From 400e40a40588f366433a81336a716928ddb07a60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aster Fialla <asterfialla@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:19:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] updated sendMessageAsAttachment to returnBufferFromText and
 updated commands/webhookHelper accordingly

---
 src/commands.js              |  4 +++-
 src/helpers/messageHelper.js | 14 ++++++++------
 src/helpers/webhookHelper.js |  7 ++++++-
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/commands.js b/src/commands.js
index 893e203..469314c 100644
--- a/src/commands.js
+++ b/src/commands.js
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ cmds.set('import', {
                 let errorsText = `${error.message}.\nThese errors occurred:\n${error.errors.join('\n')}`;
 
                 await message.reply(errorsText).catch(async () => {
-                    await messageHelper.sendMessageAsAttachment(errorsText, message);
+                    const returnedBuffer = await messageHelper.returnBufferFromText(errorsText);
+                    await message.reply({content: returnedBuffer.text, files: [{ name: 'text.pdf', data: returnedBuffer.file }]
+                    })
                 });
             }
             // If just one error was returned.
diff --git a/src/helpers/messageHelper.js b/src/helpers/messageHelper.js
index 1c0777a..66296f5 100644
--- a/src/helpers/messageHelper.js
+++ b/src/helpers/messageHelper.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ msgh.parseCommandArgs = function(content, commandName) {
  * @returns {Object} The proxy message object.
  * @throws {Error} If a proxy message is sent with no message within it.
  */
-msgh.parseProxyTags = async function (authorId, content, attachmentUrl= null){
+msgh.parseProxyTags = async function (authorId, content, attachmentUrl = null){
     const members = await memberHelper.getMembersByAuthor(authorId);
     // If an author has no members, no sense in searching for proxy
     if (members.length === 0) {
@@ -72,17 +72,19 @@ msgh.parseProxyTags = async function (authorId, content, attachmentUrl= null){
 }
 
 /**
- * Sends a message as an attachment if it's too long.
+ * Returns a text message that's too long as its text plus a file with the remaining text.
  *
  * @async
  * @param {string} text - The text of the message.
- * @param {Message} message - The message object.
+ * @returns {Object<string, Buffer>} The text and buffer object
  *
  */
-msgh.sendMessageAsAttachment = async function (text, message) {
+msgh.returnBufferFromText = async function (text) {
     if (text.length > 2000) {
-        const data = Buffer.from(text, 'utf-8');
-        await message.reply({content: enums.err.IMPORT_ERROR, files: [{name: 'import-logs.txt', data}]});
+        const truncated = text.substring(0, 2000);
+        const restOfText = text.substring(2001);
+        const file = Buffer.from(restOfText, 'utf-8');
+        return {text: truncated, file: file}
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/webhookHelper.js b/src/helpers/webhookHelper.js
index ca5055e..c74a3e3 100644
--- a/src/helpers/webhookHelper.js
+++ b/src/helpers/webhookHelper.js
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ wh.replaceMessage = async function(client, message, text, member) {
         const channel = client.channels.get(message.channelId);
         const webhook = await wh.getOrCreateWebhook(client, channel).catch((e) =>{throw e});
         const username = member.displayname ?? member.name;
-        await webhook.send({content: text, username: username, avatar_url: member.propic});
+        await webhook.send({content: text, username: username, avatar_url: member.propic}).catch(async(e) => {
+            const returnedBuffer = await messageHelper.returnBufferFromText(text);
+            await webhook.send({content: returnedBuffer.text, username: username, avatar_url: member.propic, files: [{ name: 'text.pdf', data: returnedBuffer.file }]
+            })
+            console.error(e);
+        });
         await message.delete();
     }
     else {