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maxsaltonstall / letters-with-strangers

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For `..word`, return immediately, then edit message #135

Closed davidstanke closed 3 years ago

davidstanke commented 3 years ago

Discord allows the bot to edit a message after it's sent. Let's use this to return a message immediately when a user spells a word, then follow up with status message after processing the word. E.g. (untested):

@bot.command()
async def word(ctx, word):
  message = await ctx.send(f"checking dictionary for {word}...")
  [...check word and process score etc...]
  await message.edit(content="You spelled the word FURBALLS and received...")