v5.1.2 | Message Forwarding and Voice Messages

Overview

This release adds support for new message features.

Forwarding messages (#2744)

You can now handle forwarded messages using the new message snapshots.

@Override
public void onMessageReceived(MessageReceivedEvent event) {
    MessageReference messageReference = event.getMessage().getMessageReference();
    // Forwarded messages have a reference of type FORWARD
    if (messageReference != null && messageReference.getType() == MessageReference.MessageReferenceType.FORWARD) {
        // The content of the forwarded message is provided as a snapshot
        MessageSnapshot snapshot = event.getMessage().getMessageSnapshots().getFirst();
        System.out.println("Received forwarded message with content: " + snapshot.getContentRaw());
    }
}

A bot can also forward a message using Message#fowardTo. Note that a forwarded message cannot contain any additional content.

Voice messages (#2738)

You can now send voice messages with JDA, by utilizing the new FileUpload#asVoiceMessage method on your audio attachments.

channel.sendFiles(
  FileUpload.fromData(audioFile)
    .asVoiceMessage(MediaType.parse("audio/ogg"), waveform, 10.5) // 10.5 seconds audio/ogg message
).queue();

To create a voice message, you must first determine the audio media type of your voice message and sample a waveform up to 256 bytes. Voice messages require a valid audio/* media type like audio/ogg.

The waveform is used to render the voice message shape in the preview. It must not be an accurate sampling of the actual audio.

New Features

• Add support for message forwarding by @MinnDevelopment in #2744
• Support sending voice messages by @MinnDevelopment in #2738

Bug Fixes

• Fix ScheduledEventManagerImpl::setStatus by @raul1ro in #2743

Full Changelog: v5.1.1...v5.1.2

Installation

Gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:5.1.2")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
    <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
    <version>5.1.2</version> 
</dependency>

v5.1.1 | Small bugfix release

Overview

Small release to fix a few bugs. This fixes an issue that caused voice receive to no longer work as intended in 5.1.0.

Bug Fixes

• Remove extension from received audio packets by @davidffa in #2721
• Remove @CheckReturnValue from Once.Builder.subscribe by @freya022 in #2730
• Fix parsing error for AutoModResponse by @StasiumDev in #2728

Full Changelog: v5.1.0...v5.1.1

Installation

Gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:5.1.1")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
    <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
    <version>5.1.1</version> 
</dependency>

v5.1.0 | Voice Gateway v8

Overview

This release updates the implementation of the voice gateway to API version 8 (previously 4). Previous versions will be incompatible coming November 18, 2024. This includes adding a new dependency on tink, to support the new encryption modes.

Additionally, the MessageEmbedEvent has been removed. Discord sends standard update events for embed loading now, this event can no longer be supported.

New Features

• Add new message and embed types by @MinnDevelopment in #2716

Changes

• Upgrade to voice gateway v8 by @MinnDevelopment in #2717
• Remove MessageEmbedEvent by @MinnDevelopment in #2720

Bug Fixes

• Handle guild stickers array as optional in EntityBuilder#createGuild by @Xirado in #2714

Full Changelog: v5.0.2...v5.1.0

Installation

Gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:5.1.0")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
    <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
    <version>5.1.0</version> 
</dependency>

v5.0.2 | Single time event listener

Overview

This release includes some bug fixes as well as a new event listener feature to add a one-time-use event listener.

Once Event Listener (#2683)

A common problem that developers run into, is "waiting" for a specific event in the context of some command. For instance, waiting for a user to add a reaction or reply with a message in response to some prompt.

This can now be achieved using the new listenOnce event listener:

// listen for a message event
jda.listenOnce(MessageReceivedEvent.class)
    // filter for specific event
    .filter(event -> event.getChannel().equals(channel))
    .filter(event -> event.getAuthor().equals(user))
    // handle timeout
    .timeout(timeout, () -> hook.editOriginal("Timeout!").queue())
    // subscribe to first event that matches filters
    .subscribe(event -> {
        hook.editOriginal("You sent: " + event.getMessage().getContentRaw()).queue();
    });

