From 14f44458f9778d8894b963df519e8b65b2dcc2cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Skillz4Killz <23035000+Skillz4Killz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 12:14:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat(plugins/helpers): add `sendTextMessage` to send a simple
 string (#2033)

* feat: sendTextMessage to send simple string

* fix: clean up imports

* Update plugins/helpers/mod.ts

Co-authored-by: LTS20050703 <87189679+lts20050703@users.noreply.github.com>

Co-authored-by: LTS20050703 <87189679+lts20050703@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 plugins/helpers/mod.ts                 |  8 ++++++++
 plugins/helpers/src/sendTextMessage.ts | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 plugins/helpers/src/sendTextMessage.ts

diff --git a/plugins/helpers/mod.ts b/plugins/helpers/mod.ts
index e492c31ce..3691ffb35 100644
--- a/plugins/helpers/mod.ts
+++ b/plugins/helpers/mod.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export interface BotWithHelpersPlugin extends Bot {
       userId: bigint,
       content: string | CreateMessage,
     ) => Promise<DiscordenoMessage>;
+    sendTextMessage: (
+      channelId: bigint,
+      content: string | CreateMessage,
+    ) => Promise<DiscordenoMessage>;
     suppressEmbeds: (
       channelId: bigint,
       messageId: bigint,
@@ -70,6 +74,10 @@ export function enableHelpersPlugin(rawBot: Bot): BotWithHelpersPlugin {
     userId: bigint,
     content: string | CreateMessage,
   ) => sendDirectMessage(bot, userId, content);
+  bot.helpers.sendTextMessage = (
+    channelId: bigint,
+    content: string | CreateMessage,
+  ) => sendTextMessage(bot, channelId, content);
   bot.helpers.suppressEmbeds = (channelId: bigint, messageId: bigint) => suppressEmbeds(bot, channelId, messageId);
   bot.helpers.archiveThread = (threadId: bigint) => archiveThread(bot, threadId);
   bot.helpers.unarchiveThread = (threadId: bigint) => unarchiveThread(bot, threadId);
diff --git a/plugins/helpers/src/sendTextMessage.ts b/plugins/helpers/src/sendTextMessage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76162e210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/helpers/src/sendTextMessage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { Bot, CreateMessage } from "../deps.ts";
+
+/** Sends a text message. */
+export async function sendTextMessage(
+  bot: Bot,
+  channelId: bigint,
+  content: string | CreateMessage,
+) {
+  if (typeof content === "string") content = { content };
+  return bot.helpers.sendMessage(channelId, content);
+}