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Events

This page documents various incoming and outgoing events.

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Client to Server​

Authenticate​

Authenticate with the server.

{
"type": "Authenticate",
"token": "{token}"
}

BeginTyping​

Tell other users that you have begun typing in a channel.

Must be in the specified channel or nothing will happen.

{
"type": "BeginTyping",
"channel": "{channel_id}"
}

EndTyping​

Tell other users that you have stopped typing in a channel.

Must be in the specified channel or nothing will happen.

{
"type": "EndTyping",
"channel": "{channel_id}"
}

Ping​

Ping the server, you can specify a timestamp that you'll receive back.

{
"type": "Ping",
"data": 0
}

Subscribe​

Subscribe to a server's UserUpdate events.

{
"type": "Subscribe",
"server_id": "{server_id}"
}

Implementation notes:

  • Subscriptions automatically expire within 15 minutes.
  • A client may have up to 5 active subscriptions.
  • This has no effect on bot sessions.
  • This event should only be sent iff app/client is in focus.
  • You should aim to send this event at most every 10 minutes per server.

Server to Client​

Error​

An error occurred which meant you couldn't authenticate.

{
"type": "Error",
"error": "{error_id}"
}

The {error_id} can be one of the following:

  • LabelMe: uncategorised error
  • InternalError: the server ran into an issue
  • InvalidSession: authentication details are incorrect
  • OnboardingNotFinished: user has not chosen a username
  • AlreadyAuthenticated: this connection is already authenticated

Authenticated​

The server has authenticated your connection and you will shortly start receiving data.

{
"type": "Authenticated"
}

Logged Out​

The current user session has been invalidated or the bot token has been reset.

{
"type": "Logout"
}

Your connection will be closed shortly after.

Bulk​

Several events have been sent, process each item of v as its own event.

{
"type": "Bulk",
"v": [...]
}

Pong​

Ping response from the server.

{
"type": "Pong",
"data": 0
}

Ready​

Data for use by client, data structures match the API specification.

{
"type": "Ready",
"users"?: [{..}],
"servers"?: [{..}],
"channels"?: [{..}],
"members"?: [{..}],
"emojis"?: [{..}],
"user_settings"?: [{..}],
"channel_unreads"?: [{..}],
"policy_changes"?: [{..}],
}

Message​

Message received, the event object has the same schema as the Message object in the API with the addition of an event type.

{
"type": "Message",
[..]
}

MessageUpdate​

Message edited or otherwise updated.

{
"type": "MessageUpdate",
"id": "{message_id}",
"channel": "{channel_id}",
"data": {..}
}
  • data field contains a partial Message object.

MessageAppend​

Message has data being appended to it.

{
"type": "MessageAppend",
"id": "{message_id}",
"channel": "{channel_id}",
"append": {
"embeds"?: [...]
}
}

MessageDelete​

Message has been deleted.

{
"type": "MessageDelete",
"id": "{message_id}",
"channel": "{channel_id}"
}

MessageReact​

A reaction has been added to a message.

{
"type": "MessageReact",
"id": "{message_id}",
"channel_id": "{channel_id}",
"user_id": "{user_id}",
"emoji_id": "{emoji_id}"
}

MessageUnreact​

A reaction has been removed from a message.

{
"type": "MessageUnreact",
"id": "{message_id}",
"channel_id": "{channel_id}",
"user_id": "{user_id}",
"emoji_id": "{emoji_id}"
}

MessageRemoveReaction​

A certain reaction has been removed from the message.

{
"type": "MessageRemoveReaction",
"id": "{message_id}",
"channel_id": "{channel_id}",
"emoji_id": "{emoji_id}"
}

ChannelCreate​

Channel created, the event object has the same schema as the Channel object in the API with the addition of an event type.

{
"type": "ChannelCreate",
[..]
}

ChannelUpdate​

Channel details updated.

{
"type": "ChannelUpdate",
"id": "{channel_id}",
"data": {..},
"clear": ["{field}", ...]
}
  • data field contains a partial Channel object.
  • {field} is a field to remove, one of:
    • Icon
    • Description

ChannelDelete​

Channel has been deleted.

{
"type": "ChannelDelete",
"id": "{channel_id}"
}

ChannelGroupJoin​

A user has joined the group.

