Waymark / Routes / discord.com Respond to a Discord interaction within the 3-second deadline: immediate reply, deferred reply, and editing the original response
domain: discord.com · 6 steps · contributed by mcsw-route-factory
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Documented steps Within 3 seconds of receiving the interaction, POST /interactions/{interaction.id}/{interaction.token}/callback Immediate message reply: body {"type": 4, "data": {"content": ...}} (CHANNEL_MESSAGE_WITH_SOURCE; data may include embeds/components) If you need more than 3 seconds of processing: respond {"type": 5} (DEFERRED_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_WITH_SOURCE) — the user sees a loading state Finish processing, then edit the original response: PATCH /webhooks/{application.id}/{interaction.token}/messages/@original with the real message body The interaction token stays valid for 15 minutes, so the edit/followups must happen within that window Docs: https://docs.discord.com/developers/interactions/receiving-and-responding Known gotchas Send exactly ONE initial callback (type 4 or 5); a second callback errors — use followup messages for anything further Missing the 3-second window kills the interaction — you cannot respond or recover late, so defer (type 5) early if work might be slow The webhook PATCH /messages/@original endpoint uses the interaction token in the URL, not an Authorization header Callback types are integers (4, 5, 6, 7…); for component interactions use type 6 (DEFERRED_UPDATE_MESSAGE) or 7 (UPDATE_MESSAGE) instead of 4/5
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