Verifying if interaction user matches expected target

[Legit4K]

Context: I have an interactive discord game bot, the /start command is used to display a "pre-game" message which is actually just a blank embed board with 2 buttons, namely Play and Tutorial. The rest of the game is handled in the interactionCreate event listener. When the Play button is pressed, the orignal message with that embed is updated and a new button is displayed -> Give Up.

Problem: I'm not sure how I could test if the interaction user matches the same person who ran the initial start command which is handled in its own command file. Keep in mind, this Give Up Button is handled within the interactionCreate event listener.

Im tired and its like 3 in the morning but I'll rest better after knowing there's a viable solution 😅

[imranbarbhuiya]

U can either use a collector with filter. Or for some reason, if u want to listen to interactionCreate then u can add the user id in the button customId. And then check with that customId. Or u can also do interaction.message.interaction.user to get the user who executed start command if it's a slash command.

[Legit4K]

Hmm, I'll try the last one

[Legit4K]

The last option worked wonders for me, thanks a ton 👍