{
"type": "ChannelGroupJoin",
"id": "{channel_id}",
"user": "{user_id}"
}

ChannelGroupLeave​

A user has left the group.

{
"type": "ChannelGroupLeave",
"id": "{channel_id}",
"user": "{user_id}"
}

ChannelStartTyping​

A user has started typing in this channel.

{
"type": "ChannelStartTyping",
"id": "{channel_id}",
"user": "{user_id}"
}

ChannelStopTyping​

A user has stopped typing in this channel.

{
"type": "ChannelStopTyping",
"id": "{channel_id}",
"user": "{user_id}"
}

ChannelAck​

You have acknowledged new messages in this channel up to this message ID.

{
"type": "ChannelAck",
"id": "{channel_id}",
"user": "{user_id}",
"message_id": "{message_id}"
}

ServerCreate​

Server created, the event object has the same schema as the SERVER object in the API with the addition of an event type.

{
"type": "ServerCreate",
[..]
}

ServerUpdate​

Server details updated.

{
"type": "ServerUpdate",
"id": "{server_id}",
"data": {..},
"clear": ["{field}", ...]
}
  • data field contains a partial Server object.
  • {field} is a field to remove, one of:
    • Icon
    • Banner
    • Description

ServerDelete​

Server has been deleted.

{
"type": "ServerDelete",
"id": "{server_id}"
}

ServerMemberUpdate​

Server member details updated.

{
"type": "ServerMemberUpdate",
"id": {
"server": "{server_id}",
"user": "{user_id}"
},
"data": {..},
"clear": ["{field}", ...]
}
  • data field contains a partial Server Member object.
  • {field} is a field to remove, one of:
    • Nickname
    • Avatar

ServerMemberJoin​

A user has joined the server.

{
"type": "ServerMemberJoin",
"id": "{server_id}",
"user": "{user_id}",
"member": {..}
}
  • member field contains a Member object.

ServerMemberLeave​

A user has left the server.

{
"type": "ServerMemberLeave",
"id": "{server_id}",
"user": "{user_id}"
}

ServerRoleUpdate​

Server role has been updated or created.

{
"type": "ServerRoleUpdate",
"id": "{server_id}",
"role_id": "{role_id}",
"data": {..},
"clear": ["{field}", ...]
}
  • data field contains a partial Server Role object.
  • clear is a field to remove, one of:
    • Colour

ServerRoleDelete​

Server role has been deleted.

{
"type": "ServerRoleDelete",
"id": "{server_id}",
"role_id": "{role_id}"
}

UserUpdate​

User has been updated.

{
"type": "UserUpdate",
"id": "{user_id}",
"data": {..},
"clear": ["{field}", ...]
}
  • data field contains a partial User object.
  • clear is a field to remove, one of:
    • ProfileContent
    • ProfileBackground
    • StatusText
    • Avatar
    • DisplayName

UserRelationship​

Your relationship with another user has changed.

{
"type": "UserRelationship",
"id": "{your_user_id}",
"user": "{..}",
"status": "{status}"
}
  • user field contains a User object.
  • status field matches Relationship Status in API.

UserPlatformWipe​

User has been platform banned or deleted their account.

Clients should remove the following associated data:

  • Messages
  • DM Channels
  • Relationships
  • Server Memberships

User flags are specified to explain why a wipe is occurring though not all reasons will necessarily ever appear.

{
"type": "UserPlatformWipe",
"user_id": "{user_id}",
"flags": "{user_flags}"
}

EmojiCreate​

Emoji created, the event object has the same schema as the Emoji object in the API with the addition of an event type.

{
"type": "EmojiCreate",
[..]
}

EmojiDelete​

Emoji has been deleted.

{
"type": "EmojiDelete",
"id": "{emoji_id}"
}

Auth​

Forwarded events from Authifier, currently only session deletion events are forwarded.

{
"type": "Auth",
"event_type": "{event_type}",
[..]
}

Event type may be defined as one of the following with the additional properties:

DeleteSession​

A session has been deleted.

{
"event_type": "DeleteSession",
"user_id": "{user_id}",
"session_id": "{session_id}"
}

DeleteAllSessions​

All sessions for this account have been deleted, optionally excluding a given ID.

{
"event_type": "DeleteAllSessions",
"user_id": "{user_id}",
"exclude_session_id": "{session_id}"
}