Message edited

messageUpdateMESSAGE_UPDATETrigger

Fires when a message is edited.

When to use this

On the canvas

This is what the trigger looks like in your bot's Triggers tab. The sparks listed are available in every node inside the linked flow.

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Message edited

messageUpdate

Trigger

Sparks in this flow

{{input.guild.id}}Your Discord server's unique ID

{{input.guild.name}}Your server's name

{{input.guild.memberCount}}How many members are in the server

{{input.guild.icon}}Your server's icon image (empty if it has none)

{{oldMessage.content}}The message before the edit (empty if uncached)

{{newMessage.content}}The message after the edit

{{message.id}}The message's unique ID

{{message.author.id}}Discord ID of who sent the message

{{message.author.name}}Author's username

{{message.channelId}}ID of the channel

{{channel.id}}ID of the channel (same as message.channelId)

{{channel.name}}Name of the channel

{{message.image}}First image on the edited message — attachment, embed image or sticker

{{message.images}}Every image on the edited message, as a list

{{message.imageCount}}How many images the edited message carries

{{message.attachments}}Every file attached to the edited message (images or not)

{{message.author.avatar}}Avatar of whoever sent the edited message

{{message.url}}Link that jumps straight to the edited message

Use these in any piece config field inside flows triggered by this event.

Spark	Type	Description
`{{input.guild.id}}`	string	Your Discord server's unique ID
`{{input.guild.name}}`	string	Your server's name
`{{input.guild.memberCount}}`	string	How many members are in the server
`{{input.guild.icon}}`	image	Your server's icon image (empty if it has none)
`{{oldMessage.content}}`	string	The message before the edit (empty if uncached)
`{{newMessage.content}}`	string	The message after the edit
`{{message.id}}`	string	The message's unique ID
`{{message.author.id}}`	string	Discord ID of who sent the message
`{{message.author.name}}`	string	Author's username
`{{message.channelId}}`	string	ID of the channel
`{{channel.id}}`	string	ID of the channel (same as message.channelId)
`{{channel.name}}`	string	Name of the channel
`{{message.image}}`	image	First image on the edited message — attachment, embed image or sticker
`{{message.images}}`	array	Every image on the edited message, as a list
`{{message.imageCount}}`	number	How many images the edited message carries
`{{message.attachments}}`	array	Every file attached to the edited message (images or not)
`{{message.author.avatar}}`	image	Avatar of whoever sent the edited message
`{{message.url}}`	string	Link that jumps straight to the edited message

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Not something you need to write — Kitcord registers these listeners automatically from your Kit.

TypeScript

client.on("messageUpdate", (oldMessage, newMessage) => {
  // {{oldMessage.content}}, {{newMessage.content}}
});