Convert name to ID?

[moongoesrawr]

Convert name to ID?

[WiBla]

Correct me if I'm wrong (It's been a really long time since I last worked with plugAPI) but I think a way to implement this feature would be by first creating a getUserByName function that returns an user object, then use that user's id in order to ban him.

https://github.com/plugCubed/plugAPI/wiki/%5Bactions%5D-getUsers

bot.getUserByName = function(name) {
    return bot.getUsers().filter(user => user.username === name);
}

Then you can do (in your command handler or anywhere else):

bot.moderateBanUser(bot.getUserByName('WiBla').id);

You can check the wiki for more info on banning people with
reasons and to set the duration as well : https://github.com/plugCubed/plugAPI/wiki/%5Bactions%5D-moderateBanUser

Keep in mind that I haven't tested any of this code but I'm fairly confident it should work!
Hope this helps 😄

[moongoesrawr]

Thank you so much for providing this. I tried it, and it doesn't work for me. I'm assuming where you have 'WiBla' below is where I would use my input variable?

bot.moderateBanUser(bot.getUserByName('WiBla').id);

[WiBla]

My pleasure!
Indeed, you need to substitute my username with the actual one you need, you should hopefully have this inside a variable as you said :)

Also, I've just looked at the command event after being told by @thedark1337 that plugAPI already provide you a user ID!
https://github.com/plugCubed/plugAPI/wiki/%5Bevents%5D-command

And indeed it does, so you should be able to do:

bot.on('command:ban', function(cmd) {
    bot.moderateBanUser(cmd.mentions[0].id);
});

In this very crude example, I'm only getting the first mentioned user's id (mentions[0]), but since it is an array, you can loop through all of its content!
Also, it goes without saying that this example does not check for user permission, both on the user that triggered the command but also for the bot itself. You should always do this and even more so with a moderation command.

With all of that, I hope you will be able to make the feature you wanted!
Please let us know how it went and if you ever need more help!

[moongoesrawr]

Thanks so much again for helping me. I wish I was more knowledgeable about this stuff. I'm trying though! :) I'm afraid I'm confused again. Should I still use your code, plus this new snippet? Do I just use this new snippet? When I started doing this I kind of latched onto an older bot and did my own thing from there. Should all commands be done the way you have provided with bot.on('command:ban', function(cmd) {}, or is this not to actually run a command? Again sorry for the questions, i'm trying to become familiar with it all. I'd like to do a complete re-write but I am not sure I'm knowledgeable enough yet. Here is the current command that i'm playing with. I'm testing with bot.moderateAddDJ(); first before I move onto my ban commands.

case ".test":
            if (bot.havePermission(data.from.id, roleHost)) {
                let username = qualifier;
                let usernameAdd = S(username).chompLeft('@').s;
                bot.moderateAddDJ(bot.getUserByName(usernameAdd).id);
            }
	   break;

[thedark1337]

https://plugcubed.github.io/plugAPI/

Sorry its not very well documented, but, linked is the docs to the API

the way WiBla just showed is the official commands handler for plugAPI and 99% of the time it works, although i believe there's still a few bugs related to it.

That way would however require you needing to rewrite your bot so it uses the API's way of writing commands, or you can test out the get user by name way if you want to run your own command handler.

[moongoesrawr]

Looks like I have a bot to re-write. :)

[moongoesrawr]

Ok guys, I redid my commands using this new method and while it works for most everything, I'm having problems with waitlist bans/unbans and mute/unmute. Nothing happens. I'm hoping my code is just wrong, but shouldn't this work if I have the duration and reason assigned to the variables I'm using? I tried it without and it didn't work either.

.wlban @username
.wlunban @username

bot.on('command:wlban', function(data) {
    if (bot.havePermission(data.from.id, roleManager)) {
        bot.moderateWaitListBan(data.mentions[0].id, wlbanGenre, wlbanLong);
    }
});

My wait list unban as well.

bot.on('command:wlunban', function(data) {
    if (bot.havePermission(data.from.id, roleManager)) {
        bot.moderateWaitListUnban(data.mentions[0].id);
    }
});

[moongoesrawr]

I figured it out. :) Thanks for all the help with this everyone.