Package net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.message

Class MessageReceivedEvent

java.lang.Object

net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.Event

net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.message.GenericMessageEvent

net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.message.MessageReceivedEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

GenericEvent

public class MessageReceivedEvent
extends GenericMessageEvent

Indicates that a Message was received in a MessageChannel.
This includes TextChannel and PrivateChannel!

Can be used to detect that a Message is received in either a guild- or private channel. Providing a MessageChannel and Message.

Requirements

This event requires at least one of the following intents (Will not fire at all if neither is enabled):

• GUILD_MESSAGES to work in guild text channels
• DIRECT_MESSAGES to work in private channels

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MessageReceivedEvent(JDA api, long responseNumber, Message message)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
User	getAuthor()	The Author of the Message received as User object.
Member	getMember()	The Author of the Message received as Member object.
Message	getMessage()	The received Message object.
boolean	isWebhookMessage()	Whether or not the Message received was sent via a Webhook.

Methods inherited from class net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.message.GenericMessageEvent

getChannel, getChannelType, getGuild, getGuildChannel, getJumpUrl, getMessageId, getMessageIdLong, isFromGuild, isFromThread, isFromType

Methods inherited from class net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.Event

getJDA, getRawData, getResponseNumber, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

MessageReceivedEvent

public MessageReceivedEvent(@Nonnull
 JDA api,
 long responseNumber,
 @Nonnull
 Message message)

Method Details

getMessage

@Nonnull
public Message getMessage()

The received Message object.

Returns:

The received Message object.

getAuthor

@Nonnull
public User getAuthor()

The Author of the Message received as User object.
This will be never-null but might be a fake user if Message was sent via Webhook (Guild only). See Webhook.getDefaultUser().

Returns:

The Author of the Message.

See Also:

• isWebhookMessage()

getMember

@Nullable
public Member getMember()

The Author of the Message received as Member object.
This will be null in case of Message being received in a PrivateChannel or isWebhookMessage() returning true.

Returns:

The Author of the Message as null-able Member object.

See Also:

• isWebhookMessage()

isWebhookMessage

public boolean isWebhookMessage()

Whether or not the Message received was sent via a Webhook.
This is a shortcut for getMessage().isWebhookMessage().

Returns:

True, if the Message was sent via Webhook