Package net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities

Interface Webhook

All Superinterfaces:

ISnowflake

public interface Webhook
extends ISnowflake

An object representing Webhooks in Discord

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• IWebhookContainer.retrieveWebhooks()
• Guild.retrieveWebhooks()
• JDA.retrieveWebhookById(String)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	Webhook.ChannelReference	Partial Channel which references the source channel for a follower webhook.
static class	Webhook.GuildReference	Partial Guild which references the source guild for a follower webhook.
static class	Webhook.WebhookReference	Partial Webhook which can be resolved to a Webhook.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Pattern	WEBHOOK_URL	Pattern for a Webhook URL.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AuditableRestAction<Void>	delete()	Deletes this Webhook.
AuditableRestAction<Void>	delete(String token)	Deletes this Webhook.
IWebhookContainerUnion	getChannel()	The channel instance this Webhook is attached to.
User	getDefaultUser()	The default User for this Webhook.
Guild	getGuild()	The Guild instance for this Webhook.
JDA	getJDA()	The JDA instance of this Webhook.
WebhookManager	getManager()	The WebhookManager for this Webhook.
String	getName()	The name of this Webhook.
Member	getOwner()	The owner of this Webhook.
User	getOwnerAsUser()	The owner of this Webhook.
Webhook.ChannelReference	getSourceChannel()	The source channel for a Webhook of type FOLLOWER.
Webhook.GuildReference	getSourceGuild()	The source guild for a Webhook of type FOLLOWER.
String	getToken()	The execute token for this Webhook.
WebhookType	getType()	The WebhookType of this webhook.
String	getUrl()	The POST route for this Webhook.
boolean	isPartial()	Whether this webhook cannot provide getChannel() and getGuild().

Methods inherited from interface net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.ISnowflake

getId, getIdLong, getTimeCreated

Field Details

WEBHOOK_URL

static final Pattern WEBHOOK_URL

Pattern for a Webhook URL.

Groups

Javadoc is stupid, this is not a required tag

Index	Name	Description
0	N/A	The entire link
1	id	The ID of the webhook
2	token	The token of the webhook

You can use the names with Matcher.group(String) and the index with Matcher.group(int).

Method Details

getJDA

@Nonnull
JDA getJDA()

The JDA instance of this Webhook.

Returns:

The current JDA instance of this Webhook

getType

@Nonnull
WebhookType getType()

The WebhookType of this webhook.
Webhooks of type WebhookType.FOLLOWER don't have a token.

Returns:

The WebhookType

isPartial

boolean isPartial()

Whether this webhook cannot provide getChannel() and getGuild().
This means that the webhook is not local to this shard's cache and cannot provide full channel/guild references.

Returns:

True, if getChannel() and getGuild() would throw

getGuild

@Nonnull
Guild getGuild()

The Guild instance for this Webhook.
This is a shortcut for getChannel().getGuild().

Returns:

The current Guild of this Webhook

Throws:

IllegalStateException - If this webhooks is partial

getChannel

@Nonnull
IWebhookContainerUnion getChannel()

The channel instance this Webhook is attached to. Webhooks are created on specific channels so that they can interact with that channel. With regard to threads, Webhooks are attached to their parent channel and then the Webhooks can post to the parent and the thread too.

Returns:

The current channel that this webhook is attached to.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - If this webhooks is partial

getOwner

@Nullable
Member getOwner()

The owner of this Webhook. This will be null for some Webhooks, such as those retrieved from Audit Logs.
This requires the member to be cached. You can use getOwnerAsUser() to get a reference to the user instead.

Returns:

Possibly-null Member instance representing the owner of this Webhook.

getOwnerAsUser

@Nullable
User getOwnerAsUser()

The owner of this Webhook. This will be null for some Webhooks, such as those retrieved from Audit Logs.
This can be non-null even when getOwner() is null. getOwner() requires the webhook to be local to this shard and in cache.

Returns:

Possibly-null User instance representing the owner of this Webhook.

getDefaultUser

@Nonnull
User getDefaultUser()

The default User for this Webhook.

The User returned is always fake and cannot be interacted with.
This User is used for all messages posted to the Webhook route (found in getUrl()), it holds the default references for the message authors of messages by this Webhook.

When POSTing to a Webhook route the name/avatar of this default user can be overridden.

Returns:

A fake User instance representing the default webhook user.

See Also:

• Execute Webhook Docs

getName

@Nonnull
String getName()

The name of this Webhook.
This will be displayed by default as the author name of every message by this Webhook.

This is a shortcut for getDefaultUser().getName().

Returns:

The name of this Webhook

getToken

@Nullable
String getToken()

The execute token for this Webhook.
This can be used to modify/delete/execute this Webhook.

Note: Some Webhooks, such as those retrieved from Audit Logs, do not contain a token

Returns:

The execute token for this Webhook

getUrl

@Nonnull
String getUrl()

The POST route for this Webhook.
This contains the token and id of this Webhook. Some Webhooks without tokens (such as those retrieved from Audit Logs) will return a URL without a token.

The route returned by this method does not need permission checks to be executed.
It is implied that Webhook messages always have all permissions including mentioning everyone.

Webhook executions are limited with 5 requests per second. The response contains rate limit headers that should be handled by execution frameworks. (Learn More)

Returns:

The execution route for this Webhook.

getSourceChannel

@Nullable
Webhook.ChannelReference getSourceChannel()

The source channel for a Webhook of type FOLLOWER.

Returns:

Webhook.ChannelReference

getSourceGuild

@Nullable
Webhook.GuildReference getSourceGuild()

The source guild for a Webhook of type FOLLOWER.

Returns:

Webhook.GuildReference

delete

@Nonnull
@CheckReturnValue
AuditableRestAction<Void> delete()

Deletes this Webhook.

The following ErrorResponses are possible:

• MISSING_ACCESS
  The delete was attempted after the account lost permission to view the channel.
• MISSING_PERMISSIONS
  The delete was attempted after the account lost Permission.MANAGE_WEBHOOKS in the channel.
• UNKNOWN_WEBHOOK
  The delete was attempted after the Webhook had already been deleted.

Returns:

AuditableRestAction
The rest action to delete this Webhook.

Throws:

InsufficientPermissionException - If the Webhook does not have a token, such as the Webhooks retrieved from Audit Logs and the currently logged in account does not have Permission.MANAGE_WEBHOOKS in this channel.

delete

@Nonnull
@CheckReturnValue
AuditableRestAction<Void> delete(@Nonnull
 String token)

Deletes this Webhook.

The following ErrorResponses are possible:

• MISSING_ACCESS
  The delete was attempted after the account lost permission to view the channel.
• MISSING_PERMISSIONS
  The delete was attempted after the account lost Permission.MANAGE_WEBHOOKS in the channel.
• UNKNOWN_WEBHOOK
  The delete was attempted after the Webhook had already been deleted.
• INVALID_WEBHOOK_TOKEN
  If the provided webhook token is not valid.

Parameters:

token - The webhook token (this is not the bot authorization token!)

Returns:

AuditableRestAction
The rest action to delete this Webhook.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the provided token is null

Since:

4.0.0

getManager

@Nonnull
WebhookManager getManager()

The WebhookManager for this Webhook.
You can modify multiple fields in one request by chaining setters before calling RestAction.queue().

Returns:

The WebhookManager for this Webhook

Throws:

InsufficientPermissionException - If the currently logged in account does not have Permission.MANAGE_WEBHOOKS