how to update an embed

[N0m4n904]

Got one more question.

How do I update a an embed?

val messageId = buildMessages[buildData.buildNumber]?.id
    val channelId = getDeviceChannel(buildData)

    if (messageId != null) {
        val channel = sharedKord?.getChannelOf<MessageChannel>(Snowflake(channelId))
        val message = channel?.getMessage(messageId)

        message?.edit(
            buildUpdateEmbed(

            )
        )
    }

fun EmbedBuilder.buildUpdateEmbed(
        buildData: BuildData,
        color: dev.kord.common.Color,
        fieldTitle: String,
        fieldContent: String,
        inline: Boolean,
        description: String,
        thumbnail: String
    ) {
        author {
            name = "Build ${buildData.buildNumber}"
            url = buildData.buildLink
            icon = null
        }
        this.color = color
        this.thumbnail?.url = thumbnail
        this.description = description

        val field = EmbedBuilder.Field()
        field.inline = inline
        field.name = fieldTitle
        field.value = fieldContent

        this.fields.add(field)
    }
                    

I have this code, but I cant simply override the embed in that message

Is this the correct way to do it?

if (messageId != null) {
    val channel = sharedKord?.getChannelOf<MessageChannel>(Snowflake(channelId))
    val message = channel?.getMessage(messageId)
  
    message?.edit {
        val embed = this.embeds?.get(0)
        embed?.buildUpdateEmbed(
            buildData = buildData,
            color = dev.kord.common.Color(15, 111, 214),
            thumbnail = "https://git.halogenos.org/halogenOS/halogenos.discordbot/-/raw/main/src/main/resources/images/building.png",
            description = "A new build has been started for ${buildData.device} (${buildData.buildType}) on ${buildData.machineName}",
            fieldTitle = "Progress:",
            fieldContent = "${buildData.percentage}%",
            inline = false
        )
    }
  }

[N0m4n904]

I am still not sure how to update an Embed after the message was sent. Tried different things, but I can't get it to work. How do I need to do it?

[lukellmann]

Sorry for the late reply 😅.

You'd do it like this:

message.edit {
    embed {
        description = "..."
        // ...

        // or call your extension function here
        buildUpdateEmbed(...)
    }
}

Note that including embed { } blocks in message.edit { } will overwrite all existing embeds, so make sure to (re-)include all embeds you want to keep and add.