general questions about sending messages mechanism about hcclient

[serangelicloud]

oh.. that was funny, thank you
sorry for disturbing :D

[AnnikaV9]

The message string is handled by send_input()

hcclient/src/hcclient/__main__.py

Line 539 in beb32a2

def send_input(self, message: str) -> None:

Note that this function also processes commands, so you'll want to make sure your encryption is done after the function has checked if the string is not a command and meant to be a message. This is the line that finally sends a regular chat message:

hcclient/src/hcclient/__main__.py

Line 935 in beb32a2

self.send(json.dumps({"cmd": "chat", "text": message}))

Also make sure to check if the message begins with a / anyway, since we pass some commands like /whisper and /me to the server to handle.

Feel free to ask anything else :D

[serangelicloud]

ok so i was doing a test trying to see if i could mess with the string by adding a dot at the end but apparently it's not working.
self.send(json.dumps({"cmd": "chat", "text": f"{message}."}))`

any suggestions?

[AnnikaV9]

Hmm, not sure why it isn't working for you. I've tested on my side and it does append a period to messages.

message.mp4

[serangelicloud]

Can you share the full code you've used?

[AnnikaV9]

I modified this snippet:

hcclient/src/hcclient/__main__.py

Lines 941 to 949 in 850ae8e

	case _:
	if self.whisper_lock:
	if not message.split(" ")[0] in ("/whisper", "/w", "/reply", "/r") or message.startswith(" "):
	self.print_msg("{}|{}| {}".format(termcolor.colored("-NIL-", self.args["timestamp_color"]),
	termcolor.colored("CLIENT", self.args["client_color"]),
	termcolor.colored("Whisper lock active, toggle it off to send messages", self.args["client_color"])))
	return
	self.send(json.dumps({"cmd": "chat", "text": message}))

to

 case _: 
     if self.whisper_lock: 
         if not message.split(" ")[0] in ("/whisper", "/w", "/reply", "/r") or message.startswith(" "): 
             self.print_msg("{}|{}| {}".format(termcolor.colored("-NIL-", self.args["timestamp_color"]), 
                                               termcolor.colored("CLIENT", self.args["client_color"]), 
                                               termcolor.colored("Whisper lock active, toggle it off to send messages", self.args["client_color"]))) 
             return 
  
     self.send(json.dumps({"cmd": "chat", "text": f"{message}."})) 

The change is at line 949 specifically

(There have been a few commits adding unrelated stuff, so the line number isn't the same as before)

[AnnikaV9]

Can you fork and add your changes so I can see your code? I'm puzzled as to why it doesn't add a period for you.

[serangelicloud]

done.

[AnnikaV9]

Just tested, works as expected. Are you maybe accidentally testing with a different installation of hcclient? Maybe one you have installed globally

[AnnikaV9]

It's okay, glad we clarified it. Have a great day :D