @type {?Message}
+   * @readonly
+   */
+  get referencedMessage() {
+    if (!this.reference) return null;
+    const referenceChannel = this.client.channels.resolve(this.reference.channelID);
+    if (!referenceChannel) return null;
+    return referenceChannel.messages.resolve(this.reference.messageID);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Whether the message is crosspostable by the client user
    * @type {boolean}
@@ -588,21 +604,19 @@ class Message extends Base {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Replies to the message.
+   * Send an inline reply to this message.
    * @param {StringResolvable|APIMessage} [content=''] The content for the message
-   * @param {MessageOptions|MessageAdditions} [options={}] The options to provide
+   * @param {MessageOptions|MessageAdditions} [options] The additional options to provide
+   * @param {MessageResolvable} [options.replyTo=this] The message to reply to
    * @returns {Promise<Message|Message[]>}
-   * @example
-   * // Reply to a message
-   * message.reply('Hey, I\'m a reply!')
-   *   .then(() => console.log(`Sent a reply to ${message.author.username}`))
-   *   .catch(console.error);
    */
   reply(content, options) {
     return this.channel.send(
       content instanceof APIMessage
         ? content
-        : APIMessage.transformOptions(content, options, { reply: this.member || this.author }),
+        : APIMessage.transformOptions(content, options, {
+            replyTo: this,
+          }),
     );
   }
 

src/structures/interfaces/TextBasedChannel.js

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ 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 {UserResolvable} [reply] User to reply to (prefixes the message with a mention, except in DMs)
+   * @property {MessageResolvable} [replyTo] The message to reply to (must be in the same channel)
    */
 
   /**
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class TextBasedChannel {
    * @property {MessageMentionTypes[]} [parse] Types of mentions to be parsed
    * @property {Snowflake[]} [users] Snowflakes of Users to be parsed as mentions
    * @property {Snowflake[]} [roles] Snowflakes of Roles to be parsed as mentions
+   * @property {boolean} [repliedUser] Whether the author of the Message being replied to should be pinged
    */
 
   /**

src/util/Constants.js

@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ exports.WSEvents = keyMirror([
  * * CHANNEL_FOLLOW_ADD
  * * GUILD_DISCOVERY_DISQUALIFIED
  * * GUILD_DISCOVERY_REQUALIFIED
+ * * REPLY
  * @typedef {string} MessageType
  */
 exports.MessageTypes = [
@@ -422,6 +423,10 @@ exports.MessageTypes = [
   null,
   'GUILD_DISCOVERY_DISQUALIFIED',
   'GUILD_DISCOVERY_REQUALIFIED',
+  null,
+  null,
+  null,
+  'REPLY',
 ];
 
 /**

test/disableMentions.js

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ client.on('message', message => {
   // Clean content and log each character
   console.log(Util.cleanContent(args.join(' '), message).split(''));
 
-  if (command === 'test1') message.reply(tests[0]);
+  if (command === 'test1') message.channel.send(tests[0]);
-  else if (command === 'test2') message.reply(tests[1]);
+  else if (command === 'test2') message.channel.send(tests[1]);
-  else if (command === 'test3') message.reply(tests[2]);
+  else if (command === 'test3') message.channel.send(tests[2]);
 });
 
 client.login(token).catch(console.error);

test/random.js

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ client.on('message', message => {
       }
       message.channel.send('last one...').then(m => {
         const diff = Date.now() - start;
-        m.reply(`Each message took ${diff / 21}ms to send`);
+        m.channel.send(`Each message took ${diff / 21}ms to send`);
       });
     }
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ client.on('message', msg => {
       .join()
       .then(conn => {
         con = conn;
-        msg.reply('done');
+        msg.channel.send('done');
         const s = ytdl(song, { filter: 'audioonly' }, { passes: 3 });
         s.on('error', e => console.log(`e w stream 2 ${e}`));
         disp = conn.playStream(s);

test/sendtest.js

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ const tests = [
 
   m => m.channel.send(fill('x'), { split: true }),
   m => m.channel.send(fill('1'), { code: 'js', split: true }),
-  m => m.channel.send(fill('x'), { reply: m.author, code: 'js', split: true }),
   m => m.channel.send(fill('xyz '), { split: { char: ' ' } }),
 
