Embed API

EmbedDataSource

In JDA, you define Embeds by using the EmbedBuilder which eventually gets built into a MessageEmbed. MessageEmbeds can be serialized into (and deserialized from) JSON.

Tip

For details on the JSON format of Embeds, see the Discord Documentation or use one the various Online Embed Builders.

JDA-Commands takes advantage of this and provides the EmbedDataSource interface to load Embeds from a JSON object. It supports the following sources by default:

• a raw JSON String
• a *.json file either located externally or inside the resources folder
• an InputStream
• JDAs DataObject

You can also provide your own sources by implementing the EmbedDataSource interface.

The JSON object can contain an arbitrary amount of Embeds as child objects. The name of these child objects must be unique and will be later used to load the respective Embed.

Example

embeds.json

{
    "welcome": {
        "title": "Hello World",
        "description": "This will be an example"
    },
    "goodbye": {
        "title": "Bye World",
        "description": "This was an example"
    }
}

When configuring JDA-Commands, you can then use the EmbedConfig to add one or multiple EmbedDataSources to later load Embeds from at various places.

Example

JDACommands.builder(jda, Main.class)
    .embeds(config -> config.sources(EmbedDataSource.file(Path.of("embeds.json")))
    .start();

Loading Embeds

You can either use the JDACommands or the ReplyableEvent class to load embeds into an object.

Embeds don't get loaded directly into a JDA MessageEmbed or EmbedBuilder object. Instead, JDA-Commands provides a subclass of EmbedBuilder, simply called Embed. It provides some additional utility, e.g. when dealing with fields, and is also required for the localization and placeholder feature.

Example

EventJDACommands

@Command("example")
public void onCommand(CommandEvent event) {
    Embed embed = event.embed("welcome");
    embed.title("New title");
    MessageEmbed message = embed.build();
}

Embed embed = JDACommands.embed("welcome");
embed.title("New title");
MessageEmbed message = embed.build();

Tip

The #embed(String) method will throw an IllegalArgumentException if no Embed with the given name was found. Use the JDACommands#findEmbed(String) method, which returns an Optional, if you cannot ensure that the Embed exists.

See the Reply Section of this wiki to learn more about on how to use Embeds for your interaction replies.

Localization

Just like any other feature of JDA-Commands, Embeds can be localized as well. For the default Localizer implementation, which uses Fluava, this could look like this:

Example

embeds.json

{
    "welcome": {
        "title": "welcome-title", // will load from the "default" bundle if no @Bundle annotation is present
        "description": "my_bundle#welcome-description" // will load from the "my_bundle" bundle
    }
}

Use Embed#locale(Locale) to set the locale the Embed should be localized with. When replying to interactions, this is done automatically by using GenericInteractionCreateEvent#getUserLocale() to retrieve the user locale. The Embed will be localized once Embed#build() is called.

See the Localization Section of this wiki for details.

Placeholders and emojis (message resolution)

You can add placeholders to your Embeds just like in many other places in this framework. JDA-Commands will resolve the content of embeds according to the documentation here.

Example

embeds.json

{
    "welcome": {
        "title": "Hello", 
        "description": "Greetings { $user }" 
    }
}

You can then use the Embed#placeholders(Entry...) method to insert the placeholder values.

Example

Embed embed = ...;
embed.placeholders(Entry.entry("user", "Kaktushose"));

You can of course also use your placeholders regularly inside the localization files.

Global Placeholders

A special feature of the Embed API is that you can define global placeholders for your Embeds using the EmbedConfig.

Example

JDACommands.builder(jda, Main.class)
    .embeds(config -> config.placeholders(Entry.entry("bot-name", "JDA-Commands Bot")))
    .start();

Global placeholders can be used anywhere inside your Embeds.