More elegant solution to dummymessage

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 This project mostly adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html);
 however, insignificant breaking changes do not guarantee a major version bump, see the reasoning [here](https://github.com/kyb3r/modmail/issues/319). If you're a plugins developer, note the "BREAKING" section.
 
-# v3.7.0-dev10
+# v3.7.0-dev11
 
 ### Added
 

bot.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "3.7.0-dev10"
+__version__ = "3.7.0-dev11"
 
 
 import asyncio

cogs/modmail.py

@@ -338,10 +338,7 @@ async def move(self, ctx, *, arguments):
             await thread.channel.send(f"{mention}, thread has been moved.")
 
         sent_emoji, _ = await self.bot.retrieve_emoji()
-        try:
-            await self.bot.add_reaction(ctx.message, sent_emoji)
-        except discord.NotFound:
-            pass
+        await self.bot.add_reaction(ctx.message, sent_emoji)
 
     async def send_scheduled_close_message(self, ctx, after, silent=False):
         human_delta = human_timedelta(after.dt)

cogs/utility.py

@@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@ async def oauth_show(self, ctx):
     @commands.group(invoke_without_command=True)
     @checks.has_permissions(PermissionLevel.OWNER)
     async def autotrigger(self, ctx):
-        """Automatically trigger alias-like commands based on a certain keyword"""
+        """Automatically trigger alias-like commands based on a certain keyword in the user's inital message"""
         await ctx.send_help(ctx.command)
 
     @autotrigger.command(name="add")

core/models.py

@@ -211,3 +211,46 @@ def check(c):
                 raise commands.ChannelNotFound(argument)
 
         return result
+
+
+class DummyMessage:
+    """
+    A class mimicking the original :class:discord.Message
+    where all functions that require an actual message to exist
+    is replaced with a dummy function
+    """
+    def __init__(self, message):
+        self._message = message
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name: str):
+        return getattr(self._message, name)
+
+    async def delete(self, *, delay=None):
+        return
+
+    async def edit(self, **fields):
+        return
+
+    async def add_reaction(self, emoji):
+        return
+
+    async def remove_reaction(self, emoji):
+        return
+
+    async def clear_reaction(self, emoji):
+        return
+
+    async def clear_reactions(self):
+        return
+
+    async def pin(self, *, reason=None):
+        return
+
+    async def unpin(self, *, reason=None):
+        return
+
+    async def publish(self):
+        return
+
+    async def ack(self):
+        return

core/thread.py

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 import discord
 from discord.ext.commands import MissingRequiredArgument, CommandError
 
-from core import checks
-from core.models import PermissionLevel, getLogger
+from core.models import DummyMessage, getLogger
 from core.time import human_timedelta
 from core.utils import (
     is_image_url,
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ async def send_recipient_genesis_message():
                     await self.bot.add_reaction(msg, close_emoji)
 
         async def activate_auto_triggers():
-            message = copy.copy(initial_message)
+            message = DummyMessage(copy.copy(initial_message))
             if message:
                 for keyword in list(self.bot.auto_triggers):
                     if keyword in message.content:
@@ -894,8 +893,6 @@ async def send(
             if delete_message and destination == self.channel:
                 try:
                     await message.delete()
-                except discord.NotFound:
-                    pass
                 except Exception as e:
                     logger.warning("Cannot delete message: %s.", e)