Sending Embeds

If you've been in a server and used a bot or even seen a message from a bot, you might have seen a special message type, often sent by these bots. These are called embeds! In this section, we will show how to create an embed and reply to a user, using our newly created embed!

#include <dpp/dpp.h>
 
int main() {
    /* Setup the bot */
    dpp::cluster bot("token");
 
    bot.on_log(dpp::utility::cout_logger());
 
    /* The event is fired when someone issues your commands */
    bot.on_slashcommand([&bot](const dpp::slashcommand_t& event) {
        /* Check which command they ran */
        if (event.command.get_command_name() == "embed") {
            /* Create an embed */
            dpp::embed embed = dpp::embed()
                .set_color(dpp::colors::sti_blue)
                .set_title("Some name")
                .set_url("https://dpp.dev/")
                .set_author("Some name", "https://dpp.dev/", "https://dpp.dev/DPP-Logo.png")
                .set_description("Some description here")
                .set_thumbnail("https://dpp.dev/DPP-Logo.png")
                .add_field(
                    "Regular field title",
                    "Some value here"
                )
                .add_field(
                    "Inline field title",
                    "Some value here",
                    true
                )
                .add_field(
                    "Inline field title",
                    "Some value here",
                    true
                )
                .set_image("https://dpp.dev/DPP-Logo.png")
                .set_footer(
                    dpp::embed_footer()
                    .set_text("Some footer text here")
                    .set_icon("https://dpp.dev/DPP-Logo.png")
                )
                .set_timestamp(time(0));
 
            /* Create a message with the content as our new embed. */
            dpp::message msg(event.command.channel_id, embed);
 
            /* Reply to the user with the message, containing our embed. */
            event.reply(msg);
        }
    });
 
    bot.on_ready([&bot](const dpp::ready_t& event) {
        if (dpp::run_once<struct register_bot_commands>()) {
            /* Create and register a command when the bot is ready */
            bot.global_command_create(dpp::slashcommand("embed", "Send a test embed!", bot.me.id));
        }
    });
 
    bot.start(dpp::st_wait);
 
    return 0;
}

The code will send the following message.