   m => m.channel.send('x', { embed: { description: 'a' } }),
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ const tests = [
   async m => m.channel.send({ files: [await read(fileA)] }),
   async m =>
     m.channel.send(fill('x'), {
-      reply: m.author,
       code: 'js',
       split: true,
       embed: embed().setImage('attachment://zero.png'),
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ const tests = [
   m => m.channel.send({ files: [{ attachment: readStream(fileA) }] }),
   async m =>
     m.channel.send(fill('xyz '), {
-      reply: m.author,
       code: 'js',
       split: { char: ' ', prepend: 'hello! ', append: '!!!' },
       embed: embed().setImage('attachment://zero.png'),

test/tester1000.js

@@ -31,16 +31,13 @@ const commands = {
     }
     message.channel.send(res, { code: 'js' });
   },
-  ping: message => message.reply('pong'),
+  ping: message => message.channel.send('pong'),
 };
 
 client.on('message', message => {
   if (!message.content.startsWith(prefix) || message.author.bot) return;
 
-  message.content = message.content
+  message.content = message.content.replace(prefix, '').trim().split(' ');
-    .replace(prefix, '')
-    .trim()
-    .split(' ');
   const command = message.content.shift();
   message.content = message.content.join(' ');
 

test/voice.js

@@ -43,20 +43,15 @@ client.on('message', m => {
         conn.receiver.createStream(m.author, true).on('data', b => console.log(b.toString()));
         conn.player.on('error', (...e) => console.log('player', ...e));
         if (!connections.has(m.guild.id)) connections.set(m.guild.id, { conn, queue: [] });
-        m.reply('ok!');
+        m.channel.send('ok!');
         conn.play(ytdl('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XXOSf0s2nk', { filter: 'audioonly' }, { passes: 3 }));
       });
     } else {
-      m.reply('Specify a voice channel!');
+      m.channel.send('Specify a voice channel!');
     }
   } else if (m.content.startsWith('#eval') && m.author.id === '66564597481480192') {
     try {
-      const com = eval(
+      const com = eval(m.content.split(' ').slice(1).join(' '));
-        m.content
-          .split(' ')
-          .slice(1)
-          .join(' '),
-      );
       m.channel.send(com, { code: true });
     } catch (e) {
       console.log(e);

test/webhooktest.js

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ const tests = [
 
   (m, hook) => hook.send(fill('x'), { split: true }),
   (m, hook) => hook.send(fill('1'), { code: 'js', split: true }),
-  (m, hook) => hook.send(fill('x'), { reply: m.author, code: 'js', split: true }),
   (m, hook) => hook.send(fill('xyz '), { split: { char: ' ' } }),
 
   (m, hook) => hook.send({ embeds: [{ description: 'a' }] }),
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ const tests = [
   async (m, hook) => hook.send({ files: [await read(fileA)] }),
   async (m, hook) =>
     hook.send(fill('x'), {
-      reply: m.author,
       code: 'js',
       split: true,
       embeds: [embed().setImage('attachment://zero.png')],
@@ -108,7 +106,6 @@ const tests = [
   (m, hook) => hook.send({ files: [{ attachment: readStream(fileA) }] }),
   async (m, hook) =>
     hook.send(fill('xyz '), {
-      reply: m.author,
       code: 'js',
       split: { char: ' ', prepend: 'hello! ', append: '!!!' },
       embeds: [embed().setImage('attachment://zero.png')],

typings/index.d.ts

@@ -987,6 +987,7 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
     public webhookID: Snowflake | null;
     public flags: Readonly<MessageFlags>;
     public reference: MessageReference | null;
+    public readonly referencedMessage: Message | null;
     public awaitReactions(
       filter: CollectorFilter,
       options?: AwaitReactionsOptions,
@@ -2826,6 +2827,7 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
     parse?: MessageMentionTypes[];
     roles?: Snowflake[];
     users?: Snowflake[];
+    repliedUser?: boolean;
   }
 
   type MessageMentionTypes = 'roles' | 'users' | 'everyone';
@@ -2840,7 +2842,7 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
     files?: (FileOptions | BufferResolvable | Stream | MessageAttachment)[];
     code?: string | boolean;
     split?: boolean | SplitOptions;
-    reply?: UserResolvable;
+    replyTo?: MessageResolvable;
   }
 
   type MessageReactionResolvable = MessageReaction | Snowflake;
@@ -2870,7 +2872,8 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
     | 'USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION_TIER_3'
     | 'CHANNEL_FOLLOW_ADD'
     | 'GUILD_DISCOVERY_DISQUALIFIED'
-    | 'GUILD_DISCOVERY_REQUALIFIED';
+    | 'GUILD_DISCOVERY_REQUALIFIED'
+    | 'REPLY';
 
   interface OverwriteData {
     allow?: PermissionResolvable;