New Features

• Add TeamMember.RoleType by @freya022 in #2703
• Add abstract createCopy method in SelectMenu by @Kaktushose in #2684
• Add JDA#listenOnce by @freya022 in #2683
• Add support for profile automod by @MinnDevelopment in #2580

Changes

• Expand list of retried http error codes by @MinnDevelopment in #2710
• Update to Jackson 2.17.2 by @freya022 in #2695

Bug Fixes

• Fix deserialization of interaction components by @WitchBoo in #2711

Full Changelog: v5.0.1...v5.0.2

Installation

Gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:5.0.2")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
    <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.2</version> 
</dependency>

v5.0.1 | Hotfix shard manager thread handling

Overview

Small hotfix release, fixes problem with default thread config for DefaultShardManager. This caused requests to fail if a shard is stopped or restarted.

Bug Fixes

• Fix automatic shutdown for elastic pool by @MinnDevelopment in #2704

Full Changelog: v5.0.0...v5.0.1

Installation

Gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:5.0.1")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
    <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.1</version> 
</dependency>

v5.0.0 | End of beta phase

The Long Awaited Stabilization

After almost 3 years of refactoring and polishing, the stabilization of JDA 5.0.0 is here. If you have been following along, not much has changed since the latest beta release.

If you have somehow avoided updating to a beta release since 2021, here is a list of the most noteworthy additions, changes, and bug fixes since 4.4.0.

You can also use our Migration Guide to help you update to the latest version of JDA 5. This guide also includes the most important changes you need to consider.

Interactions / Application Features

Discord has further improved the capabilities of applications with new types of interactions. This major release of JDA adds support for these features, coming with some restructuring to properly accomodate the new types.

We've renamed interaction events to a more consistent naming scheme:

• SlashCommandEvent becomes SlashCommandInteractionEvent
• ButtonClickEvent becomes ButtonInteractionEvent

Similarly, we've renamed component types slightly:

• SelectionMenu is now StringSelectMenu, while adding a new EntitySelectMenu
• What was previously called Component has now been renamed to ActionComponent and ItemComponent, allowing us to introduce Component as an abstraction over both Button and ActionRow (which is now a LayoutComponent). The new Component interface is now an abstraction over both ItemComponent and LayoutComponent.

To learn more about interactions in JDA 5, take a look at our Interactions Wiki Guide.

Channel Type Rework

We've refactored the channel types and usages in JDA to be more maintainable. Each type of channel now directly maps to a specific channel interface, unlike before where VoiceChannel was used for both stage and voice type channels.
Instead there are now concrete interfaces for each type, such as NewsChannel, StageChannel, ForumChannel, etc.

The channel type hierarchy has been further refined, by introducing higher level abstractions to represent the features of multiple channel types:

• Channel
• GuildChannel
• MessageChannel and GuildMessageChannel
• AudioChannel

As well as more specific features or attributes of channels:

• IPermissionContainer
• IPositionableChannel
• IThreadContainer
• IWebhookContainer
• etc.

To properly maintain these many different channel types and make them easy to use, we've also introduced new union types to encompass multiple channels into a simple common union type. This replaces the old getTextChannel()/getVoiceChannel() getters on events with getChannel().asTextChannel(). However, you can also use the standard features of the unions directly. For instance, a MessageChannelUnion allows to send messages and these specialization methods:

MessageChannelUnion channel = event.getChannel();
channel.sendMessage("hello").queue();
if (channel.getType() == TEXT) {
  channel.asTextChannel().getManager().setTopic("test topic").queue();
}

Cache access has also seen some improvement, by introducing a new getChannelById(Class, long) method, allowing to just get a MessageChannel without worrying about the concrete type.

GuildMessageChannel channel = guild.getChannelById(GuildMessageChannel.class, 125227483518861312L);
channel.sendMessage("Hello general chat!").queue();

Learn more about the channel rework in Channel Rework.

Message Features

We've refactored our message sending interfaces to be more consistent, by abstracting MessageAction, MessageBuilder, and ReplyAction into shared interfaces MessageCreateRequest and MessageEditRequest. This makes all message sending code consistent. We recommend to simply chain your builder-like code directly on send messages:

channel.sendMessage("Hello World")
  .setComponents(ActionRow.of(button1, button2))
  .setEmbeds(embed1, embed2)
  .setFiles(files)
  .queue();

However, if you need to use builders, we've introduced MessageEditBuilder and MessageCreateBuilder to replace the old MessageBuilder utility. You can also now use SplitUtil to easily divide message content into multiple messages.

