From f81da5ac270d4e0feda16f53e6bffcbaaff8d478 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aster Fialla <asterfialla@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:19:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added handler to send string as an attachment if it's too
 long

---
 package.json                 |  3 ++-
 src/commands.js              |  5 ++++-
 src/helpers/messageHelper.js | 11 ++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e40f97..aefcf6a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     "@fluxerjs/core": "^1.0.9",
     "pg": "^8.18.0",
     "pg-hstore": "^2.3.4",
-    "sequelize": "^6.37.7"
+    "sequelize": "^6.37.7",
+    "tmp": "^0.2.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "jest": "^30.2.0"
diff --git a/src/commands.js b/src/commands.js
index c90b8b3..f64bd54 100644
--- a/src/commands.js
+++ b/src/commands.js
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ cmds.set('import', {
             if (error instanceof AggregateError) {
                 // errors.message can be a list of successfully added members, or say that none were successful.
                 let errorsText = `${error.message}.\nThese errors occurred:\n${error.errors.join('\n')}`;
-                await message.reply(errorsText);
+
+                await message.reply(errorsText).catch(async () => {
+                    await messageHelper.sendMessageAsAttachment(errorsText, message);
+                });
             }
             // If just one error was returned.
             else {
diff --git a/src/helpers/messageHelper.js b/src/helpers/messageHelper.js
index 4f519a7..d4e86c9 100644
--- a/src/helpers/messageHelper.js
+++ b/src/helpers/messageHelper.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {memberHelper} from "./memberHelper.js";
 import {enums} from "../enums.js";
+import tmp from "tmp";
 
 const msgh = {};
 
@@ -55,10 +56,18 @@ msgh.parseProxyTags = async function (authorId, attachment, content){
             const removeSuffix = new RegExp(splitProxy[1] + "$");
             proxyMessage.message = content.replace(removePrefix, "").replace(removeSuffix, "");
             if (proxyMessage.message.length <= splitProxy[0].length + splitProxy[1].length && !attachment) throw new Error(enums.err.NO_MESSAGE_SENT_WITH_PROXY);
-
         }
     })
     return proxyMessage;
 }
 
+msgh.sendMessageAsAttachment = async function(text, message) {
+    if (text.length > 2000) {
+        tmp.file(async (err, path, fd, cleanupCallback) => {
+            if (err) throw err;
+            await message.reply({attachments: [path]});
+        });
+    }
+}
+
 export const messageHelper = msgh;