Discord webhook integration

[Dantevg]

(from draexo at the spigotmc WebStats thread)

Feature

Discord webhook that posts a (non-interactive) embed message with the top 10 (or so) sorted on a specified stat. Auto-update every minute (or so).

Implementation

Probably use inline fields. This has a problem: if there are too many columns or player names are too long, overflowing columns get put on a new row, breaking the visual connection to the player. Alternative is to use code blocks for monospaced manual table display.

(image from embed builder)

Resources

• Intro to webhooks: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/228383668-Intro-to-Webhooks
• Discord developer portal: https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/webhook
  • Execute Webhook
  • Edit Webhook Message
  • Embed Object
  • Allowed Mentions
• Embed builder GUI: https://autocode.com/tools/discord/embed-builder/
• Embed builder GUI: https://discohook.org
• Some nice Java discord webhook library?
• Custom Gson serialisation: https://github.com/google/gson/blob/master/UserGuide.md#TOC-Custom-Serialization-and-Deserialization