To support file descriptions and reduce the number of sendFile overloads, we've also introduced a new FileUpload type that unifies all attachments into a single type.

FileUpload file = FileUpload.fromData(new File("myFile.png"), "image.png")
  .setDescription("this is my alt text for screenreaders, allowing to make accessible images in your messages!");
channel.sendFiles(file).queue();

Learn more about the changes to message sending in Message Send/Edit Rework.

Emojis and Stickers

In JDA 5, we have decided to unify all emoji types into a consistent type structure:

• Emoji, a top-level interface representing all emoji as well as a type discriminator with Emoji#getType
• UnicodeEmoji, standard unicode emoji such as 🤔
• CustomEmoji, custom emoji found in messages, like <:minn:245267426227388416>
• RichCustomEmoji, emoji with more information such as owner, accessible through the guild settings.
• EmojiUnion, adding type casting for things like MessageReaction#getEmoji

These new emoji types replace the duplication of ReactionEmote and Activity.Emoji.

Stickers have also been refactored in a similar way, making a clear distinction between stickers found in messages and guild settings:

• Sticker, a top-level abstraction of all sticker types
• StickerItem, stickers found in messages
• RichSticker, stickers with more information that is usually omitted for messages (sticker items)
• StandardSticker, rich stickers provided by nitro instead of guilds
• GuildSticker, rich stickers provided in guilds
• StickerUnion, adding type casting

Learn more about the changes to emojis and stickers in Sticker and Emoji Rework.

Installation

All future JDA releases will be distributed through maven central. You no longer need to use jcenter() in your dependency manager.

Gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:5.0.0")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
    <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.0</version> 
</dependency>

Changelog (5.0.0-beta.24 -> 5.0.0)

The changes since the latest beta release to this release.

• Allow UserSnowflake subtypes in bulk ban methods by @freya022 (#2689)
• Update MessageType enum by @MinnDevelopment (#2691)
• Improve Unknown Interactio...

v5.0.0-beta.24 | Bug fixes and entitlement types

Overview

This is a small bugfix release, including some missing features for premium app entitlements.

Additional Entitlement Features (#2667)

This release adds support for test entitlements and consumed entitlements.

An entitlement can be consumed, marking it as already used. This can be useful for one-time entitlements, which are consumed on use.

public boolean hasEntitlement(long skuId, List<Entitlement> entitlements) {
  return entitlements.stream().anyMatch(e -> e.getSkuIdLong() == skuId && !e.isConsumed());
}

public void consumeEntitlement(long skuId, List<Entitlement> entitlements) {
  entitlements.stream()
    .filter(e -> e.getSkuIdLong() == skuId && !e.isConsumed())
    .findFirst()
    .ifPresent(entitlement -> entitlement.consume().queue());
}

New Features

• Add IPostContainerManager#setTopic by @freya022 in #2666
• Add missing features relating to premium app subscriptions by @Tobias123567 in #2667

Changes

• Improve logging for gateway connection by @MinnDevelopment in #2665
• Add more static analyzer annotations by @MinnDevelopment in #2675
• Update SLF4J api and jackson by @MinnDevelopment in #2674

Bug Fixes

• Fix ClassCastException in EntityBuilder#updateMemberCache by @Xirado in #2660
• Properly copy poll data in MessageCreateRequest#applyData by @MinnDevelopment in #2662
• Make channel access checks consistent by @MinnDevelopment in #2679

Full Changelog: v5.0.0-beta.23...v5.0.0-beta.24

Installation

Gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:5.0.0-beta.24")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
    <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.0-beta.24</version> 
</dependency>

v5.0.0-beta.23 | Message Polls

Overview

This release includes an updated README, please let us know if you spot any issues with it!

