D++ (DPP)
C++ Discord API Bot Library
Slash Command Autocompletion

Discord now supports sending auto completion lists for slash command choices. To use this feature you can use code such as the example below:

#include <dpp/dpp.h>
int main()
{
dpp::cluster bot("token");
bot.on_ready([&bot](const dpp::ready_t & event) {
if (dpp::run_once<struct register_bot_commands>()) {
/* Create a new global command once on ready event */
bot.global_command_create(dpp::slashcommand("blep", "Send a random adorable animal photo", bot.me.id)
/* If you set the auto complete setting on a command option, it will trigger the on_autocomplete
* event whenever discord needs to fill information for the choices. You cannot set any choices
* here if you set the auto complete value to true.
*/
dpp::command_option(dpp::co_string, "animal", "The type of animal").set_auto_complete(true)
)
);
}
});
/* The interaction create event is fired when someone issues your commands */
bot.on_slashcommand([&bot](const dpp::slashcommand_t & event) {
/* Check which command they ran */
if (event.command.get_command_name() == "blep") {
/* Fetch a parameter value from the command parameters */
std::string animal = std::get<std::string>(event.get_parameter("animal"));
/* Reply to the command. There is an overloaded version of this
* call that accepts a dpp::message so you can send embeds.
*/
event.reply("Blep! You chose " + animal);
}
});
/* The on_autocomplete event is fired whenever discord needs information to fill in a command options's choices.
* You must reply with a REST event within 500ms, so make it snappy!
*/
bot.on_autocomplete([&bot](const dpp::autocomplete_t & event) {
for (auto & opt : event.options) {
/* The option which has focused set to true is the one the user is typing in */
if (opt.focused) {
/* In a real world usage of this function you should return values that loosely match
* opt.value, which contains what the user has typed so far. The opt.value is a variant
* and will contain the type identical to that of the slash command parameter.
* Here we can safely know it is string.
*/
std::string uservalue = std::get<std::string>(opt.value);
bot.interaction_response_create(event.command.id, event.command.token, dpp::interaction_response(dpp::ir_autocomplete_reply)
.add_autocomplete_choice(dpp::command_option_choice("squids", std::string("lots of squids")))
.add_autocomplete_choice(dpp::command_option_choice("cats", std::string("a few cats")))
.add_autocomplete_choice(dpp::command_option_choice("dogs", std::string("bucket of dogs")))
.add_autocomplete_choice(dpp::command_option_choice("elephants", std::string("bottle of elephants")))
);
bot.log(dpp::ll_debug, "Autocomplete " + opt.name + " with value '" + uservalue + "' in field " + event.name);
break;
}
}
});
bot.start(dpp::st_wait);
return 0;
}
dpp::autocomplete_t::options
std::vector< dpp::command_option > options
auto completion options
Definition: dispatcher.h:785
dpp::slashcommand_t
User has issued a slash command.
Definition: dispatcher.h:715
dpp::st_wait
@ st_wait
Wait forever on a condition variable. The cluster will spawn threads for each shard and start() will ...
Definition: cluster.h:101
dpp::autocomplete_t
Discord requests that we fill a list of auto completion choices for a command option.
Definition: dispatcher.h:765
dpp::slashcommand::add_option
slashcommand & add_option(const command_option &o)
Add an option (parameter)
dpp::interaction_create_t::command
interaction command
command interaction
Definition: dispatcher.h:698
dpp::slashcommand
Represents an application command, created by your bot either globally, or on a guild.
Definition: appcommand.h:1361
dpp::co_string
@ co_string
A string value.
Definition: appcommand.h:83
dpp::utility::cout_logger
std::function< void(const dpp::log_t &)> DPP_EXPORT cout_logger()
Get a default logger that outputs to std::cout. e.g.
Definition: dispatcher.h:228
dpp::interaction::get_command_name
std::string get_command_name() const
Get the command name for a command interaction.
dpp::command_option::set_auto_complete
command_option & set_auto_complete(bool autocomp)
Set the auto complete state.
dpp::command_option
Each command option is a command line parameter. It can have a type (see dpp::command_option_type),...
Definition: appcommand.h:222
dpp::cluster
The cluster class represents a group of shards and a command queue for sending and receiving commands...
Definition: cluster.h:99
dpp::ready_t
Session ready.
Definition: dispatcher.h:981
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