Floppa Lua API

This is the API for the discord related functions of the lua API

Structure

This API is contained in the floppa package in lua. The root object contains:

• msg -> a message object that contains the information of the message that invoked the command.
• get_message -> a function that returns a message object from message id and a channel object. The channel object is optional and if it is not provided it defaults to the sender channel.
• get_channel -> a function that returns a channel object from a channel id.

Message Object

This is a table that holds information about a message:

• author -> the author of the messages id, if applicable.
• id -> the id of the message.
• channel -> the id of the channel the message was sent in.
• content -> a string representing the content of the message.
• attachment -> an array of the urls for any attachments. not present if there is no attachments.

Channel Object

This is a table that holds the information about a channel depending on the type of channel:

• id -> the id of the channel.
• type -> the type of channel.
• mention -> the mention for the channel.

GUILD_TEXT channels

• rate_limit -> the rate limit on the channel. doesn't affect some users + bots
• is_nsfw -> if the channel is nsfw.
• last_messages -> return the latest 20 messages sent in the channel.
• topic -> the topic of the channel if it present.
• category -> the category the channel is in if it is in one.
• name -> name of the channel.

GUILD_VOICE channels

• bitrate -> the bitrate the channel is set too.
• user_limit -> the limit of users in the channel at once.
• video_quality_mode -> the video quality mode that is imposed on the channel.
• region -> the region the channel is set too.
• topic -> the topic of the channel if it present.
• category -> the category the channel is in if it is in one.
• name -> name of the channel.