From 49cab523f0029a2367738069352b9c5c9ed95748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aster Fialla <asterfialla@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:11:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] removed ability to send attachments since i think fluxer
 deletes them from the server when a message is deleted :(

---
 src/enums.js                 | 3 ++-
 src/helpers/messageHelper.js | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/enums.js b/src/enums.js
index cfc0f7d..f95aefe 100644
--- a/src/enums.js
+++ b/src/enums.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ helperEnums.err = {
     NO_PROXY_WRAPPER: "You need at least one proxy tag surrounding 'text', either before or after.\nCorrect usage examples: `pf;member jane proxy J:text`, `pf;member jane [text]`",
     NOT_JSON_FILE: "Please attach a valid JSON file.",
     NO_MEMBERS_IMPORTED: 'No members were imported.',
-    IMPORT_ERROR: "Please see attached file for logs on the member import process."
+    IMPORT_ERROR: "Please see attached file for logs on the member import process.",
+    ATTACHMENTS_NOT_ALLOWED: "Unfortunately proxied message attachments aren't possible at this time. If you want to send a file, you can use a file host instead of uploading directly."
 }
 
 helperEnums.help = {
diff --git a/src/helpers/messageHelper.js b/src/helpers/messageHelper.js
index 3cbfc55..3e072c2 100644
--- a/src/helpers/messageHelper.js
+++ b/src/helpers/messageHelper.js
@@ -55,24 +55,25 @@ msgh.parseProxyTags = async function (authorId, content, attachmentUrl= null){
     members.filter(member => member.proxy).forEach(member => {
         const splitProxy = member.proxy.split("text");
         if(content.startsWith(splitProxy[0]) && content.endsWith(splitProxy[1])) {
+            if (attachmentUrl) throw new Error(enums.err.ATTACHMENTS_NOT_ALLOWED);
             proxyMessage.proxy = member.proxy;
             const removePrefix = new RegExp("^" + splitProxy[0]);
             const removeSuffix = new RegExp(splitProxy[1] + "$");
-            proxyMessage.message = content.replace(removePrefix, "").replace(removeSuffix, "");
-
-            if (proxyMessage.message.length === 0 && !attachmentUrl) throw new Error(enums.err.NO_MESSAGE_SENT_WITH_PROXY);
+            proxyMessage.message = content.replace(removePrefix, "").replace(removeSuffix, "");;
+            if (proxyMessage.message.length === 0) throw new Error(enums.err.NO_MESSAGE_SENT_WITH_PROXY);
         }
     })
     return proxyMessage;
 }
 
 /**
- * Sends a message as an attachment if it's too long.
+ * Sends a message as an attachment if it's too long.NOT CURRENTLY IN USE
  *
  * @async
  * @param {string} text - The text of the message.
  * @param {Message} message - The message object.
  * @throws {Error} If a proxy message is sent with no message within it.
+ *
  */
 msgh.sendMessageAsAttachment = async function(text, message) {
     if (text.length > 2000) {