Polls (#2649)

Discord has recently released a new feature on their platform to start and vote in polls. These polls can now be sent in messages:

channel.sendMessage("Hello guys! Check my poll:")
  .setPoll(
    MessagePollData.builder("Which programming language is better?")
      .addAnswer("Java", Emoji.fromFormatted("<:java:1006323566314274856>"))
      .addAnswer("Kotlin", Emoji.fromFormatted("<:kotlin:295940257797636096>"))
      .build())
  .queue()

The poll automatically expires after a set duration, configurable in the MessagePollBuilder using setDuration. A poll can also be ended manually using endPoll or endPollById.

You can check the poll votes on a message using the new Message#getPoll:

MessagePoll poll = message.getPoll();
for (MessagePoll.Answer answer : poll.getAnswers()) {
  System.out.printf("Poll Answer %s has %d votes\n", answer.getText(), answer.getVotes());
}

Note

The votes for polls are eventually consistent and need to be recounted after the poll ends. You can check whether the votes are validated using MessagePoll#isFinalizedVotes.

New Features

• Add USER_MUST_BE_VERIFIED ErrorResponse by @GitMilchi in #2651
• Update permission enum by @MinnDevelopment in #2654
• Poll support by @MinnDevelopment in #2649

Changes

• Update dependencies and use version catalog by @MinnDevelopment in #2652

Bugs Fixes

• Fix CommandInteractionPayload#getCommandString in autocomplete interactions by @freya022 in #2659

Full Changelog: v5.0.0-beta.22...v5.0.0-beta.23

Installation

Gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:5.0.0-beta.23")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
    <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.0-beta.23</version> 
</dependency>

v5.0.0-beta.22 | Bulk ban, premium apps, bug fixes

Overview

This release adds some newer API features, like premium app subscriptions, bot banners, and bulk banning users.

Besides new features, this release also includes improved errors and bug fixes.

Premium App Subscriptions (#2583)

If your bot is eligible for monetization, you can now use JDA to handle entitlements in interactions to restrict features. With event.replyWithPremiumRequired(), you can upsell a premium subscription to a user:

Read more about entitlements and premium app subscriptions in the Discord Developer Docs.

Bulk Ban (#2630)

You can now ban up to 200 users in one request using guild.ban(users, messageDeleteTimeframe).

This endpoint has a few quirks to keep in mind:

• The BulkBanResponse includes failed users and banned users
• If a user was already banned, they are in the failed users
• If you don't have permissions to ban a user (higher role / owner), they also appear in failed users
• The self user also appears in failed users
• If all users "failed" you get an error response instead

New Features

• Add support for bulk banning users by @MinnDevelopment in #2630
• Add the ability to set the bot banner by @freya022 in #2629
• Add support for premium app subscriptions by @Giuliopime in #2583

Changes

• Create an exception when receiving UNKNOWN_WEBHOOK in interaction hooks by @freya022 in #2621

Bug Fixes

• Fix format specifiers when adding invalid choices by @freya022 in #2628
• Fix FlatMapRestAction predicate with complete or submit by @Whizyyy in #2636
• Handle numeric keys for ETF maps by @MinnDevelopment in #2642

Full Changelog: v5.0.0-beta.21...v5.0.0-beta.22

Installation

Gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:5.0.0-beta.22")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
    <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.0-beta.22</version> 
</dependency>

v5.0.0-beta.21 | Bug fixes and enforced nonce on messages

Overview

This release fixes a few bugs but also implements a new behavior on message sending.

With the new enforce nonce behavior, messages will no longer be duplicated due to timeouts or discord outages. This means, any message request will now send an automatically generated nonce. You can still set a custom nonce using setNonce, but you should make sure that this nonce is unique. If you previously relied on this setter, ensure that you are not sending duplicated nonce values.

New Features

• Add DiscordLocale values for these locales: Indonesian and Latin America (Spanish LATAM) by @stackpan in #2627

Changes

• Add support for enforce_nonce by @MinnDevelopment in #2614

Bug Fixes

• Add missing generic type to shardmanager by @duncte123 in #2612
• Add missing proxy url field to the MessageEmbed.VideoInfo class by @shaksternano in #2618
• Fix suppressing embeds on messages with webhooks by @freya022 in #2620

Full Changelog: v5.0.0-beta.20...v5.0.0-beta.21

Installation

Gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:5.0.0-beta.21")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
    <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.0-beta.21</version> 
</dependency>