attempt at clearing user's message embedding fails

[kepler471]

dvembed/handlers.go

Lines 33 to 37 in 8651edf

	blank := discordgo.MessageEmbed{}
	_, err = s.ChannelMessageEditEmbed(c, m.ID, &blank)
	if err != nil {
	log.Printf("Error removing %s's embedded v.redd.it image: %v", m.Author.Username, err)
	}

When a user posts a link, the link is embedded with either a reddit icon, or a preview image of the v.redd.it media.
I attempted to replace the user's message embed with a blank embed but it fails.

[mija]

looking forward to any potential updates to this great little app btw :)

[kepler471]

Don't worry work is happening :)

I have been working on the video compression, testing for a nice way to handle the larger files.

Slow progress but this issue will be fixed too, probably low priority!! Stick around ✌️

[kepler471]

Error removing USER's embedded v.redd.it image: HTTP 403 Forbidden, {"message": "Cannot edit a message authored by another user", "code": 50005}

This may be a permissions issue. Try a bot with full administrator rights.

[mija]

Error removing USER's embedded v.redd.it image: HTTP 403 Forbidden, {"message": "Cannot edit a message authored by another user", "code": 50005}

This may be a permissions issue. Try a bot with full administrator rights.

from what i can tell the issue lies in discords api. i may be wrong but after looking through their documentation i cant find any way for a bot to remove a users embed.
an alternate solution is to delete the users message entirely after the bot posts the video in the link.

[kepler471]

Hmm, thanks for checking that out. I wouldn't want to delete the post, people like to see who posted it, and other's do like to click through to the original reddit thread. Reposting the user's name and the link within the bot message would also be sloppy. I may just leave this as it is then. Maybe at some point in the future they allow this functionality

[kepler471]

For reference, here is the the attempt

func removeEmbed(s *discordgo.Session, m *discordgo.MessageCreate) error {
	blank := discordgo.MessageEmbed{}
	_, err := s.ChannelMessageEditEmbed(m.ChannelID, m.ID, &blank)
	return err
}