Jda: Private Messaging

Created on 12 Jan 2020 · 2Comments · Source: DV8FromTheWorld/JDA

General Troubleshooting

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[x] I have updated to the [latest JDA version][download].
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Bug Report

I am unable to send a private message no matter how I code it. I get the same error. Iv tried different ways of coding it. Iv tried complete(). I'm out of ideas now. I cannot get the bot to send a private message. If it helps, I can't even message the bot myself to even try opening the private conversation. I get Your message could not be delivered because you don't share a server with the recipient or you disabled direct messages on your shared server, recipient is only accepting direct messages from friends, or you were blocked by the recipient.

Expected Behavior

Expecting it to send a private message

Code Example or Reproduction Steps

    @Override
    public void onMessageReceived(MessageReceivedEvent e) {
        if (e.getMessage().getContentRaw().equalsIgnoreCase("!help")) {
            if (!e.getChannelType().equals(ChannelType.PRIVATE)) {
                e.getChannel().sendMessage("Ok " + e.getAuthor().getAsMention() + ", " +
                        "I sent you a list of commands you can use.").queue();
                e.getAuthor().openPrivateChannel().queue((channel) ->
                {
                   channel.sendMessage("test").queue();
                });
            } else {
                e.getChannel().sendMessage(helpList).queue();
            }
        }
    }

Exception or Error

16:36:33 [SEVERE] [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR RestAction - RestAction queue returned failure: [ErrorResponseException] 50007: Cannot send messages to this user

intended behavior

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